Highly Specialist Physiotherapist Cystic Fibrosis | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 04 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, EC1A 7BE |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7257847/259-7257847SBH |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work at one of the UK’s largest NHS Trusts. We are looking fora Band 7 who is ready for new challenges or an experienced Band 6 who is seeking promotional opportunities to join our team.
The successful candidate will be a dedicated, innovative, passionate, skilled and motivated clinician with experience of working with a Cystic Fibrosis and Non-CF Bronchiectasis patient population. They will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, with empathy and compassion at the heart of the care that they provide within the framework of our multi-disciplinary team. The role will be split between inpatient and outpatient working whilst supporting a team of physiotherapists with the other band 7s.
At Bart’s our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of care and being an outstanding place to work. Or this reason,we recognise the importance of personal and professional development and that it is crucial to the success of our service. We therefore offer arobust teachingandtrainingprogramme with the opportunity to completeQuality Improvementand Audit projects and we provide asupportiveandengagingenvironment to develop and grow our therapists.
We are excited to be advertising for the role of Highly Specialist Physiotherapist at St Bartholomew’s hospital. Clinically the post holder will support and manage Physiotherapists and exercise physiologists within the Cystic Fibrosis team and work closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team, including dieticians, nurses and respiratory consultants. Their clinical work will support their team to deliver diagnostic and clinical care to CF and bronchiectasis patients, providing expert advice on complex clinical issues.
We are looking for an experienced and innovative clinician toundertake a highly specialist team leader role alongside the clinical lead in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) and Bronchiectasis in planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the inpatient and outpatient Physiotherapy service on a day to day basis.
You will take a lead role in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients within the speciality who may have highly complex needs, and to determine clinical diagnosis and physiotherapy treatment indicated, maintain records as an autonomous practitioner. You will work alongside two other band 7 physiotherapists and be responsible for the supervision of junior team members and co-ordination of the daily allocation of workloads within the CF physiotherapy team.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
This advert closes on Wednesday 25 Jun 2025