Highly Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist

An opportunity for an experienced respiratory physiotherapist to join the outpatient physiotherapy service has arisen. The role is cross‑site, delivering outpatient care to patients at Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals.

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• Lead a highly specialist team under the guidance of the therapy lead for lung therapy and clinical specialist physiotherapists, providing specialised physiotherapy to outpatients with chronic respiratory disease (including severe asthma, bronchiectasis and interstitial lung disease).
  
• Plan, coordinate, deliver and evaluate physiotherapy services with a focus on the outpatient setting.
  
• Supervise junior members of the respiratory physiotherapy team and play an active part in on‑call and weekend services.
  
• Provide highly specialised care in outpatient and day‑case settings across the multidisciplinary lung team.
  
• Assist in the tertiary multiprofessional services for patients with severe asthma, non‑CF bronchiectasis, interstitial lung disease, complex COPD and the lung volume reduction pathway.
  
• Take a leading role in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients with highly complex needs, determining clinical diagnosis and physiotherapy treatment indicated and maintaining autonomous clinical records.
  
• Organise, coordinate and deliver the service day‑to‑day within the hospital, supporting service development together with other members of the adult lung team.
  
• Lead continuous service development using audit, evaluation and quality improvement methodology.
  
• Travel to other sites within the organisation as required.
  
• Supervise junior team members.
  

Name: Oliver Smith (Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist)
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Therapy Lead: Gemma Korff
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