Hours available: 22.5
Outpatient Physiotherapy Services at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust are looking to recruit a dynamic and experienced physiotherapist to join our Women’s Health Physiotherapy Service.
The post-holder will be an integral part of the Women’s Health Physiotherapy Service with a mixed obstetric and urogynaecology caseload. This will include working alongside the MDT and supporting the Band 7 in service development.
The ability to build relationships with other services involved in the care of patients with pelvic health issues is essential.
We seek a motivated and innovative individual with strong communication and problem-solving skills.
We would also consider a Band 5 developmental role for the right candidate. You will be provided with a tailored development plan, regular supervision, and access to relevant training to support your growth. Upon meeting agreed competencies and objectives, you will progress to a Band 6 role.
Candidates must have previous NHS physiotherapy experience, either as an undergraduate or postgraduate, to be eligible to apply for this post.
For informal enquiries or visits, please contact:
* Sarah Hill, Clinical Lead Pelvic Health Physiotherapist at 01484 343 816
Interviews will be held in person on 5th August.
Responsibilities include:
1. Act as a specialist clinician for the Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Service, supporting the clinical lead with evolving and embedding best practice into the clinical area.
2. Manage own specialist caseload in this area.
3. Work autonomously within Trust policies and professional practice, maintaining accurate and comprehensive up-to-date records.
4. Carry out specialist assessment and treatment of Women’s Health patients in an outpatient clinic setting, contributing to MDT aims.
5. Determine a clinical diagnosis, develop, deliver, implement, evaluate, and modify individualised treatment programmes and/or provide specialist advice, ensuring appropriate pathways of care and communication via liaison and referral to other agencies as required.
6. Provide education/deliver classes to patients as part of the Perinatal Pelvic Health Service.
7. Deliver classes for routine pelvic health patients and pre-op patients.
8. Participate in the education and training of physiotherapists and other healthcare, social services, and education staff, including medical staff.
9. Support the Clinical Leads/Team Leader in the day-to-day running of the Pelvic Health therapy team.
10. Support and advise within the wider MDT on the delivery of the service.
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust (CHFT) is an integrated Trust with over 6,500 colleagues providing hospital and community services across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, a top performer for Elective Recovery, Emergency, and Cancer Care, and recognized as a national digital leader in caring for our community.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, and we are committed to fostering a culture of care. We seek an inclusive, collaborative, creative, innovative, and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
For further details or informal visits, contact:
* Sarah Hill, Clinical Lead Women's Health Physiotherapist at sarah.hill3@cht.nhs.uk or 01484 728900
* Lindsay Hawker, Team Leader Outpatient Physiotherapy at lindsay.hawker@cht.nhs.uk
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