University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Perinatal Pelvic Health Service Physiotherapy Clinical Lead

The closing date is 06 October 2025

Job summary

To lead on the implementation of the Perinatal Pelvic Health Service (PPHS) across UHDB, developing knowledge and expertise in those specific areas, ensuring value for money and that compliant services are delivered and are reflected in provider contracts.

To participate in aspects relating to pelvic health services and provide expert clinical advice and guidance on a range of matters relating to pelvic health/ LMNS project delivery. This includes service development and improvement initiatives and addressing clinical challenges across the system.

Together with the PPHS Project Lead, lead UHDB PPHS reviews, service specification development and pathway redesign using a collaborative approach with providers and other partners to help ensure that the best value for money and highest quality PPHS are secured within the available resources and specifications and comply with contract terms and conditions.

To provide robust clinical leadership to the clinical teams delivering care for these patients across all UHDB hospital sites.

To ensure that pelvic health service contributes appropriately to specialty KPIs, and to support the PPHS to achieve KPIs that relate to pelvic health service.

Main duties of the job

Liaise with Informatics to ensure that relevant data is maintained and capable.
Take a lead role on the risk-management of clinical practice developments in area of work, and across Therapies in connection with this patient population.
Lead planning, organisation, delivery, and quality evaluation of the education and learning programme within the UHDB service in relation to PPHS.
Evaluate the provision of clinical service delivery leading to development and/or redesign, as indicated, ensuring equitable service provision across all UHDB hospital sites.
Lead the integration of best clinical evidence into practice across the clinical section of UHDB and support the research framework within Therapies involving initiation of research projects, evaluation, and implementation of evidence-based practice in order to ensure that high quality services are based on the best available evidence.
Facilitate an ongoing learning and development environment with internal and external stakeholders and systems.
Assess stakeholder needs and views of pelvic health services for the LMNS pelvic health patient population and work with them to develop expert practice.

Closing date of applications: 6 October 2025

Date of interview: TBC

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Date posted

22 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year pro rata pa

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

320-W&C-1100

Job locations

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Physiotherapy qualification - BSc or post graduate diploma in physiotherapy (or equivalent qualification)
Master's degree or equivalent.
Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Evidence of relevant continued professional development to advanced level in clinical area.

Desirable

Membership of POGP

Experience

Essential

Experience in leadership and team management including the development and management of performance and staff appraisal.
Experience of managing projects through initiation, planning, execution, monitoring & control, closure & benefits realization.
Specialist knowledge and skills in the advanced assessment and treatment of a wide range of complex acute and chronic obstetric clinical presentations.
Understand the strategic direction of the LMNS and the role that pelvic health has within that.
Good knowledge and application of all areas of Clinical Governance including Quality, Audit and Risk management, Critical incident, and complaint management.

Desirable

Experience of engaging with those with lived experience (paid or unpaid) i.e.: voluntary support.

Skills

Essential

Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
Excellent planning and organisational skills especially the understanding and awareness of demand and capacity issues and an ability to prioritise accordingly.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Physiotherapy qualification - BSc or post graduate diploma in physiotherapy (or equivalent qualification)
Master's degree or equivalent.
Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Evidence of relevant continued professional development to advanced level in clinical area.

Desirable

Membership of POGP

Experience

Essential

Experience in leadership and team management including the development and management of performance and staff appraisal.
Experience of managing projects through initiation, planning, execution, monitoring & control, closure & benefits realization.
Specialist knowledge and skills in the advanced assessment and treatment of a wide range of complex acute and chronic obstetric clinical presentations.
Understand the strategic direction of the LMNS and the role that pelvic health has within that.
Good knowledge and application of all areas of Clinical Governance including Quality, Audit and Risk management, Critical incident, and complaint management.

Desirable

Experience of engaging with those with lived experience (paid or unpaid) i.e.: voluntary support.

Skills

Essential

Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
Excellent planning and organisational skills especially the understanding and awareness of demand and capacity issues and an ability to prioritise accordingly.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)