| Clinical Research Physiotherapist. National Heart and Lung Institute |
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National Heart and Lung Institute Starting Salary: £35,747 per annum (inclusive of London Allowance) This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and well motivated Physiotherapist to gain research experience, working on an MRC funded, interventional clinical trial, investigating muscle weakness in patients with COPD. The post is based in the Muscle Laboratory at the Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College London. You will have particular responsibility for recruitment and day to day assessment of patients for the clinical trial. This will include peripheral muscle strength and endurance testing, physical activity monitoring, incremental shuttle walk testing, quality of life assessment and assisting in quadriceps muscle biopsies. You will also have the opportunity to engage with the Hospital's Advanced COPD service and its active pulmonary rehabilitation program. You should have MCSP and be HPC registered and must be able to demonstrate substantial respiratory post registration experience and previous experience in managing patients with respiratory disease. The ability to work independently is a key part of the role. The post is very well supported and research experience is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided. It is full-time and fixed-term for 12 months in the first instance and is based at the Royal Brompton campus. For informal enquiries please contact Dr Dinesh Shrikrishna on 020 73518029. Please note that, as this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, a satisfactory enhanced level Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) Disclosure will be required for the successful candidate. Our preferred method of application is online via our website http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/employment (please select "Job Search" then enter the job title or vacancy reference number into "Keywords"). Please complete and upload an application form as directed. Alternatively, if you are unable to apply online, please contact the HR Assistant on 0207 5941956 or email This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it to request an application form. Job Reference: RB060-10 Closing Date: 13 May 2010 Committed to equality and valuing diversity. We are also an Athena Silver SWAN Award winner and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. |
Clinical Research Physiotherapist
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