This fixed-term, 12-month post in the MSK Service at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is a part-time role running a specialised pelvic health caseload. The work centres on independent assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients with complex presentations, plus supervision and teaching of junior staff and students. The post is unsupervised day to day, with referrals from obstetrics, gynaecology, urology and colorectal services. Applicants need HCPC registration and unsupervised experience; visa sponsorship is not available.
What the job involves
- Independently manage a specialised pelvic health caseload, being professionally and legally accountable for it
- Assess, diagnose and formulate individualised treatment programmes, including complex presentations
- Assess capacity and gain valid informed consent, working within the legal framework where capacity is lacking
- Supervise and teach junior staff and students
- Advise and instruct relatives, carers and other disciplines, including manual handling advice
- Manage clinical risk and decide priorities within own caseload
- Keep accurate electronic clinical records on System One and produce patient reports and correspondence
- Audit own practice and apply evidence-based practice, including audit projects
- Liaise with the Trust-wide pelvic health team on prioritising the caseload
- Support the MSK Physiotherapy Team Lead and flex place and hours of work to meet service needs
- Work to Trust and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy clinical guidelines
- Work with pelvic health colleagues across the Trust and Countywide, and the local MSK team
Qualifications
- Degree, diploma or equivalent qualification in physiotherapy
- Appropriate range of postgraduate clinical education
Registration & licences
- HCPC registration, with evidence provided bi-annually on request
Experience
- Relevant postgraduate clinical experience in pelvic health
- Evidence of having worked unsupervised
- Experience of supervising staff directly accountable to the post holder
Skills & knowledge
- Discussing the clinical reasoning process in managing complex cases
- Facilitating reflective practice and learning in others
- Identifying and acting upon adverse clinical signs
- Awareness of relevant national and local clinical guidelines
Nice to have
- Active participation in a relevant interest group
- Experience of implementing clinical guidelines and standards
- Evidence of continuing professional development
What’s offered
- Regular in-service training
- One-to-one mentorship, clinical supervision and peer review
- Continuing professional development encouraged and supported
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
