Job summary
Exciting opportunity - part time
An innovative leader to champion and advance pelvic health care for the population of Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) is being sought.
The successful candidate will lead and support further development of the current pelvic heath service across the Group. In addition,they will lead and support the delivery of a system-wide perinatal pelvic health service, aligned with the standardised national specification under the NHS Long Term Plan and local maternity and neonatal system requirements.
Main duties of the job
This specialist post will oversee clinical leadership, service management, and advanced-level care across the Group's pelvic health services. The successful candidate will:
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Lead and manage service delivery in line with national perinatal pelvic health specifications (PPHS).
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Provide expert clinical care, carry a caseload, and optimise multidisciplinary pathways.
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Train and develop pelvic health staff through education and mentorship.
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Influence strategic direction by responding to national initiatives and shaping professional standards.
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Collaborate with senior colleagues across NLAG, HUTH, and the Humber/North Yorkshire LMNS.
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Work flexibly across NLAG and HUTH sites (0.2 WTE NLAG, 0.4 WTE HUTH).
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will carry a clinical caseload and work at an advanced level of clinical practice as the lead pelvic healthphysiotherapist. This includes optimising multi professional care and improving pathways of care throughdirect clinical care and problem resolution. To provide robust clinical leadership to the teams delivering carefor these patients. This will be achieved through effective communication, influencing, motivating andinspiring others to deliver high quality care. This includes responding to national initiatives and advising onappropriate clinical and professional strategy relating to pelvic health physiotherapy practice.You will work with senior colleagues in pelvic health across the Group (NLAG and HUTH) and other Trustswithin Humber and North Yorkshire..This includes acting as the clinical interface with the Clinical ServiceLeads for both the medical aspects of pelvic health and the surgical aspects of pelvic health surgery;leading Therapy Services coordination of complex cases and clinical pathway management in order thatpatients are able to achieve their desired outcomes, and, to deliver good practice.You will educate, train and develop physiotherapy staff and undergraduates in this specialty and to provideassurance of competency. To train other health professionals in aspects of pelvic health care. To provideexpert clinical advice and guidance on a range of matters relating to pelvic health/ project delivery. Thisincludes service development, improvement initiatives and addressing clinical challenges.You will ensure that the pelvic health service contributes appropriately to specialty key performanceindicators (KPIs), and to ensure that the Physiotherapy Pelvic Health service achieves KPIs that relate topelvic health services. To lead and support audit and research projects, and identify opportunities forresearch in relation to Pelvic Health services in order to evaluate service delivery. To regularly reviewclinical practice delivery in light of new models of care and clinical transformation programmes within NLAGand HUTH and to identify new ways of working, this includes the advancement of clinical skills in this postof self and others
For further details please refer to the job description and job specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will carry a clinical caseload and work at an advanced level of clinical practice as the lead pelvic healthphysiotherapist. This includes optimising multi professional care and improving pathways of care throughdirect clinical care and problem resolution. To provide robust clinical leadership to the teams delivering carefor these patients. This will be achieved through effective communication, influencing, motivating andinspiring others to deliver high quality care. This includes responding to national initiatives and advising onappropriate clinical and professional strategy relating to pelvic health physiotherapy practice.You will work with senior colleagues in pelvic health across the Group (NLAG and HUTH) and other Trustswithin Humber and North Yorkshire..This includes acting as the clinical interface with the Clinical ServiceLeads for both the medical aspects of pelvic health and the surgical aspects of pelvic health surgery;leading Therapy Services coordination of complex cases and clinical pathway management in order thatpatients are able to achieve their desired outcomes, and, to deliver good practice.You will educate, train and develop physiotherapy staff and undergraduates in this specialty and to provideassurance of competency. To train other health professionals in aspects of pelvic health care. To provideexpert clinical advice and guidance on a range of matters relating to pelvic health/ project delivery. Thisincludes service development, improvement initiatives and addressing clinical challenges.You will ensure that the pelvic health service contributes appropriately to specialty key performanceindicators (KPIs), and to ensure that the Physiotherapy Pelvic Health service achieves KPIs that relate topelvic health services. To lead and support audit and research projects, and identify opportunities forresearch in relation to Pelvic Health services in order to evaluate service delivery. To regularly reviewclinical practice delivery in light of new models of care and clinical transformation programmes within NLAGand HUTH and to identify new ways of working, this includes the advancement of clinical skills in this postof self and others
For further details please refer to the job description and job specification
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent
- MSc degree or equivalent experience
- HCPC registration ( or applied for )
- Accredited student educator
Desirable
- Post Graduate qualification/ experience in leadership
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
- o. Experience in leadership and team management including the development and management of performance and staff appraisal
- oExperience of undertaking clinical audit / evaluation
- Experience of coordination , planning and undertaking of student training
- Evidence of relevant continued professional development to advanced level in clinical area. e
- Excellent time management
- Advanced skills and practice in mentoring and supervision
- proficient keyboard skills
- oAble to work within a Professional Code of Conduct and interpret local and national guidelines and policies in order to deliver a safe service
- oUnderstanding of NHS/BUMP funding and budget management
- oExcellent critical analysis, judgement and decision making skills
- oExcellent planning and organisational skills especially the understanding and awareness of demand and capacity issues and an ability to prioritise accordingly to meet RTT targets
- oExcellent critical appraisal skills to evaluate current research.
- oAdvanced knowledge and skills in the assessment and treatment of a wide range of complex acute and chronicclinical presentations; being able to carry a caseload of a highly complex nature and apply a wide range of treatment options for a range of clinical presentations
- oKnowledge and experience of data capture and evaluation, and the application of Information resources to both clinical practice and service development
- oUnderstand the strategic direction of the Trust and the role that pelvic health (BUMP) has within that
- oAdvanced awareness of current professional and legal issues e.g. Confidentiality, consent, equal opportunities
- oGood knowledge and application of all areas of Clinical Governance including Quality, Audit and Risk management, Critical incident and complaint management
Desirable
- Excellent skills to plan and deliver a clinical audit programme
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- oShows desire and capability to develop standards in pelvic health
- oShow knowledge in health and safety issues
- oExpert communication skill /training
- oAble to communicate a wide range of information to staff and colleagues efficiently and effectively, in particular matters related to complex & wide ranging clinical situations
- oExcellent verbal & written skills
- oAbility to lead and motivate others within the team and demonstrate self motivation
- Demonstrable project leadership skills; scoping, development, resource management, delivery and evaluation.
- oWell practised in negotiation and delegation skills
- oExcellent collaboration skills with different teams (both uni and multi professional) to achieve service development
Desirable
- excellent skills to plan and deliver a clinical audit programme
special attributes/other
Essential
- oShows motivation in developing new skills
- oHigh level of interpersonal skills
- oDemonstrate empathy and diplomacy
- oFlexible and reliable
- oActive member of relevant professional groups
- oTo be reliable and work as an excellent role model
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent
- MSc degree or equivalent experience
- HCPC registration ( or applied for )
- Accredited student educator
Desirable
- Post Graduate qualification/ experience in leadership
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
- o. Experience in leadership and team management including the development and management of performance and staff appraisal
- oExperience of undertaking clinical audit / evaluation
- Experience of coordination , planning and undertaking of student training
- Evidence of relevant continued professional development to advanced level in clinical area. e
- Excellent time management
- Advanced skills and practice in mentoring and supervision
- proficient keyboard skills
- oAble to work within a Professional Code of Conduct and interpret local and national guidelines and policies in order to deliver a safe service
- oUnderstanding of NHS/BUMP funding and budget management
- oExcellent critical analysis, judgement and decision making skills
- oExcellent planning and organisational skills especially the understanding and awareness of demand and capacity issues and an ability to prioritise accordingly to meet RTT targets
- oExcellent critical appraisal skills to evaluate current research.
- oAdvanced knowledge and skills in the assessment and treatment of a wide range of complex acute and chronicclinical presentations; being able to carry a caseload of a highly complex nature and apply a wide range of treatment options for a range of clinical presentations
- oKnowledge and experience of data capture and evaluation, and the application of Information resources to both clinical practice and service development
- oUnderstand the strategic direction of the Trust and the role that pelvic health (BUMP) has within that
- oAdvanced awareness of current professional and legal issues e.g. Confidentiality, consent, equal opportunities
- oGood knowledge and application of all areas of Clinical Governance including Quality, Audit and Risk management, Critical incident and complaint management
Desirable
- Excellent skills to plan and deliver a clinical audit programme
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- oShows desire and capability to develop standards in pelvic health
- oShow knowledge in health and safety issues
- oExpert communication skill /training
- oAble to communicate a wide range of information to staff and colleagues efficiently and effectively, in particular matters related to complex & wide ranging clinical situations
- oExcellent verbal & written skills
- oAbility to lead and motivate others within the team and demonstrate self motivation
- Demonstrable project leadership skills; scoping, development, resource management, delivery and evaluation.
- oWell practised in negotiation and delegation skills
- oExcellent collaboration skills with different teams (both uni and multi professional) to achieve service development
Desirable
- excellent skills to plan and deliver a clinical audit programme
special attributes/other
Essential
- oShows motivation in developing new skills
- oHigh level of interpersonal skills
- oDemonstrate empathy and diplomacy
- oFlexible and reliable
- oActive member of relevant professional groups
- oTo be reliable and work as an excellent role model
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
