Specialist Pelvic Health Physiotherapist

This is a part time post at 22.5 hours for 12 months and will be based across South Warwickshire.
This will be an ideal opportunity for someone who is considering a developmental opportunity within this specialism.
The service is seeking expert Pelvic Health Physiotherapists who are able to demonstrate extensive post graduate clinical skills, knowledge and experience, within this specialist area which will inspire colleagues and enhance service quality. As a leading health provider we aim to attract dynamic expert staff with advanced communication and leadership skills.
The successful applicants would be expected to:
Communicate well with their departmental lead colleagues and managers in order to deliver a caring and effective patient service.
Inspire and mentor junior colleagues and undergraduate students offering expert recommendations and providing invaluable support.
Manage the department on a day to day basis.
Effectively and efficiently manage their own patient caseload.
Possess great organisational and leadership skills.
Deputise for Pathway Lead., To provide a high standard physiotherapy service to patients in area of
specialism
To work in conjunction with the Pathway lead in planning, co-ordinating,
delivering and evaluating the service area on a day to day basis.
To take a lead role in the provision of support, clinical supervision and
highly specialist advice to less experienced physiotherapy staff and
undergraduate students within the physiotherapy department., To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
To hold responsibility for own caseload within a defined area of the service,
working as part of the Inpatient team.
To perform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with
diverse presentations, to provide a diagnosis and deliver a specialised
treatment plan, based on evidenced based practice.
To be involved in performance management, peer review sessions and
supervision of staff / students as necessary.
To work with other Physiotherapy Team Leads to co-ordinate and
supervise the education of less experienced staff.
To initiate and co-ordinate departmental audit projects on a regular basis,
in order to develop efficient and effective service provision.
To contribute to out of hours working as required.
To maintain own competency to practise
Knowledge skills and experience required:
To undertake a comprehensive Physiotherapy assessment of the individual
patient including those with diverse or complex presentations/multiple
pathologies; gaining relevant information by clinical examination;
observation, questioning, discussion and manual physiotherapy
assessment techniques.
Apply advanced clinical reasoning skills to formulate a clinical diagnosis of
their condition and identify and agree, client centred, and specific,
measurable, achievable, realistic and timely (SMART) goals.
To demonstrate highly developed observational, manual and palpatory
skills for the assessment and treatment of patients.
To formulate and deliver an individual physiotherapy treatment programme based on specialist knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options using clinical skills e.g. manual physiotherapy techniques, electrotherapy, patient education or exercise programmes on an individual or group basis.
To evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes as
required
Assess patient's functional independence and if necessary refer onto
other services.
Formulate a prognosis providing highly specialist advice on best course of
interventions, developing specialised treatment plans.
To make informed clinical decisions on timely discharge planning and / or
referral to other services.
To integrate physiotherapy treatment into a coordinated multidisciplinary
programme, representing the physiotherapy service or the patient at MDT
meeting/case conferences as appropriate. This will include discussion of
patient care, patient progress and involvement in discharge planning from
the outset of instigation of a MDT treatment programme
To provide support, teaching, specialist and highly specialist advice to
other staff within the Physiotherapy team on a planned and spontaneous
basis. E.g. peers, less experienced physiotherapists; technical instructors
/ assistants or physiotherapy, medical or work experience students on
observational visits or staff from other clinical areas.
To co-ordinate and oversee the delivery physiotherapy service in
specified area.
To work within Trust policy and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
guidelines and to have a good working knowledge of national and local
standards. Monitor own and others quality of practice as appropriate.
To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work.
To assess and manage clinical risk within the limits of own scope of
practice.
To set a high personal standard of work and professional attitude and
encourage others to do likewise.
To maintain assessment, treatment and discharge records/reports and
follow guidelines, protocols and procedures in accordance with
professional (Chartered Society of Physiotherapy), legal and departmental
standards.
To identify opportunities to improve the physiotherapy service in order to
provide the best patient care within the resources available and
implement change following discussion with the Physiotherapy manager
To be responsible for organising and planning own caseload to meet
service and patient priorities. Re-adjusting plans as situations
change/arise
To be responsible for the safe and competent use of mobility
aids/equipment by patients and more junior staff and students through
teaching, training and supervision of practice where required.
To have an active role in facilitating quality care by contribution towards
development of clinical guidelines or pathways, education, standard-setting, audit and research.
To contribute to meeting the requirements of the Trust's Corporate
Governance agenda.
To be committed to a team approach in order to provide continuity and
efficiency of service provision.
To maintain high morale and sound staff relations within the department.
To be responsible for supporting and developing physiotherapy students
to graduate level
To be the first point of contact in dealing with minor complaints from
patients in line with trust policy.
To participate in clinical trials, relevant to area of practice, within the
physiotherapy and multi-disciplinary teams.
To represent the Trust externally in local area regarding physiotherapy
services provided.
Professional / Educational
To maintain and further develop own clinical Professional Development
(CPD) by keeping abreast of any new trends and developments, evidence
based practice and incorporate them as appropriate into own clinical
practice to maintain competency to practice. Provide evidence of how
learning is applied
To be an active member of in-house training by attending and delivering
presentations and training. To attend external courses as well as
practising reflective practice, peer review and personal study.
To participate in the staff appraisal scheme and Personal Development
Review (PDR) as both an appraiser and appraisee and to be responsible
for complying with the agreed personal development plan.
To undertake the measurement and evaluation of your work and current
practice through the use of Evidence Based Practice (EBP) projects,
audit, outcome measures, either individually, within the clinical speciality
or with a manager. Make recommendations for change.
To demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk
Management and apply these principles to the work situation
To attend Physiotherapy professional meetings, and departmental team
meetings as required
To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to
relatives, carers and other professionals, to promote understanding of the
aims and goals relating to physiotherapy and to ensure a consistent
approach to patient care to such a level that where appropriate relatives
and carers are able to carry out the therapy programme including
discussing the implications of diagnosis and long term rehabilitation with
clients and their relatives
To provide highly specialist advice to physiotherapy colleagues working
within other clinical areas in clinical matters relating to your specialist area
To provide expert specialist advice, teaching and training to other
members regarding the physical / rehabilitation management of patients
with a diversity of highly complex conditions in work place.
To give advice and provide clinical supervision for bands 5 and 6, to
provide clinical supervision to other Band 7s
To induct, train, supervise and manage performance of more junior staff,
support workers and physiotherapy students. This will include the use of
formal appraisal documentation in relation to physiotherapy staff.
To take on the role of clinical educator and participate in education of
physiotherapy students on placement from local universities. To include
recording of activities and undertaking clinical reasoning, in conjunction
with university clinical staff.
Communications and Working Relationships
To communicate effectively with patients and carers to establish
relationships and maximise rehabilitation outcome, using a wide range of
verbal and non-verbal communication tools, and to ensure understanding
of the physical problems relating to the condition experienced by patients
in specialist area and the impact this will have on their physical/ functional
performance
To be aware of the need for sensitivity and understanding when
communicating with patients and carers who may be anxious or hostile
especially when imparting information about potentially long term
disabling and potentially life limiting conditions.
To assess individual patients' understanding of proposed treatment
modalities and have the ability to work within a legal framework with
patients who lack capacity to consent to intervention, in line with Trust
policy in gaining consent. Involving patients with complex physical,
emotional and psychological conditions.
To maintain accurate, legible, comprehensive and contemporaneous
documentation, in line with legal, professional and departmental requirements and to complete computerised data entry to departmental standards within agreed timescales. To communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines and agencies in the form of letters and reports. This communication could be in verbal, report or letter format.
To communicate effectively and work collaboratively with other therapy
colleagues and other appropriate agencies, working within Trust
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The Trust is part of a 'Foundation Group' through a strategic alliance with Wye Valley NHS Trust, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. This partnership is great for the sustainability of all four organisations and allows us to share learning and maximise opportunities to ensure the delivery of high quality health and care services for our local populations.

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the top performing organisations within the NHS. Our staff think this is a great place to work and we hope you will agree. We have recently been rated as 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following our most recent inspection.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the whole county. This includes our Community Teams in North Warwickshire.
We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Over 6000 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don't need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.
The first thing you will notice about us is how we take our values seriously. We believe that our values underpin everything we do. If you are interested in a role with us you need to make sure our values match your own.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide inclusive, safe, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Probationary Period
All new staff to the Trust will be subject to a standard 6 month probationary period, the details of which will duly follow in your contract of employment.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued and respected and that our organisation is representative of all members of society. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual - we value our employees, job applicants, students, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our values of being Inclusive, Safe, Effective, Compassionate and Trusted.
Agile and Flexible Working
All our staff will have a work base. However the Trust operates as an Agile Working Team therefore staff may be working from home on a regular basis as required by the service. However, occasionally travel around Warwickshire and into your base will be required so access to your own transport would be helpful.
The Trust also welcome staff to work flexibly and we would welcome the conversation at interview regarding flexible working.
Staff Benefits
The Trust offer a wide range of additional benefits to staff. Anyone who joins us on a substantive basis can assess things such as the Lease Car Scheme, Electronics Scheme, Discounted Leisure and Travel, Cycle to work scheme amongst many others available.
Car Parking
The Trust have recently completed the construction of a multi-storey car park at our Warwick Hospital site which has allowed us to reduce waiting times for car parking passes.
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Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Rugby, Stratford-Upon-Avon and Royal Leamington Spa to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.