# Specialist Pelvic Physiotherapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-pelvic-physiotherapist/0beb171d-853e-4a37-a2a2-2eee63833009 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-pelvic-physiotherapist/0beb171d-853e-4a37-a2a2-2eee63833009.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Liverpool Women's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 15 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-18T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-04T12:34:55.700Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Liverpool/Liverpool_Womens_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Physiotherapy/Physiotherapy-v8186308 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8186308?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/REMAX/contact ## Job Content ### Job overview This role is to cover a period of maternity leave within the team. The post holder will provide the opportunity for an already experienced clinician in pelvic health to develop further in the management of a wide variety of pelvic floor dysfunction in an acute setting. The successful applicant will be fully supported to identify appropriate goals towards continued professional development and working within the multi-disciplinary teams across the organisation promoting the profile of the specialist physiotherapy service. ### Main duties of the job - To deputise for the Physiotherapy Service Manager and work with the manager /rest of the team, to plan, coordinate, deliver and evaluate the physiotherapy service provided. - Be responsible for providing highly specialist and complex assessment and treatment of patients with pelvic floor dysfunction. - Supervision, support and education to physiotherapists and physiotherapy undergraduates and other colleagues within the MDT both within the Trust and the community. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Work as an autonomous practitioner, professionally and legally accountable to the management of patients in your care, ensuring a high standard of clinical care. - Highly skilled in verbal and non-verbal communication skills with all groups of patients. - Coordinate and ensure effective delivery of obstetric and gynaecological inpatient service, across the Trust within resources, adapting to change and prioritising accordingly. - To be able to demonstrate sound clinical reasoning within the assessment and treatment of patient's suffering a wide range of complex pelvic floor dysfunction /pelvic symptoms. Implement goal setting and constant re-evaluation of intervention to achieve optimum outcomes for the patient including comprehensive discharge planning. - Formulate individualised specific management and treatment plans employing advanced analytical skills. - Utilising advanced treatment skills and options including neuromuscular electrical stimulation, biofeedback. - To be responsive and adaptable to perpetual changes in patient's clinical states. - To elicit active patient participation and cooperation with treatment often against a background of cognitive/behavioural/perceptual components. - To assess mental capacity of the patient, including ability to give informed consent and this be documented whilst working within the legal framework. - Ensure coordinated treatment approach, making accurate and timely risk assessments to minimise risks and maximise patient's progress. - Provide highly specialist advice to members of the MDT. - Work closely with other specialist services e.g urogynae nurse specialists. - Effectively communicate with patients and carers to maximise rehabilitation potential and ensure understanding of often complex aspects of their condition. - identify and justify when a patient does not require physiotherapy intervention, but needs other MDT input. - Empower patients to self manage long term conditions through advice, education, coping strategies and therapeutic procedures. - Supervision of student including use of formal appraisal. - provide specialist advice/mentoring to physiotherapy colleagues on the management of complex cases. - Managerial and Leadership:- - Take responsibility for certain service operational issues. - Be involved in planning/organisation of clinical and service based activity. - Actively participate in appropriate unit working groups within the Trust. - For further details see Job description attached. - Professional and educational:- - Maintain own CPD to ensure practice up to date and evidence based. - Actively attend internal/external courses. - Share new skills/knowledge with physio colleagues in training session. For further details see job description attached. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - - Minimum 5 years post registration experience - - Two to three years as Band 6 - - Experience of staff supervision and development - - Evidence of participation in research / audit ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - - Team player - - Self motivated - - Enthusiastic - - Flexible and forward thinking - - Reliable - - Good communicator - - Empathetic - - Supportive of others ### Special Requirements **Essential** - - Car driver, or ability to meet the travel requirements of the post - - Committed to personal and team development - - Able to maintain judgement under pressure. - - Demonstrates ability to use initiative - - Basic IT Skills ### Qualifications & Learning **Essential** - - Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy - - Registered with the Health & Care Professions Council - - Evidence of Continuing Professional Development including attendance at recent post graduate masters level courses relevant to the clinical field. ### Skills, Knowledge & Aptitudes **Essential** - - Advanced knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathology related to women’s health patients - - Advanced clinical reasoning skills in women’s health. - - Report writing skills - - Understanding of the legal responsibilities of the profession - - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - - Ability to keep legible and accurate notes in English in the POMR system - - Able to present information in a clear and logical manner - - Presentation and teaching skills - - Ability to lead and motivate others within the team - - Proven organisational skills, including prioritisation and delegation - - Able to work at intense levels of concentration during most of the working day - - Competent IT skills - - Research skills - - Counselling skills - - Ability to work within a stressful and unpredictable environment - - Able to carry out moderate physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities - - Working knowledge of Clinical Governance including Risk Management, Audit and Quality - - Basic computer skills - - Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust’s policies of data protection, equal opportunities and Health and Safety to meet the differing needs of the patients ## Documents - [jd & ps (pdf, 512.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10490281) - [lw logo (jpg, 709.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1363) - [risk id (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10510464) - [recruitment pack (pdf, 9.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2490) - [recruitment documents (pdf, 834.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10490285) ## 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.