Main area: Physiotherapy
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract: 12 months (Fixed term)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Full time, Monday - Friday 8:30-4:30; flexible working requests considered)
Job ref: 196-LIS9141
Employer: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: St Thomas' Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £30,279 - £33,116 p.a. inc HCA
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 31/12/2024 23:59
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts, providing a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Technical Instructor to join our outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation team at St Thomas' Hospital. You will be a key member of the team coordinating and delivering pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with chronic lung conditions in Lambeth and Southwark.
The post holder will have excellent communication skills and will gain experience supervising specialist exercise for patients.
The funding for this post has been obtained from NHS England for the expansion of pulmonary rehabilitation. The funding is for 12 months and we welcome secondments to the post from staff wishing to gain experience in the pulmonary rehabilitation setting as well as external candidates.
Main duties of the job
This post will require the post holder to deliver high quality exercise and education physiotherapy interventions for patients living with chronic lung disease.
You will be expected to:
* Work independently within the pulmonary rehabilitation team
* Complete assessments for pulmonary rehabilitation with support
* Prescribe, progress and develop exercise programmes for patients
* Support coordination of the running of the class and administrative processes associated with the programme
* Assist and support team members
Working for our organisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals and community services in Lambeth and Southwark, with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Professional / Clinical responsibilities:
* Run exercise and education sessions for patients participating in pulmonary rehabilitation programmes across South East London
* Provide treatment to patients within set clinical protocols
* Carry out assessments of patients with support and formulate appropriate care plans
* Reassess patients to progress treatments and management
* Work unsupervised as a technical instructor for the majority of the time
* Evaluate patient responses and treatment outcomes
* Complete onward referrals to other appropriate services
* Comply with the requirements of the Health and Safety Regulations
* Attend mandatory annual training (e.g. Fire, Manual Handling and Adult Basic Life Support)
Person specification
Experience
* Patient treatment experience using relevant clinical skills
* Experience of management of exercise equipment
* Experience of team working
* Previous experience as a physiotherapy assistant or in the sports and fitness industry
Knowledge/Qualifications
* Completed NVQ Level 4 or equivalent experience in the sports and fitness industry
* Member of Assistants SIG
Skills
* Knowledge of healthcare delivery and the role of the physiotherapist
* Ability to treat patients within prescribed clinical protocols unsupervised
* Ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team
* Ability to teach other physiotherapy assistants
* Competent in Microsoft Word and Excel
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We are committed to ensuring that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitably according to their needs.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support throughout the application process.
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