Specialist Physiotherapist Paediatric NMD and Complex Respiratory

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Physiotherapist Paediatric NMD and Complex Respiratory

The closing date is 06 October 2025

We are seeking an experienced, highly skilled, and forward-thinking Band 7 Paediatric Respiratory Physiotherapist to join our Paediatric team (Annex21 development role also considered).

The post holder will work as an integral and active part of the Paediatric Physiotherapy and Sleep & Ventilation team in the provision of a patient-centred In-patient, out-patient and community service. The service supports a caseload of patients with Neuromuscular condition, Long term ventilation and other complex respiratory conditions. The post-holder will also have the opportunity to further develop their acute skills by working within the paediatric respiratory in-patient Physiotherapy team supporting children with a wide range of cardiorespiratory conditions.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will work alongside some of the top cardio-respiratory specialist health care practitioners in the UK and Europe. You will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team (Clinical Nurse Specialist, Physiologists and Respiratory Medical team) both in acute care and community settings. Teamwork and excellent communication skills are vital to the role.

You will work closely within the Paediatric Respiratory Physiotherapy team and contribute to the maintenance and development of the service provided, with particular focus on Sleep and Ventilation. You will work closely with the wider Paediatric multidisciplinary team both at the Royal Brompton Hospital and Evelina Hospital sites.

About us

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy's and St Thomas' in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. Weprovide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world.

Our integrated approach to caring for patients from before birth, through childhood, adolescence and into adulthood and old age has been replicated around the world and has gained Royal Brompton and Harefield an international reputation as a leader in heart and lung diagnosis, treatment and research.

We are working in partnership with King's Health Partners, to deliver our vision of creating a new centre of excellence, which will be the global leader in the research into and treatment of heart and lung disease, in patients from pre-birth to old age.

Job responsibilities

To be responsible in a team leader role alongside the clinical lead in planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the Physiotherapy service provided in particular to children with Neuromusuclar conditions or Long Term Ventilation requirements at Royal Brompton on a day to day basis.

Manage a caseload of patients with highly complex needs, using evidence-based and client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. Provide this service with a caseload of complex cases as an autonomous practitioner, demonstrating high-level problem solving and clinical reasoning skills, and independence in judgement.

Provision of education and training to families, carers and the MDT is an integral part of this role.

To work within the in-patient team as required to manage children with a wide range of cardiorespiratory conditions.

To use validated and appropriate outcome measures and set individualised patient goals.

To support the clinical leads in providing leadership for senior and junior staff, through regular supervision and annual appraisal. To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Paediatric Physiotherapy Service. To work closely within the acute physiotherapy team at Evelina hospital to develop 1 service across 2 sites.

To work with colleagues to ensure the continuing professional development and overall performance of physiotherapy staff in paediatrics and as a potential member of a range of Trust quality/process improvement project groups.

Supervise, educate and assess the performance of junior physiotherapy staff to ensure theoretical and clinical knowledge meets departmental standards. Additionally to supervise, educate and assess the performance of Physiotherapy students.

Due to the strong commitment to evidence-based practice throughout the Trust, CPD and study leave will be well supported, and involvement in audit, research and policy development is encouraged and facilitated.

Responsible for maintaining and improving all aspects of clinical governance, evidence-based practice and quality assurance in designated area.

This excellent opportunity is ideal if youre wanting to progress into a senior role or consolidate and develop further in your career.

Person SpecificationKnowledge/Qualifications

• Equivalent or equal to a degree in Physiotherapy
• Health and Care Professional council registration
• Relevant validated clinical courses accredited as equivalent to masters level
• Member of CSP
• Member of ACPRC or Member of ACPC
• Member of another special interest group relating to respiratory care

Experience

• Significant cardiorespiratory/cardiothoracic experience.
• Significant acute paediatric respiratory experience.
• Evidence of CPD
• Understanding of cardiorespiratory physiology and pathophysiology specific to post
• Significant previous practical experience managing children with neuromuscular disease
• Relevant clinical courses in paediatric respiratory care

Skills

• Core skills in cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy
• Ability to assess and treat complex patients in the paediatric respiratory/critical care field
• Sound clinical decision making and reasoning.
• Negotiation and Conflict resolution skills
• Ability to work independently and organise and prioritise own workload and delegate appropriately
• Ability to pass on skills/knowledge to others within formal and informal environments
• Able to work actively within a multidisciplinary team
• Excellent organisational and leadership skills
• Awareness of quality and strategies for measurement.
• Participation in audit and research
• Interest in research
• Experience of presenting to large groups e.g. at conferences

Personal Qualities

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills, written and oral.
• Articulate
• Self-Motivator
• Ability to manage working in stressful environments e.g. with sick children or emotional carers.
• Keen to work hard
• Flexible working approach
• Commitment to personal and team development

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Brompton Hospital (Evelina Children's Hospital London)

£56,276 to £63,176 a yearper annum inc. HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

196-LIS9904D

Job locations

Royal Brompton Hospital (Evelina Children's Hospital London)

#J-18808-Ljbffr