Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
10 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Broad range of NHS experience and covered a variety of physiotherapy specialities as an undergraduate or postgraduate physiotherapist
- Qualifications
B.Sc. in Physiotherapy (3 or 4 year) or M.Sc. in Physiotherapy (2 year) or Diploma in Physiotherapy (3 year)
- Qualifications
Health & Care Professions Council registration
- Skills, abilities and knowledge
Good clinical reasoning skills
- Skills, abilities and knowledge
Good knowledge of human anatomy and physiology
- Skills, abilities and knowledge
Sound working knowledge of diagnoses and interpretation of disorders
- Skills, abilities and knowledge
Ability to plan treatments and use a wide range of assessment and treatment techniques
- Skills, abilities and knowledge
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Skills, abilities and knowledge
Good organisational and time management skills
- Skills, abilities and knowledge
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Desirable
2 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Gained clinical experience within musculo-skeletal out-patients
- Skills, abilities and knowledge
To have a very good understanding of the role and responsibilities of the post
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a Band 5 Physiotherapist to join the Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Team on a one year fixed-term contract, covering a period of maternity leave.
Applicants do not need to have previous experience within Pelvic Health but should be interested in the speciality and ideally have some musculoskeletal out-patients experience.
Main duties of the job
The main responsibilities of the postholder will be to provide Physiotherapy assessment and treatment to patients within the Pelvic Health speciality, with an emphasis on patients presenting with musculoskeletal pain during and/or after pregnancy and providing support to the Team in provision of the Perinatal Pelvic Health Service. The postholder will also support the Band 4 Assistant Practitioner providing input onto the postnatal and post-operative gynaecology wards and may be required to provide input for the Rectus Abdominis Diastasis (RAD) clinic and various patient advice and education classes.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description for full details but main responsibilities will be to provide physiotherapy assessment and treatment to patients within the Pelvic Health speciality.
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.
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This advert is for Pelvic Health Physiotherapist with The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust in King's Lynn, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Physiotherapist role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 pa pro rata. The contract type is 8 months (8 month fixed term contract). The application deadline is 17 Sep 2026.
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