Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 20.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 153-SP04382
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Poole Hospital
- Town
- Bournemouth
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pa pr
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Pelvic Health Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist
Band 6
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
Specialist Physiotherapist, Pelvic Health Band 6 University Hospitals Dorset (Cross site ) Part time up to 0.55 WTE / 20.5 hours per week
Christchurch and Poole are friendly, welcoming hospitals where the PH physiotherapists are part of the outpatient physiotherapy team and well-integrated into the MDT and Maternity services delivering care to Gynae, Uro-gynae, Colorectal, Men’s Health, Antenatal MSK, Perinatal Pelvic Health, including post-natal in and outpatient work which will be at the new BEACH maternity unit Royal Bournemouth site. You will have a keen interest to develop your skills in all aspects of Pelvic Health.
We can offer you:
- Training opportunities and extensive clinical experience
- Leadership and management training opportunities.
- Coaching and mentoring facilities
Christchurch and Poole are friendly, welcoming hospitals where the PH physiotherapists are part of the outpatient physiotherapy team and well-integrated into the MDT and Maternity services. You will have a keen interest to develop your skills in all aspects of Pelvic Health, including Antenatal MSK, Perinatal Pelvic Health, including inpatient work at the new BEACH maternity unit Royal Bournemouth site and Men’s health and colorectal.
Base Location: Poole, Christchurch and Royal Bournemouth Hospitals
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
You will:
- Provide evidence-based, specialist care to perinatal, urogynecology, male & 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:
- 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, or willingness to learn new system, 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
Working for our organisation
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.
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
Please note Therapies have a planned move to align with planned emergency sites in Winter 2025.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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 are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We would welcome applications from people in groups which are under-represented in our organization.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree (BSc Hons Physiotherapy or equivalent)
- Current HCPC registered Physiotherapist
Desirable criteria
- Full or Affiliate member of POGP
Experience
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- Have had some experience working as a Pelvic Health Physiotherapist in a professional setting
- Have demonstrable AN MSK experience
technical skills competencies
Essential criteria
- Highly motivated and reliable with the ability to motivate others
- Excellent time-management and organisational skills
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
- Demonstrate some digital competencies with a varied number of systems related to healthcare
- Be proficient in intimate examinations relevant to pelvic health physiotherapy
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- Demonstrable professional development relevant to Pelvic Health
- 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 criteria
- Have completed courses for urinary and colorectal dysfunction and AN PN MSK and common symptoms [POGP or equivalent]
personal attributes
Essential criteria
- Flexible approach to their work-the ability to provide telephone, video and face to face clinical interventions dependant on clinical need
- Demonstrate experience of working within an NHS team
language
Essential criteria
- Able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sally Sheppard
- Job title
- Service Lead Pelvic Health UHD
- Email address
- [email protected]
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