Senior Pelvic Health Physiotherapist

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated Physiotherapist to join our Pelvic Health Team at Worcestershire Acute Hospital NHS Trust.

This is a permanent, part-time (30 hours per week) position and will be mainly based at Worcestershire Royal Hospital but the post holder will be expected to work across all three trust sites. Hours will be worked across Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Our Pelvic Health Team covers a range of work, including pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain, continence, pelvic pain conditions, and obstetric ward cover.

The post holder will work closely with the rest of the Pelvic Health Therapy team as well as the wider multidisciplinary team and musculoskeletal teams across all three sites.

The post holder will be required to manage a large and complex outpatient list, demonstrate sound clinical reasoning skills, and have a commitment to the provision of evidence-based care.

The post holder will be supported in their continuing professional development by the very experienced and supportive Team Leads, encouraged to take part in audits and contribute to the development of others, and the Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Service.

We provide regular team training sessions and 1:1 supervision to support your development in this role.

The post-holder will also be expected to contribute to the supervision of both students and support workers.

Main duties of the job

Working as an autonomous practitioner, to provide high quality patient focussed care through assessment, diagnosis, development and delivery of individual treatment programmes.

To take the responsibility for own caseload within a defined area of service or for a particular patient type.

To provide supervision, support and education to qualified and unqualified staff and students.

To participate in departmental audit in support of evidence-based practice.

To communicate with the MDT as appropriate to provide comprehensive assessment to determine admission prevention as appropriate to given speciality.

To undertake outpatient activity as appropriate within area of speciality.

To contribute to our 7-day service on a rota basis dependant on specialty of work. To complete on call over a 24 hrs period / complete weekend working as appropriate to speciality.

About us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Details

• Date posted: 05 June 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year Pro rata
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
• Reference number: C9365-26-0441
• Job locations: Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR51DD, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

For a full list of duties please refer to the attached Job Description document.

Clinical:

To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of practice, including the management of patients receiving treatment.

To undertake clinical assessment, including risk analysis, of patients presenting with simple and complex/multi pathologies within defined area of speciality.

To be able to apply knowledge and highly developed skills from a wide range of specialties e.g. respiratory, neurology, musculoskeletal outpatients, care of the elderly dependant on given area of speciality underpinned by evidence.

To use advanced clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to establish accurate diagnosis.

To use judgemental skills and comprehensive knowledge of physiotherapy treatments to formulate individual treatment programmes based on evidence of best practice.

To demonstrate a high level of skill in dexterity, co-ordination and sensory skills to deliver appropriate treatments selected from a range of physiotherapeutic interventions e.g normal movement, motor relearning, manual therapy techniques, respiratory techniques, use of NIV, exercise therapy, hydrotherapy and electrotherapy dependant on area of speciality.

To regularly evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment plan and adjust the treatment accordingly.

To use clinical knowledge to formulate a prognosis and recommend an appropriate course of action and discharge plan.

To maintain comprehensive, accurate and contemporaneous treatment records including valid consent appropriate to the intervention.

To ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained at all times.

To be an active participant on the evening and weekend On Call Service, which includes advanced respiratory techniques and non-invasive ventilatory aids. This may also include the treatment of children. Rota will depend on Speciality

To be responsible for leading patient classes, e.g. cardiac rehabilitation, knee group and rheumatology classes dependant on area of speciality.

Communications:

To assess capacity, gain valid consent and to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.

To communicate effectively, verbally and through touch, with patients to maximise rehabilitation potential.

To demonstrate communication skills of persuasion, motivation, reassurance, explanation and negotiation, with patients with barriers to effective communication may be evident, eg expressive and receptive dysphasia, altered perception, hearing loss, mental disabilities, pain and fear. Barriers to effective communication will regularly be evident.

To write clear and concise notes based on physiotherapy assessment and treatment of patients, in accordance with professional standards.

To use written information in assisting the patient to understand their condition and involvement in the treatment process.

To liaise with the designated Team Lead Physiotherapist regarding the workload of the area.

To liaise with senior physiotherapy staff regarding highly complex cases.

To liaise with medical, nursing staff and other health care professionals regarding patient care.

To liaise and where appropriate advise patients, carers and relatives regarding patient care.

To liaise with members of the multidisciplinary team and attend case conferences, MDT meetings and ward rounds as appropriate.

To produce written discharge summaries and/or progress reports to GPs, Consultants or other referring health professional regarding the patients condition within Speciality.

Education and Training

To be appraised by the Team Lead Physiotherapist within area of speciality, agree personal objectives to be achieved within area of speciality and formulate a personal development plan.

To maintain own clinical professional development by a variety of means (internal/external courses, journal reviews, self-directed study) in order to maintain up to date clinical knowledge.

To keep abreast of new developments in clinical physiotherapy and evidence based practice.

To participate in all annual mandatory training.

To demonstrate an understanding of clinical governance in physiotherapy practice. To regularly evaluate physiotherapy practice through the use of outcome measures and audit.

To undertake, or assist with Research and Development activity.

To participate in training by the regular delivery of presentations to fellow physiotherapists, other staff and students.

To supervise and appraise more junior members of staff, assistants and students as delegated by senior staff, to promote a high standard of patient care.

To adhere to local department and trust policy

Organisation and Management

To prioritise and manage own patient workload and that of supervised staff.

In the absence of the Team Lead Physiotherapist in the specialty, to manage and allocate staff in order to provide an efficient service.

To ensure the Team Lead is fully informed of all matters affecting the speciality by regular reporting.

To be aware of and adhere to National, Professional, Trust and Departmental policies and recommend changes for own work area following audit or research.

To maintain a safe environment at all times for patients, visitors and staff.

To ensure safe use of all mechanical and electrical equipment or orthoses and appliances used in the care of patients, providing advice to other staff and carers as needed.

To act immediately to rectify any unsafe practices or environments witnessed and report adverse incidents or near misses according to Trust policy.

To provide statistical information regarding own workload as required for managerial purposes.

Professional

To maintain Health Professions Council (HPC) registration adhering to the Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics

To maintain own Continuing Professional Development in line with Clinical Governance and the HPC Standards.

To work within the Rules of Professional Conduct of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.

To be responsible for maintaining own competence through self-directed learning and reflective practice.

To assist with research, audit and service development projects.