The aim of the role is to provide clinical expertise to the Specialist Medicine therapy team, associated divisions and services to provide excellent care. This role will provide specialist and strategic input to support the delivery of the acute
physiotherapy practices such as acute NIV services, tracheostomy care, CPAP and Optiflow across the inpatient hospital pathway, as well as provide clinical oversight to directorate areas involving Cardiology, Liver, Renal, Infectious Diseases, Endocrinology and A&E Resus. The post will be intricate in supporting the planning acute intervention delivery within these directorates.
The role will collaboratively work alongside Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist to provide clinical leadership and acute skills development to the physiotherapists with Specialist Medicine Therapy team. The post holder will have expert knowledge and skills to be able to deliver QI projects across the Specialist Medicine pathways, develop networked relationships in trust and wider, support the delivery of teaching and training, and work collaboratively with the existing Clinical Lead Therapists at the Royal London Hospital.
- To act as a clinical specialist for the Specialist Medicine team and provide expert clinical assessment, treatment, prognosis and advice to a highly complex and diverse range of patients within the team.
- To act as a highly skilled and expert acute clinical resource to all other staff within the
Specialist Medicine team, directorate and Trust with regard to Respiratory and Specialist medicine services, examples including expert tracheostomy practices, acute and domiciliary NIV, CPAP and Optiflow delivery
- To lead the Specialist Medicine team comprising personnel with a wide variety of skills and experience.
- To manage the team in trans-disciplinary manner to operationally support the Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist
- To provide clinical leadership to the physiotherapists within the Specialist Medicine therapy team
- To act as a key individual to develop and enhance networks and pathways in trust and wider related to Specialist Medicine services
- To support the planning, coordination, delivery, evaluation of the therapy service for the Specialist Medicine care team in conjunction with the Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist. This may include the management of rotations and overseeing on-call and weekend working for the site in conjunction with other clinical leads.
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.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Amandeep Davegun Job title: Deputy Head of Therapies Email address:
[email protected]
