Job summary
To work as an autonomous practitioner, undertaking a pelvic health clinical caseload and working at an advanced level of clinical practice in the treatment of patients. Using advance practice clinical reasoning skills to determine diagnosis, differential diagnosis, prognosis, and optimal nutritional/weight management.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will; Undertake advance practice assessment and treatment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies. Maintain accurate and comprehensive and timely patient treatment records in accordance with Health Professions Council (HCPC) and local service standards of practice.
To enhance quality in areas of assessment, diagnosis, management, and evaluation, delivering improvements in outcomes for patients.
To manage patients along their clinical pathway as a continuum, formulate a clinical impression to; recommend best course of pelvic health intervention, to reassess and progress treatments accordingly to develop, inform and influence management, to advise and plan further pelvic health onward referral.
To act where patients fail to meet expected milestones in their recovery and escalate concerns where patients' pelvic health needs are not met and propose solutions.
To assist the service lead and management team in operational matters as required, and work in conjunction with the team, in the efficient day to day management of the clinical sessions.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Job description
Job responsibilities
To carry a clinical caseload and work at an advanced level of clinical practice as the physiotherapist providing pelvic health physiotherapy service for patients with complex needs. This includes optimising multi professional care and pathway management.
To provide clinical guidance, delivering care for these patients. This is achieved through effective communication, influencing, motivating, and inspiring others to deliver high quality care. Awareness of national initiatives and using evidence-based practice relating to pelvic health physiotherapy practice.
To work with senior colleagues in pelvic health across this Trust to facilitate the delivery of appropriate pelvic health pathways. Coordination of complex cases and clinical pathway management in order that patients can achieve their desired outcomes, and, to deliver good practice.
To educate and develop physiotherapy staff and undergraduates in this specialty and to provide assurance of competency.
Involvement in service development and improvement initiatives with the service management team.
To ensure that the Pelvic Health service achieves KPIs that relate to pelvic health services.
To regularly review clinical practice delivery considering new models of care and clinical transformation programmes within an advance practice role at Southport & Ormskirk NHS Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To carry a clinical caseload and work at an advanced level of clinical practice as the physiotherapist providing pelvic health physiotherapy service for patients with complex needs. This includes optimising multi professional care and pathway management.
To provide clinical guidance, delivering care for these patients. This is achieved through effective communication, influencing, motivating, and inspiring others to deliver high quality care. Awareness of national initiatives and using evidence-based practice relating to pelvic health physiotherapy practice.
To work with senior colleagues in pelvic health across this Trust to facilitate the delivery of appropriate pelvic health pathways. Coordination of complex cases and clinical pathway management in order that patients can achieve their desired outcomes, and, to deliver good practice.
To educate and develop physiotherapy staff and undergraduates in this specialty and to provide assurance of competency.
Involvement in service development and improvement initiatives with the service management team.
To ensure that the Pelvic Health service achieves KPIs that relate to pelvic health services.
To regularly review clinical practice delivery considering new models of care and clinical transformation programmes within an advance practice role at Southport & Ormskirk NHS Trust.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered health professional
- First level registered nurse/professional UK registration
- First Degree (or equivalent experience)
- Post registration course in specialty
Desirable
- Master's in advanced clinical Practice
Experience
Essential
- Extensive clinical post-graduation experience of rehabilitation of patients with pelvic floor dysfunction
- Experience of working with multi professional groups involved in the care of patients with pelvic floor dysfunction
- Development and supervision of junior staff, students and therapy assistants
- Experience of service evaluations and audit processes
- Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio, including attendance at recent post graduate courses relevant to speciality
- Have a detailed awareness of current NHS issues and relevant frameworks/quality indicators
Desirable
- Experience of joint working with external organisations, academic institutes where applicable
- Experience of developing services
Skills
Essential
- Committed to personal and departmental development
- Able to work well with others and pass on skills and knowledge
- Able to maintain judgement under pressure and manage stress in others
- Have motivation, drive and enthusiasm
- Be able to deal with conflict resolution with staff, patients and members of the public
- Ability to be empathic and discuss sensitive issues
- Self-directed learning
- Good computer and telephone skills
- Evidence of advanced communication skills
- Initiate evidence-based practice within the clinical setting
Desirable
- Demonstrate full awareness of clinical governance and its application in therapy
Other
Essential
- Occasional requirement to exert moderate physical effort for short periods during a given time when moving and transferring patients
- Required to concentrate when carrying out care. Work is generally predictable but occasional requirement to deal with unpredictable emergency situations
- Working closely with complex patients and their carers
- Supporting patients, carers and families who have been given bad news
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered health professional
- First level registered nurse/professional UK registration
- First Degree (or equivalent experience)
- Post registration course in specialty
Desirable
- Master's in advanced clinical Practice
Experience
Essential
- Extensive clinical post-graduation experience of rehabilitation of patients with pelvic floor dysfunction
- Experience of working with multi professional groups involved in the care of patients with pelvic floor dysfunction
- Development and supervision of junior staff, students and therapy assistants
- Experience of service evaluations and audit processes
- Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio, including attendance at recent post graduate courses relevant to speciality
- Have a detailed awareness of current NHS issues and relevant frameworks/quality indicators
Desirable
- Experience of joint working with external organisations, academic institutes where applicable
- Experience of developing services
Skills
Essential
- Committed to personal and departmental development
- Able to work well with others and pass on skills and knowledge
- Able to maintain judgement under pressure and manage stress in others
- Have motivation, drive and enthusiasm
- Be able to deal with conflict resolution with staff, patients and members of the public
- Ability to be empathic and discuss sensitive issues
- Self-directed learning
- Good computer and telephone skills
- Evidence of advanced communication skills
- Initiate evidence-based practice within the clinical setting
Desirable
- Demonstrate full awareness of clinical governance and its application in therapy
Other
Essential
- Occasional requirement to exert moderate physical effort for short periods during a given time when moving and transferring patients
- Required to concentrate when carrying out care. Work is generally predictable but occasional requirement to deal with unpredictable emergency situations
- Working closely with complex patients and their carers
- Supporting patients, carers and families who have been given bad news
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).
