Job overview
A rare opportunity has arisen for a Highly Specialist Band 7 Pelvic Health Physiotherapist to join the Therapies team at Newham University Hospital as part of Barts Health NHS Trust. The post holder will be a qualified Physiotherapist, with at least 4 years postgraduate experience and 2 years’ experience within a Women’s/Pelvic Health specialty. They should be registered with the HPC and have completed a Musculoskeletal rotation at Band 6 level. They should have excellent baseline knowledge of Obstetrics and Gynecological conditions and physiotherapy management and have experience of treating a variety of Women’s/Pelvic Health inpatients and outpatients. Evidence of involvement in project management and audit will be desirable.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be based at Newham University Hospital and join the wider Barts Health Pelvic Health team, which is based over two sites, Whipps Cross and Newham. They will have the opportunity to build and develop Gynecological specialist practice at NUH as well as Colo-rectal multi-disciplinary Specialist clinics. They will have supervisory responsibility for a Band 6 physiotherapists, Band 5 physiotherapists and students, providing appraisals, teaching and clinical support with managing demanding caseloads. They will work closely the Band 8a Clinical Lead for MSK Outpatient Therapies and contribute to the development of an Integrated Outpatient Therapy Service. This will further facilitate their managerial and leadership qualities. We have an excellent in-service training program and collaborate with relevant teaching with the Outpatient Musculoskeletal Team. We support you with post-graduate courses and modules and funding opportunities are available. The Pelvic and Women’s Health team has a strong Band 8 strategic and clinical leadership team, who support the Women’s Health Physiotherapy team to deliver the best possible patient care.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
2. Member of the Health Care Professionals Council
Desirable criteria
3. Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Experience
Essential criteria
4. Suitable postgraduate experience as a senior physiotherapist in relevant MSK/Women’s health/Pelvic health outpatient settings
5. Experience of working with Maternity/Obstetric, Gynaecology and Urology patients
6. Documented evidence of CPD, in accordance with HPC recommendations
7. Experience of working as part of a team uni-professional and multi- professional team
8. Advice, supervision, appraisal, training and support to more junior staff, support staff and students
9. Experience of audit/research
10. Experience with Chronic pain patients
Desirable criteria
11. Member of specific interest group specialising in Women’s Health
12. Committee membership eg POGP
13. Experience of working as part of an Orthopaedic weekend service
Knowledge
Essential criteria
14. Good knowledge of current best practice in physiotherapy in the relevant setting E.G. MSK/pain/maternity/obstretic/urology/gynaecology
15. Specialist MSK skills in OPD/Maternity/Obstretic/Urology areas
16. Understanding and application of risk management
17. Understand legal responsibilities of the profession and the associated code of ethics
18. Demonstrate understanding and previous participation in activity to support the clinical governance agenda
19. In-depth knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to client group
Skills
Essential criteria
20. Ability to organise and prioritise own and more junior staff workload and supervise support staff in this field
21. Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities and support other staff in this field and delegate
22. Ability to demonstrate flexibility and reliability
23. Excellent interpersonal skills
24. Ability to deliver training both internally within the profession and externally to other staff groups
25. Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
26. Ability to apply current best practice in physiotherapy in acute physical, community and rehab settings
27. Ability to work as an effective team member
28. Ability to gain patient’s trust
29. Ability to engender confidence & feeling of safety in patients about their care
30. IM&T skills
Other
Essential criteria
31. Ability to pass on knowledge and deliver training both internally within the profession and externally to other staff groups
32. Committed to lifelong and self-directed learning
33. After induction, to be able to actively participate as an appraiser to the Trust IPR system
34. Committed to personal and team development
35. Ability to present information both orally and written in a clear and logical manner
36. Ability to cope with working in a busy or stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients/carers
37. Able to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities
38. Commitment to non-discriminatory practice
39. Understanding and compliance with Data Protection