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Our team works closely with the three adult, highly specialist, PCD centres in Leeds, Leicester/Birmingham, and the Brompton (London) and you will have the opportunity to work with the other PCD Physiotherapists in England on national service development, audit, and research and to get peer support from them, as well as receiving peer support from the Therapy and PCD teams in Southampton.

The South of England adult PCD management service is commissioned to provide outpatient care for all adults with PCD who attend the service.  As this is a small team you will need to work collaboratively with the PCD clinical team to ensure adequate service provision during the working week.  Patient numbers are predicted to grow year-on-year and you will work closely with the current B7 adult PCD specialist physiotherapist to meet the changing needs of the patients.  You will be expected to have a comprehensive knowledge of the management of patients with chronic suppurative lung disease, and to be able to provide holistic care for patients to meet their clinical and psychosocial needs.  You will often be the only adult PCD physiotherapist in the hospital and you will be required to provide expertise and knowledge to the wider therapy team, including the adult cystic fibrosis physiotherapists.

Please note, this post will require travel to external clinics.  Therefore, you will need to be able to work flexibly and may need to stay overnight in a local hotel to attend regional clinics as required.  All necessary travel expenses will be met by the adult PCD service.

Job Role and Responsibilities:

Please read the job description and person specification, to ensure you meet all criteria before applying.

Essential skills/experience:
•    Experience at Band 6 or 7 managing patients with chronic suppurative lung disease.
•    Expert knowledge of respiratory physiotherapy techniques including advanced airway clearance techniques, exercise, pelvic floor health, breathing pattern disorders, NIV, and palliative care 
•    Understanding and knowledge of assessing patient symptoms via telephone or email and ability to triage patients appropriately.
•    Evidence of leadership skills and experience 
•    Ability to make decisions about appropriate patient management using advanced clinical reasoning. 
•    To make sound judgements and reliable decisions in a variety of demanding situations

Desirable skills/experience include:
•    Experience in the management of patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia
•    Screening and recruiting patients to research studies.
•    Involvement in service developments and facilitating change.
•    Experience of teaching to wider MDT, therapy teams and students
•    Experience of leading on drug reaction assessments for nebulised therapies

We appreciate people taking the time to write and submit applications, however using those written using AI or a computer system might not be considered.

This post is part of the wider Therapy services department. You will have many opportunities to develop new skills and knowledge through our in-service training. You will be part of a large department of over 290 Therapy staff including Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy support staff.

If this post is not for you and you are interested in other therapy opportunities, please e-mail: [email protected]