Advanced Pelvic Health Physiotherapist

There is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, advanced physiotherapist with experience in Pelvic Health Physiotherapy to join our team at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay.
The post will be based Furness General Hospital and working closely with the X- bay team. The post holder will manage a caseload covering Obstetrics, Gynaecology inpatients, outpatients with inpatient Breast Care provision. The team work closely with the urogynaecology MDT, consultants, midwives and GPs. The post holder will support the development of Pelvic Health physiotherapy colleagues in the cross bay team.
The Cross bay team includes a further Advanced Physiotherapist and a team of Specialist Physiotherapy colleagues across the sites.
The trust is involved in PPHS NHS improvement programme and is currently a implementer site. An element of your role will include representing the trust in this project., You will be responsible for sharing the leadership of the Pelvic Health team, implementing service development in line with current evidence and standards and delivering training for physiotherapists, students and the wider MDT. The role will include staff management and service management responsibilities such as completing probation reports, managing absence and completing annual appraisals.

Duties will include clinical leadership of the service from FGH and throughout the cross bay Pelvic Health Team. Leading on service development and delivering in service training to further develop skills within the speciality.
The successful applicant will be an effective team player, have the ability to use their initiative and communicate with empathy. They will embrace innovation and integrated working and be committed to following the best practice to ensure patient centred care.
Previous managerial experience is desirable with the ability to demonstrate a commitment to clinical leadership
You will be expected to be an unsupervised member of the respiratory on-call rota, providing evening and public holiday cover. To be discussed as dependent on experience and skill.
You will be part of the wider Therapy leadership team with there being opportunities to take on additional leadership managerial responsibilities.

We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities where ever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be Effortlessly Inclusive .
The trust operates a No Smoking Policy.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview.
We reserve the right to close a job advert early where sufficient applications have been received.
The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert
If the post is subject to Disclosure & Barring Service checking, (formally CRB) a charge of £49.50 for Enhanced and £21.50 for Standard clearance and additional to this a £4.90 administration fee will be made to the successful candidate(s). This currently only applies to roles Band 6 and above and Medical & Dental posts.
Anyone newly appointed to the trust under the Agenda For Change contract, will be subject to the completion of a satisfactory 6 month probationary period. This will give the new staff member an opportunity to become familiar with the role and working environment.
We have introduced a new system called Pre-Onboarding, specifically to support you right the way through to your first few months in your new role with us at UHMB. This bespoke site has lots of useful information to help you settle in to your new role including: what to expect from the recruitment clearances process, where to get a uniform, when you'll get paid etc. As well as information on a number of our services i.e. Infection Prevention, Anti-fraud, Inclusion and Diversity, Care Certificates and much more. To access click on this link https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/uhmbt-pre-onboarding.