Chico (Francisco) U'Chong
Brixton,London
Summary
A highly skilled healthcare professional with extensive experience in paediatric chronic respiratory care, PICU, adult ICU, and medical rehabilitation. Demonstrates expertise in managing complex conditions such as cystic fibrosis and congenital heart conditions, with a proven track record of working effectively through the COVID pandemic. Proficient in advanced respiratory management techniques including invasive ventilation, HFOV, ECMO, and iNO. Strong capabilities in delivering education sessions to junior staff and multidisciplinary teams (MDT), alongside conducting successful Audit and QI projects. Committed to clinical excellence through prioritisation of clinical urgency and effective collaboration with MDTs. Career goals include further enhancing specialist competencies in paediatrics and neurology while continuing to contribute to innovative healthcare solutions.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work history
Senior Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist- Chro
Evelina Children's Hospital
London
2025.11 - Current
- Managing patients both inpatient and outpatient settings
- Facilitated training sessions for increased employee competency levels.
- Involved in recruitment processes
- Regularly updated professional knowledge through attending relevant workshops and seminars.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary team to ensure comprehensive patient care.
Highly Specialist Physiotherapist - Critical Care
Evelina Children's Hospital
London
2024.11 - 2025.11
- Specialist acute paediatric physiotherapist
- Cardio-respiratory speciality work across PICU / HDU / Wards
- Organising on-call rota and 7-day working rota
- Teaching and managing junior staff and students.
- Updating and writing clinical guidelines
- Worked as part of an interdisciplinary team for holistic patient treatment plans.
- Completed teaching to MDT on role of physiotherapy
- Upheld competency training of staff members
Specialist rotational respiratory physiotherapist
Royal Brompton Hospital
Chelsea
2022.09 - 2024.11
- Rotational member of staff working with respiratory patients
- Completed rotations across Paediatric inpatient and outpatients, Chronic lung conditions , Cystic fibrosis (Paediatric and adult) and Adult outpatients
- Completed Audits and QI projects
- Involved in recruitment
- Managing on call and weekend rota
- Worked across weekdays, weekends and on-calls
- Supervised students and Jr. staff
Junior Rotational Physiotherapist
Kings College Hospital
London
2021.10 - 2022.11
- Rotated through Major Trauma Critical Care, COVID HDU, Neuro-surgery
- Working weekends and on-call
- Supervised students
Junior Rotational Physiotherapist
Chelsea and Westminster hospital
Chelsea
2020.02 - 2022.10
- Completed rotations in respiratory (Wards and Critical care), Covid NIV ward, MSK, Acute Medical-rehabilitation wards and Oncology (both NHS and Private patients)
- Completed competencies to allow for weekend working in respiratory adults and paediatrics and orthopaedic paediatric and adults
- Worked through COVID pandemic
Education
Master of Science - Physiotherapy - PreReg
Kings College London
London /2017 - /2019
Bachelor of Science - Sports Rehabilitation
St Mary's University College
London /2014 - /2016
Skills
- Up to date mandatory training e-Learning
- Experience in paediatric chronic respiratory, PICU, adult ICU, medical rehabilitation, oncology, MSk, respiratory medicine, post-acute medicine, asthma bronchiectasis and ILD, cystic fibrosis and adult and paediatric respiratory outpatients
- Working through COVID pandemic and completed specialist competencies in paediatrics, neurology, burns and cystic fibrosis, additionally covering orthopaedic and respiratory weekends, and participating in on-call rota
- Completed Audit and QI projects
- Delivering teaching and education sessions to junior staff and MDT
- Experience in environments working with congenital heart conditions to chronic respiratory conditions to hypoxic brain injuries
- Assessment, treatment, and clinical reasoning skills within respiratory settings
- Creating treatment programmes including high levels of invasive ventilation, HFOV, ECMO and use of iNO
- Management using techniques such as MHI, VHI, Mi:E, suctioning, positioning, saline lavage, DNAse instillation, oPEP, IPPB, bPEP and iPEP, AD, ACBT and manual techniques
- Prioritise ensuring clinical urgency and clinical reasoning
- Effective and collaborative work with the MDT
- Strong communication and rapport building skills with MDT, staff, patients and families
- Management of junior staff, students and work experience
Timeline
Senior Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist- Chro
Evelina Children's Hospital
2025.11 - Current
Highly Specialist Physiotherapist - Critical Care
Evelina Children's Hospital
2024.11 - 2025.11
Specialist rotational respiratory physiotherapist
Royal Brompton Hospital
2022.09 - 2024.11
Junior Rotational Physiotherapist
Kings College Hospital
2021.10 - 2022.11
Junior Rotational Physiotherapist
Chelsea and Westminster hospital
2020.02 - 2022.10
Master of Science - Physiotherapy - PreReg
Kings College London
/2017 - /2019
Bachelor of Science - Sports Rehabilitation
St Mary's University College
/2014 - /2016