At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our team to provide specialist respiratory care in a virtual ward setting.
- Company: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, a leader in innovative healthcare.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and a chance to make a real difference.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for research and leadership in a supportive environment.
- Why this job: Be part of a pioneering service that transforms patient care at home.
- Qualifications: BSc in health-related field and experience in respiratory care required.
We are excited to be recruiting 2 respiratory practitioners (CNS or physiotherapist) to run a new innovative and forward-thinking respiratory hospital @home/virtual ward service. This role is part of an innovative integrated respiratory pathway delivered in partnership between Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the @Home service.
Based within the @Home community team, the postholder will provide specialist respiratory assessment and management for patients receiving acute-level care in their own homes, supporting both early supported discharge and hospital admission prevention. The role is embedded within the day-to-day delivery of the @Home service while receiving specialist respiratory clinical support, supervision and professional development from the Integrated Respiratory Teams (IRT). This includes participation in respiratory multidisciplinary team meetings, clinical supervision, teaching and education sessions, enabling the postholder to deliver high-quality, evidence-based respiratory care within an integrated multidisciplinary model. The postholder will also contribute to service development, quality improvement and clinical governance, helping to strengthen integrated respiratory care across Southwark and Lambeth.
Main duties of the job include:
- Setting up a new respiratory virtual ward service within @home with support and oversight from the IRT.
- Providing specialist assessment and management for patients with acute exacerbations of COPD or those requiring weaning oxygen.
- Reviewing patients in their homes providing expert assessment and management plans.
- Building and maintaining relationships across multi-agencies and working closely as part of a team of specialist respiratory clinicians.
- Providing specialist respiratory teaching to the @home clinicians.
- Attending MDMs for both services.
- Contributing to the ongoing development of clinical practice, and standards of care within the service.
- Ensuring the safety and well-being of service users, promoting dignity and human rights through person-centred care principles.
About us: Guy's and St Thomas's 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.
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.
Details:
- Date posted: 31 July 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 7
- Salary: £58,133 to £65,261 a year per annum inc HCA
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 196-NM14039-N
- Job locations: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, SE1 7EH, United Kingdom
Person Specification:
- Qualifications: BSC/1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience; Mentorship or Equivalent; Post-registration specialist course.
- Experience: Significant post-registration experience within respiratory specialty; Experience of supervision of junior staff members and/or students; Experience assessing and managing patients with complex long-term conditions; Experience of audit, research & evidence-based care; Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator; Experience managing patients with COPD.
- Skills: Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues; Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients/clients; Demonstrates an awareness of clinical governance and risk management; Advanced clinical, managerial and leadership skills in specialty; Evidence of teaching skills.
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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
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