Pelvic Health Physiotherapist

Job overview

This role is offered on a fixed term/secondment basis for 12 months. The hours are part-time, 12 hours per week.

This is a Band 6 vacancy within our MSK Service for a candidate with experience in Pelvic health Physiotherapy.

Internal applicants who wish to be considered for a secondment opportunity should discuss with their line manager the suitability of a possible secondment

This post would suit an enthusiastic physiotherapist who is dynamic, innovative and passionate about the Pelvic Health specialty. This is an opportunity for a team player to join a forward thinking MSK Service as a Band 6.

What we offer: -

• - Regular in-service training - One to one mentorship, clinical supervision, peer review - Wide variety of clinical presentations referred from Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Urology and Colorectal Services, Midwifery, Advanced Practitioners, GPs and patient Self-referral.

The post holder will hold an independent caseload and work closely and collaboratively with Pelvic Health Colleagues in GHC and Countywide in addition to the local MSK Team.

Continuing Professional Development is actively encouraged and supported with opportunities to develop.

Main duties of the job

A Band 6 physiotherapist participates as a member of the physiotherapy team independently managing a specialised clinical caseload.

They are expected to have supervisory responsibility and teaching responsibility for more junior members of staff and students.

The post holder will fully develop their independent clinical practice and supervisory skills supported by Gloucestershire Health and Care Trust clinical and managerial Physiotherapy networks.

Although the post holder will be based within an MSK Physiotherapy Out-Patient setting, they will need to be able to work independently, as a Pelvic Health Clinician. The post is not supervised and Pelvic Health Physiotherapy colleagues are only available via telephone or email for support on a day to day basis.

Clinical and professional supervision is in the form of regular clinical reasoning sessions, observed practice, peer review and formal training.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner and working alone as a highly skilled clinician providing guidance within their specialised field.

To be professionally and legally accountable for a designated patient caseload and to decide priorities for own work area, balancing other patient related and professional demands.

To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload.

To assess patients’ capacity, gain valid informed consent to treatment and where such capacity is lacking/absent to work within a legal framework in the management of the patient

To undertake the comprehensive assessment and accurate diagnosis of patients, including those with a complex presentation, using expert investigative analytical and enhanced clinical reasoning skills.

To use expert clinical reasoning skills frequently with no access to other colleagues.

To formulate individualised clinical management programmes utilising a wide range of treatment skills and options to plan a specialised programme of care.

To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers, other disciplines and agencies to promote understanding of the aims of physiotherapy for each individual patient and to ensure continuation of the individualised treatment programme. This will include manual handling advice.

To be competent in using System One for computerised patient records and ensure notes are written up in a timely manner

To ensure accurate, comprehensive and up to date electronic clinical records are maintained and realistic term goals are set on our electronic clinical record system. To ensure records are evaluated and reviewed at the appropriate timescales and in accordance with Trust guidance and professionally agreed criteria.

To produce comprehensive patient related reports and correspondence for other disciplines or agencies relating to assessment findings and/or treatment outcomes.

To undertake ongoing measurement and evaluation of own work through audit, outcome measurement, the application of evidence-based practice and research where appropriate.

To be involved in audit projects to review current clinical practice.

To liaise with the Trust wide Pelvic Health Physiotherapy team for the prioritisation and management of a designated departmental patient caseload.

To assist the MSK Physiotherapy Team Lead demonstrating flexibility where necessary to support and deliver the Pelvic Health service provision.

To meet potential requirements of flexible working as part of potential changes in service regarding the place of work and hours of work.

To work according to Gloucestershire Health and Care Services and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Clinical Guidelines and have a good working knowledge of relevant national standards to which quality of practice should be monitored.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship as per the Government’s UK VISA and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information please visit https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

To support compliance with UK immigration requirements, all applicants who require a visa to work in the UK must disclose their visa history in full. This includes current and previous sponsors, dates of sponsorship, visa category, and any changes of employment. If you are on a Graduate or Dependant Visa, please disclose the expiry date on your application. Incomplete information may mean we are unable to consider your application

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.