Highly specialist Physiotherapist- Respiratory outpatients


Company:	Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£58,133 - £65,261 pa inc. H.C.A (pro rata)
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, SW3 6NP
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	28 Jul 2026
Closing date:	27 Aug 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

The lung therapy service provides a multiprofessional service to patients with severe and complex respiratory disease including asthma, bronchiectasis, interstitial lung disease, cystic fibrosis, PCD, COPD and ventilatory failure. We are looking for a clinician with the right experience to work within our respiratory Physiotherapy outpatient service.

This post will involve working as part of MDT care in a number of clinics including but not limited to Bronchiectasis, Asthma, unexplained dyspnoea, upper airways, EDAC. Physiotherapy led clinic time will be made up of complex airway clearance, breathing pattern dysfunction, drug response assessments and other activities. The department is actively involved in research and audit, this will be an important component of the role and the post holder will be expected to lead and engage in these activities. The post will be supported by two clinical specialist Physiotherapists and a therapy team lead.

This role will require cross site working across GSTT sites, specifically Royal Brompton, Wimpole street and Harefield hospitals with 2 days being spent at Harefield per week and rotating yearly with fellow B7 in outpatients. There may be ad-hoc requirements to attend other sites across GSTT.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.

Under the guidance of the Therapy Lead for the Lung therapy and clinical specialist physiotherapists the post holder will:

Provide highly specialist physiotherapy intervention, including planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating physiotherapy, with particular focus to the outpatient setting (NHS and Private Patients).

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 and maintain records as an autonomous practitioner.

To organise, co-ordinate and deliver the outpatient respiratory Physiotherapy service day to day within the hospital and to support the development of the service, along with other members of the adult lung team.

To supervise junior team members within the adult physiotherapy team.

To play a major role in the continuous development of the service using audit, evaluation and quality improvement methodology.

To deliver high quality care in in-patient, outpatient and day case settings.

This advert closes on Tuesday 11 Aug 2026

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