Job Title: Pelvic Health Physiotherapist
Grade: Band 6
Department: Pelvic Health Service
Location: Rotherham Hospital, Moorgate Road, Rotherham S60 2UD
Trust: Rotherham Foundation Trust
Shift Pattern: Monday - Friday, 37.5 hours
Pay rate: £21.80
Are you passionate and experienced in providing Physiotherapy? Would you like to be part of a highly qualified team providing support in the assessment of women's health patients/clients with antenatal or postnatal musculoskeletal conditions and patients.
Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust are currently seeking an experienced Pelvic Health Physiotherapist to provide a high quality, responsive service for patients with neuromusculoskeletal/orthopaedic conditions related to pregnancy and/or women's health problems related to pelvic floor muscle dysfunction/ urological or gynaecological conditions.
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services at Rotherham Hospital as well as in the community across the borough of Rotherham.
They are a diverse and welcoming Trust, and they are proud of thei9r c.5000 staff and the care and service they provide to our local population.
They are guided by their values in everything they do. As one of the largest employers in Rotherham, they understand their role as an anchor institution and our responsibilities in helping to reduce health inequalities.
Main duties of the job
o To be clinically responsible for a designated caseload of patients/clients and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.
o To undertake a comprehensive assessment of women's health patients/clients with antenatal and/or postnatal musculoskeletal conditions and patients with gynaecological or urological problems using a range of recognised and specialised clinical assessment techniques.
o To determine a diagnosis and prognosis through the application of clinical reasoning skills and specialist knowledge of physiological and pathological processes and syndromes, with neuromusculoskeletal/Orthopaedic conditions related to pregnancy and/or to women's health problems related to pelvic floor muscle dysfunction and/or other urological or gynaecological conditions.
o To be able to recognise when a patient may need onward referral to an orthopaedic specialist, obstetrician, gynaecologist or urologist due to the severity/prognosis of their presenting problem.
o To formulate/develop and undertake evidence-based plan taking into account the management options available.
o Use highly developed specialist skills to deliver individual programme of care. Reassessing and modifying as appropriate.
o To liaise with members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the delivery of a co-ordinated service. This will include discussion of patient/client care and progress with GP's, Consultants, Nurses and Midwives, Social Care, Third Sector and other relevant staff.
o To develop, in consultation with the patient/client/carers and other staff as appropriate, a comprehensive management and discharge plan, ensuring patients/clients and carers have received the appropriate education and instructions.
To be successful in applying for this role you will need:
- Current relevant professional registration (HCPC Registration)
- Post-qualification experience working as a pelvic health specialist
- Enhanced DBS
- Experience of working within the NHS
- Degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy
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