Fixed term Full Time Specialist Physiotherapist, Pelvic Health Band 6 University Hospitals Dorset based between Poole and Christchurch sites, with some other off-site working, such as supporting mass clinics at Royal Bournemouth.

We are pleased to offer the opportunity to support the pelvic health physio team to improve the current long waiter referral to treatment pathway for patients with pelvic floor dysfunction.

You will have:

• Degree (BSc Hons Physiotherapy) or equivalent
• Experience of applying clinical reasoning skills to a range of all pelvic health case types and if possible, also have some experience with complex and varied pelvic health caseloads.
• MSK experience and an understanding about onward MSK care
• Working knowledge of Badgernet or similar Maternity systems, and familiarity of acute care provision to perinatal inpatients and escalation of AN MSK care
• Experience of working successfully in partnership with consultants, midwives and other relevant medical practitioners, for example within an MDT or shared pathway and participating in creating innovative solutions for new services
• Experience leading patient groups both in person and virtually
• Empathy and kindness

Interview Date - TBC

Main duties of the job

You will:

• Provide evidence-based, specialist care to perinatal, urogynecology, male and colorectal patients
• Contribute to key aspects of the service, mentoring of Band 5 and students and supporting the wider Pelvic Health Physiotherapy team, including cross-site and off-site working
• Promote and deliver a high quality, evidence-based, customer-focused service
• Work within national and local guidelines, including working at off-site clinics

You will have an excellent track record of Team working, be able to demonstrate how to find solutions collaboratively and undertake supporting junior staff and students alongside your own CPD and learning profile. You will be interested in working towards full membership of POGP

We can offer you:

• Training opportunities and extensive clinical experience
• Leadership and management training opportunities
• Coaching and mentoring facilities

About us

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will take on the project and be directly supervised by the Service Lead. They will contribute in a number of ways including to back fill and release specialist pelvic health physiotherapists, to assist with the co-ordination and delivery of patient education workshops, to support telephone triage and treat processes and to deliver commencement of face to face care and contribute to the associated follow up physiotherapy care. The post holder will also capture data from the 6-month project to represent efficiencies and benefits to patient care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree (BSc Hons Physiotherapy or equivalent)
• Current HCPC registered Physiotherapist

Desirable

• Full or Affiliate member of POGP

Experience

Essential

• Experience working in NHS
• At least 2 years post graduate physiotherapy experience
• Have had experience of Band 5-6 MSK outpatient Physiotherapy
• Experience of using electronic patient/service user record systems
• Proven advanced clinical assessment/ reasoning/ problem solving skills within clinical area

Desirable

• Have had some experience working as a Pelvic Health Physiotherapist in a professional setting
• Have demonstrable AN MSK experience

Technical Skills Competencies

Essential

• oHighly motivated and reliable with the ability to motivate others
• oExcellent time-management and organisational skills
• oAbility to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• oDemonstrate some digital competencies with a varied number of systems related to healthcare
• oBe proficient in intimate examinations relevant to pelvic health physiotherapy

Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrable knowledge of assessment and therapeutic interventions within Pelvic Health Physiotherapy
• Demonstrable knowledge of current relevant guidelines in Pelvic health
• Demonstrable professional development relevant to Pelvic Health

Other requirements specific to the role

Essential

• Evidence of recent professional development
• Willingness to attend external and internal CPD opportunities and to share this learning within the Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Team and wider MDT
• Ability to effectively manage available resources in the pursuit of quality service provision ensuring a safe environment

Desirable

• Have completed courses for urinary and colorectal dysfunction and AN PN MSK and common symptoms [POGP or equivalent]

Personal Attributes

Essential

• oFlexible approach to their work-the ability to provide telephone, video and face to face clinical interventions dependant on clinical need
• oDemonstrate experience of working within an NHS team

language

Essential

• oAble to speak English as necessary to undertake the role

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Poole

Longfleet Road

Poole

BH15 2JB

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