Band 7 Pelvic Health Physiotherapist

Job overview

Band: 7

Hours: 18.5 hours, Permanent Post

We are very excited to offer a Band 7 specialist Pelvic Health Physiotherapist Post.

St Peter’s and Ashford Hospitals have a busy Obstetric unit, well established Urogynaecology and Pelvic Pain teams and a growing Colorectal and Gastroenterology service that accepts tertiary referrals of complex patients from the surrounding area. We work closely alongside all multidisciplinary teams who refer to us including Urogynaecology, Colorectal, Gastroenterology, Sexual Health and Pelvic Pain. We provide an inpatient service to Obstetric patients post-delivery and an outpatient service, including a number of classes (educational, exercise and hydrotherapy). The team is a regional centre for the delivery of PTNS treatment. We treat both male and female pelvic health patients.

The post holder will be expected to work alongside the Clinical Lead and other Band 7 physiotherapists delivering high quality patient care and to treat complex patient presentations. The post holder will be expected to help assist with leadership duties within the team and to provide clinical support to junior pelvic health staff. There are a number of opportunities to help enhance service delivery and improve patient pathways at an exciting period of change and expansion for the team.

For further details please contact: Katrina Scott (Clinical Service Lead Pelvic Health Physiotherapist; katrina.scott@nhs.net)

Main duties of the job

• Work as an autonomous practitioner in providing physiotherapy assessment and treatment of a range of complex pelvic health conditions (obstetric, gynaecological, colorectal) to your own designated caseload of patients. This is provided both on-site and also within community clinics without direct supervision. You will be expected to maintain up to date physiotherapy records.
• To use ongoing investigative and analytical skills, assessment techniques and diagnostic procedures to assess complex patients
• To Supervise junior staff and provide clinical leadership to staff treating a wide range of pelvic health conditions
• Use evidence based principles / current best practise and specialist skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
• To organise and run a range of classes and group sessions to meet the needs of the patients and service.
• Fully participate in CPD and other service development activities
• Regularly supervise, teach and support junior staff
• Deputise for the physiotherapy clinical lead during their absence

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The responsibilities and duties below are a summary. For the full list, please ensure you read through the Job Description attached prior to submitting your application.

Successful candidate needs to hold a Physiotherapy Diploma/Degree leading to inclusion on HCPC Physiotherapy register. Successful candidates will be required to work across a number of sites to deliver an effective pelvic health physiotherapy service including hospital outpatient departments, inpatient obstetric ward cover, commercial gym working and remote working.

Clinical Responsibilities:

• To be able to manage and prioritise your own designated clinical caseload, running to time in an outpatient setting and working as an autonomous practitioner without direct supervision.
• To undertake assessment and treatment of a wide variety of acute and chronic obstetric musculoskeletal and gynaecology related conditions.
• To perform internal examinations for the assessment and treatment of pelvic floor conditions.
• To monitor and evaluate treatment to measure progress and to ensure effectiveness of the intervention and to identify quickly when treatment requires modifying and to recognise when advice/assistance from clinical specialist is required.
• To communicate effectively with patients, colleagues and stakeholders regarding patient care and service development.
• To work as a lone practitioner with telephone support from a senior therapist if required.

Research/Audit/Quality

• To evaluate your own clinical effectiveness.
• To undertake and present relevant service improvement and evidence based projects including contribution to in service training programme.

IT

• To be responsible for the accurate input of clinical information onto the trust IT system.

Health, safety and security

• To complete relevant risk assessments and associated documentation/action.
• To demonstrate physical ability to carry out physiotherapy assessments and interventions including manual physiotherapy techniques. This involves frequent light to moderate physical effort.

Organisational Responsibilities

• To demonstrate effective time management and organisational skills during daily management of own workload and to be able to adapt flexibly to sudden changes in workload.
• To ensure timely communication of assessment findings, treatment and outcomes to other involved disciplines through the provision of reports, discharge letters and onward referrals.
• To be involved with the induction, teaching and supervision of other physiotherapy staff and contribute to their performance assessment by providing feedback to their seniors.

This job involves regular exposure to unpleasant working conditions e.g. - body fluids including urine and faeces.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.