Advanced Paediatric Respiratory Physiotherapist

5 days ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Specialist Paediatric Respiratory Physiotherapist to join our Hospital at Home team for a 12-month fixed term new post. This is a 0.6 WTE, 22.5 hours per week opportunity.

The post holder will work closely with the hospital at home team to provide respiratory physiotherapy advice and treatment to patients in their home environment, facilitating early discharge from hospital and prevention of admissions.

This is an exciting new role that provides opportunity for shaping a new service. The post holder will be embedded within the hospital at home team while working closely with the inpatient LTV/chronic respiratory physiotherapy team. There will be opportunity for peer support with the inpatient team, including complex patient discussion meetings. Shared supervision and on-call training will be provided by the inpatient physiotherapy team.

As part of this role, the post holder will initiate and adjust respiratory physiotherapy treatment plans, including clear escalation and weaning plans. The post holder will demonstrate advanced skills in the use of a wide range of treatment skills and respiratory physiotherapy devices, including cough assist, the oscillating vest, and various airway clearance adjuncts. The post holder will organise and carry out training for patients, parents, carers, schools, and where appropriate, to the wider MDT.

To provide a high standard of physiotherapy assessment and treatments, including the review of treatment programmes for LTV patients and patients with chronic respiratory conditions at home, this will comprise of patients who have multi-pathologies and those who have highly complex presentations, including LTV needs and acute-on-chronic disease.

This role requires the use of advanced communication skills to provide clear instructions to the patient and families/carers and to clearly communicate and document these plans in a timely manner to the wider MDT.

Education and teaching physiotherapy techniques and delivering education to families, carers, schools, and patients will be a large part of this new role, requiring advanced organisational skills.

To provide respiratory physiotherapy support and advice to the respiratory MDT and create close working relationships and links with the in-patient respiratory physiotherapy team.

To demonstrate service development skills in the form of scoping other services, exploring current research, and carrying out regular service reviews, including audits. Data collection will be part of this role.



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