# Band 6 Pelvic Health Physiotherapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-pelvic-health-physiotherapist/c58854da-311b-4708-824f-bbda2086bb44 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-pelvic-health-physiotherapist/c58854da-311b-4708-824f-bbda2086bb44.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Free Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £47,951 - £56,863 per annum inclusive of HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** 37.5 hours per week (Full time) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-27T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-13T16:15:53.420Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/HAMPSTEAD/Royal_Free_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Allied_Health_Professionals/Allied_Health_Professionals-v8356674 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8356674?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an exciting time to be working at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation one of the biggest NHS Trusts in the UK, delivering care to more than 1.6 million people a year through our three main hospitals: Barnet, Chase Farm and Royal Free. We are looking for Band 6 Pelvic Health Physiotherapist to support an enthusiastic, experienced and well established pelvic health physiotherapy team. The successful candidate will be expected to: - Provide cover for postnatal and gynaecology wards - Assess and treat patients with pelvic floor dysfunction and musculoskeletal obstetric conditions - Support the rotational band 5 The successful candidate is required to be able demonstrate the Trust values, the responsibilities of the job description and person specification. In particular you should have proven experience of working in core areas of physiotherapy and have a keen interest in pelvic health physiotherapy. If you believe you meet the criteria of the person specification and would like to join the Royal Free at this time, we would be interested in receiving your application. To find out more about working at the Royal Free please visit our website at: www.royalfree.nhs.uk/jobs For further details please contact Hannah Beecham Clinical Lead in pelvic health physiotherapy by email at: Hannah.beecham@nhs.net ### Main duties of the job Job summary: - To provide a high standard of physiotherapy service to a range of pelvic health in-patients and outpatients. - To assess and treat own caseload of patients as an autonomous and independent practitioner for patients who may have acute, chronic and/or complex presentation, and maintain appropriate treatment plans and records. - Supervise and teach physiotherapy students and therapy assistants. - To be involved in the teaching of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), staff and patient education groups. - Undertake and present evidence-based projects and research including departmental audit and suggesting practice changes, under the supervision of line manager. - To take an active role in own continuing professional development. - To deputise for team leaders as requested for the day-to-day running of the service. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 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. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Physically fit and able to comply with trust manual handling guidelines ### Experience **Essential** - Minimum of 18 months post registration experience with experience in Pelvic Health in an NHS setting - Understanding and application of the evidence based practice with clinical reasoning - Evidence of CPD in the form of a professional portfolio detailing post-graduate structured, supervised in-service training received/attended, reflective practice - Teaching/education of colleagues, multidisciplinary team and/or public/carers - Team working and ability to work as part of a team - Evidence of presentation of own research/project work which informed departmental development - Thorough understanding of setting & maintaining clinical standards & clinical audit - Supervision of more junior staff, assistants and/students - Evidence of contribution to change within the workplace - Understanding of role of therapy within current evolving health environment **Desirable** - Broad clinical experience on a rotational scheme - Evidence of involvement in research - Work independently with individuals and groups ### Skills and apitudes **Essential** - Able to work autonomously and use initiative - Evidence of specialist clinical skills in the field of obstetrics - Evidence of clinical interest in the field of gynaecology - Good time management and organisational skills - Ability to work effectively within different teams both multi and uni-disciplinary, with a willingness to be personally accountable for actions - Effective clinical reasoning skills & ability to reflect on own practice - Ability to keep legible and accurate records in English using SOAP format - Positive attitude to change; self motivating - Appreciation of need for personal accountability for governance issues (to include confidentiality, Health & safety and risk management) and how these affect self and others - Legislation and litigation related to therapy - To manage stressful situations by remaining calm, objective and professional at all times - Confident and assertive when conducting professional affairs - Good presentation skills - Able to carry out concurrent activities (multi-tasking) and work in an unpredictable working pattern; be flexible - To be proactive in service development, liaising closely with the MDT in order to promote clinical excellence - Competent IT skills - Commitment to personal and departmental development. **Desirable** - Problem solving approach to clinical interventions - Knowledge of relevant standardised assessments, and relevant outcome measures ### Royal Free shared commitments **Essential** - Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments. ### Personal qualities and attributes **Essential** - Effective interpersonal skills, including assertiveness & ability to negotiate - Motivated to achieve personal and professional goals to an excellent standard as appropriate to the job role - Excellent time management and organisational skills - Ability to recognise unacceptable behaviour and act on this appropriately ### Education and professional qualifications **Essential** - Degree/graduate diploma in Physiotherapy - Health Professions Council (HPC) registration - Certificated graduate courses or equivalent in-house training in Women’s Health/Pelvic Health Physiotherapy - POGP-approved short courses or similar **Desirable** - Member of CSP - Membership of special interest group – POGP, IUGA or ICS - Commitment to advanced clinical and professional development ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 232.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10690208) - [person specification (pdf, 144.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10682739) - [functional requirements (pdf, 100.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10682740) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.