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Physiotherapist Clinical Lead (Perinatal Pelvic Health)

Employer
University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Location
Stoke on Trent
Salary
£53,755 to £60,504 a year pro rata
Closing date
22 Aug 2024
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Profession
Physiotherapist
Grade
Band 8A
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Part Time
This is a post for an experienced physiotherapist who has extensive experience and knowledge of perinatal pelvic health. The post is based with in the maternity services with an aim to to improve the prevention, identification, and access to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence-recommended treatment for pelvic health problems antenatally, and for at least 12 months postnatally.

They will lead the service, linking with other health professionals to improve outcomes for service users.

Main duties of the job

To work at an advanced level of clinical practice as the clinical lead Perinatal Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, implementing and developing care pathways in line with NHS England's service specification for perinatal pelvic health services.

To work with maternity and other perinatal services to improve the prevention, identification, and access to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence-recommended treatment for pelvic health problems antenatally, and for at least 12 months postnatally.

To build on the existing midwifery-led pelvic health service, and the established multidisciplinary team (MDT) that supports it, to optimise multiprofessional pathways of care through service development, direct clinical care and problem resolution.

To provide robust clinical leadership to the teams delivering care for women and birthing people through effective communication, influencing, motivating and inspiring others, to deliver high quality care.

To educate, train and develop physiotherapy staff and undergraduates in this specialty and to provide assurance of competency and train other health professionals in aspects of pelvic health care.

To provide expert clinical advice and guidance on a range of matters relating to pelvic health to the ICB Local Maternity and Neonatal Service (LMNS), including progress on PPHS project delivery.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To work at an advanced level of clinical practice as the clinical lead Perinatal Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, implementing and developing care pathways in line with NHS Englands service specification for perinatal pelvic health services.

To work with maternity and other perinatal services to improve the prevention, identification, and access to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence-recommended treatment for pelvic health problems antenatally, and for at least 12 months postnatally.

To build on the existing midwifery-led pelvic health service, and the established multidisciplinary team (MDT) that supports it, to optimise multiprofessional pathways of care through service development, direct clinical care and problem resolution.

To provide robust clinical leadership to the teams delivering care for women and birthing people through effective communication, influencing, motivating and inspiring others, to deliver high quality care.

To act as the clinical interface between service leads for medical and surgical aspects of pelvic health leading the coordination of complex cases and clinical pathway management, so that women are able to achieve their desired outcomes, and to deliver good practice.

To educate, train and develop physiotherapy staff and undergraduates in this specialty and to provide assurance of competency and train other health professionals in aspects of pelvic health care.

To provide expert clinical advice and guidance on a range of matters relating to pelvic health to the ICB Local Maternity and Neonatal Service (LMNS), including progress on PPHS project delivery.

Act as the Chair person for the PPHS Steering Group, engaging a wide range of stakeholders to inform service implementation, development and improvement initiatives, and ways to address clinical challenges.

To ensure that the PPHS achieves key performance indicators (KPIs) that relate to pelvic health services and implementation of the national service specification for PPHS.

To identify, lead and support audit and research projects in order to evaluate service delivery.

To regularly review clinical practice delivery in light of new models of care to identify new ways of working. This includes the development of advanced clinical

Person Specification

Essential Qualifications

Essential

  • oBSc in Physiotherapy
  • oCurrent HPC Registration
  • oMaster's degree in relevant specialty


Desirable

  • oNon-Medical Prescribing


Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience

Essential

  • oExtensive experience as a qualified therapist
  • oSignificant experience at Specialist level in relevant specialty.
  • oEvidence of continuous personal & professional development


Desirable

  • experience/ qualification in teaching


Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Address

University Hospitals of North Midlands

Newcastle Road

Stoke on Trent

ST4 6GQ

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205-6473091

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