Pelvic Health Physiotherapist - Specialised

Pelvic Health Physiotherapist - Specialised

Band 6

Main area Physiotherapy Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 220-WHT-8381540

Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Whitington Hospital Town London Salary £47,951 - £56,863 inclusive of Inner HCAS per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 11/11/2026 23:59

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An exciting opportunity has arisen within Whittington Health for a band 6 Physiotherapist to develop their skills and knowledge within the speciality of Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy within a supportive team.

The Whittington Health Physiotherapy Service provides a specialist Pelvic Health out-patient and in-patient service for Whittington Health, accepting consultant and GP referrals, and delivered within hospital and community sites. Whittington Health is an Integrated care Organisation (ICO) and the Physiotherapy service sits within the Emergency and Integrated Medicine Services.

Main duties of the job

The Women’s and Men’s Pelvic Health Physiotherapy service is based at Whittington Hospital with a responsibility to provide inpatient and outpatient services, community clinics, and group exercise and advise sessions. The service is closely linked with Women’s Health, Urology and Colorectal Consultants, Midwives, Specialist Nurses and GP services. The service is led by a Therapy Manager, supported by the Pelvic Health ESP Physiotherapist and Team Lead as well as Band 4 support staff.

Experience would be advantageous but an MSK Physiotherapist with enthusiasm and drive to develop within the speciality of Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy would be considered. Funding may be made available for a course specific to development into this area. You will be encouraged and supported to develop your clinical, teaching and managerial skills and be actively involved in service development.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will work as an autonomous practitioner in a specialist Band 6 role to provide a high standard physiotherapy service to patients within Whittington Health Physiotherapy Services.

Your work plan may include inpatient and outpatient duties, providing group exercise and advice sessions, and attending multidisciplinary meetings. You will provide supervision and training for graduatePhysiotherapists, Therapy Assistants and Technicians, and students, and be involved in teaching colleagues from other disciplines. You will be expected to deputise for the Team Lead in operational management in their absence.

You will be expected to:

• Effectively use and ensure that the electronic and written patient records reflect your current caseload and activity; with timely discharge and outcome appointments.
• Undertake all necessary verbal and written documentation required for patient care.
• Provide high quality physiotherapy including assessment, treatment and advice to patients with various Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy presentations.
• Assess and treat own caseload of patients, and maintain associated records as an autonomous practitioner with support from senior staff when required.
• Communicate with other health professionals, patients and carers with regard to the delivery of patient focused care.
• Participate in departmental continuous professional development, departmental education and training, audit and evidence-based projects.
• Have clinical supervision on a regular basis with senior staff. Supervision can take the form of formal training, clinical reasoning, peer review, case reviews and reflective practise.
• Supervise, line manage and appraise therapy assistants, therapy technicians and students.
• Provide education, training and supervision to physiotherapists, students and other staff as appropriate.
• Assist in the operation and development of the Physiotherapy Service provision across Whittington Health Please see the full job description and person specification for more detail on the role.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

• Physiotherapy Degree or equivalent professional qualification
• Registered with UK HCPC
• Evidence of post registration CPD
• Commitment to clinical and professional development in the specialised field of Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy
• Membership of CSP
• Membership of Specialist Interest Groups Post-registration training / courses in Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy
• Other courses, eg: Management Clinical Supervision IT

Skills & Abilities

• Able to work alone as an autonomous practitioner
• Ability to organise and prioritise own case load
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence others
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Practice evidence based therapy
• High level of IST including presentation of IST, with the ability to teach other staff including juniors, assistants and students
• Ability to do 1:1 sessions and appraisals with juniors, assistants and students
• Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
• Able to appropriately apply a range of treatment approaches.

Knowledge & Experience

• Awareness of NHS and Trust systems, policies, procedures and current changes.

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