Job summary
The Waltham Forest Women's Health Hub is seeking an experienced and innovative Specialist Physiotherapist to provide specialist assessment, treatment and advice to patients referred via a new single point of access for gynaecology referrals. This role will involve providing leadership in developing, planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the Pelvic Health service provided to patients within the multidisciplinary clinic in the Womens Health Hub.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Physiotherapist to help deliver and shape the future of women's health services within the NHS. If you are passionate about improving healthcare outcomes for women and have post graduate experience as a senior physiotherapist in relevant MSK/ Women's health outpatients, we would love to hear from you.
Applicants are invited to apply for the post above, to join the Women and Children's Division at Whipps Cross University Hospital. The Division has been rated Good by the CQC and is part of Barts Health NHS Trust, providing Women and Children's Services across East London.
We are looking for an experienced Specialist Physiotherapist with a commitment to and passion for improving services and outcomes for patients and their families. This role requires individuals with experience of working with Gynaecology /Maternity/ Urology patients and evidence of CPD in accordance with HPC recommendations.
Main duties of the job
o This is a role working in a Women's Health musculoskeletal outpatient physiotherapy department, but working closely alongside Women's Health Hub colleagues, including Gynaecology/Sexual and Reproductive Health Consultant and GPs with a Special Interest in Women's Health.
o To provide specialist assessment, treatment and advice to patients within the field of women's health, facilitating and maximising patient potential within the service boundaries
o Provide leadership in developing, planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the Pelvic Health clinic service provided to patients within your specialist area on a day to day basis and with a view to future developments
o To give highly specialist guidance and advice to other members of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) on matters relating to your specialist area
o To act as a specialist resource for physiotherapy staff and other health care professionals.
o To take a lead role in providing women's health physiotherapy care, including the advanced assessment and treatment of patients who have diverse presentation and can be highly complex. To work in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team to provide clinical diagnosis, and as an autonomous practitioner plan and perform appropriate treatment, and maintain records and ensure others do the same. To assess to a high level and be able to treat and provide advice on cases.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
Although this position is a 12 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 12 months.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
Although this position is a 12 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 12 months.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- oPost graduate experience as a senior physiotherapist in relevant MSK/womens health outpatients
- oExperience of working with Gynaecology/Maternity/Obstetric/Urology patients.
- oDocumented evidence of CPD, in accordance with HPC recommendations.
- oExperience of working as part of a team uni-professional and multi- professional team
- oAdvice, supervision, appraisal, training and support to more junior staff, support staff and students.
- oExperience of audit/research.
- oExperience with Chronic pain patients
- oPost graduate training in specialist field demonstrating advanced knowledge and treatment of complex pelvic health conditions
- oEvidence of self-directed learning
Desirable
- oAppropriate post registration NHS experience
- oExperience of sole working as part of an out of hours orthopedic weekend service
- oMember of appropriate specialist interest group such as POGP
- oEvidence of ability to continue post graduate training and development to MSc level
- oLeadership training
- oEvidence of research experience
- oExperience with QI methodology
- oChange management experience
- oExperience setting up a new service
- oExperience of line management of junior members of staff
Skills
Essential
- oGood knowledge of current best practice in physiotherapy in the relevant setting E.G. MSK/pain/maternity/obstretic/urology
- oExpert knowledge of relevant Women's health conditions
- oSpecialist MSK skills in OPD/Maternity/Obstretic/Urology areas
- oUnderstanding and application of risk management.
- oUnderstand legal responsibilities of the profession and the associated code of ethics
- oEvidence of ability to demonstrate leadership and supervisory skills
- oAbility to demonstrate expert skills in assessment and treatment of patients in line with current practice and research
- oUnderstand clinical governance and its implications for service delivery and demonstrate evidence of its application such audit and SOP
- oExperience of service improvement work
- oAbility to organise and prioritise own and more junior staffs workload and supervise support staff in this field
- oAbility to work autonomously and set own priorities and support other staff in this field.
- oDemonstrate understanding and previous participation in activity to support the clinical governance agenda
- oIn-depth knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to client group.
- oBe able to demonstrate flexibility and reliability.
- oExcellent interpersonal skills.
Knowledge & Qualifications
Essential
- oDiploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
- oMember of the Health Professions Council.
- oTo have clinical experience in the relevant field at Band 7
- oTraining of junior staff in relevant conditions, treatment and management
- oSupervision and appraisal of junior staff
- oEvidence of recent and relevant managerial experience e.g. team leader
Desirable
- oMember of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
- oMember of special interest group specialising in women's health.
- oTo have broad clinical experience
- oTraining of students on placements
Other
Essential
- oSupervisory & appraisal skills of other staff including junior staff / support staff / students.
- oAbility to pass on knowledge and deliver training both internally within the profession and externally to other staff groups.
- oCommitted to lifelong and self-directed learning.
- oAfter induction, to be able to actively participate as an appraiser to the Trust IPR system.
- oCommitted to personal and team development.
- oAbility to gain patient's trust and engender confidence & feeling of safety in patients about their care.
- oAbility to present information both orally and written in a clear and logical manner.
- oAbility to keep accurate and legible patient notes.
- oFully IT literate with IM&T skills to use a range of applications to support workload.
- oAbility to cope with working in a busy or stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients/carers.
- oAble to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities.
- oCommitment to non-discriminatory practice.
- oUnderstanding and compliance with Data Protection.
Desirable
- oMember of a relevant specific interest group.
- oCommittee membership eg Risk Management
Personal Qualities
Essential
- oLeadership qualities
- oTeam worker
- oFlexible approach
- oEmpathetic
- oReliable
- oEffective communication and interpersonal skills
- oAbility to problem solve and manage change
- oAbility to work under pressure
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- oPost graduate experience as a senior physiotherapist in relevant MSK/womens health outpatients
- oExperience of working with Gynaecology/Maternity/Obstetric/Urology patients.
- oDocumented evidence of CPD, in accordance with HPC recommendations.
- oExperience of working as part of a team uni-professional and multi- professional team
- oAdvice, supervision, appraisal, training and support to more junior staff, support staff and students.
- oExperience of audit/research.
- oExperience with Chronic pain patients
- oPost graduate training in specialist field demonstrating advanced knowledge and treatment of complex pelvic health conditions
- oEvidence of self-directed learning
Desirable
- oAppropriate post registration NHS experience
- oExperience of sole working as part of an out of hours orthopedic weekend service
- oMember of appropriate specialist interest group such as POGP
- oEvidence of ability to continue post graduate training and development to MSc level
- oLeadership training
- oEvidence of research experience
- oExperience with QI methodology
- oChange management experience
- oExperience setting up a new service
- oExperience of line management of junior members of staff
Skills
Essential
- oGood knowledge of current best practice in physiotherapy in the relevant setting E.G. MSK/pain/maternity/obstretic/urology
- oExpert knowledge of relevant Women's health conditions
- oSpecialist MSK skills in OPD/Maternity/Obstretic/Urology areas
- oUnderstanding and application of risk management.
- oUnderstand legal responsibilities of the profession and the associated code of ethics
- oEvidence of ability to demonstrate leadership and supervisory skills
- oAbility to demonstrate expert skills in assessment and treatment of patients in line with current practice and research
- oUnderstand clinical governance and its implications for service delivery and demonstrate evidence of its application such audit and SOP
- oExperience of service improvement work
- oAbility to organise and prioritise own and more junior staffs workload and supervise support staff in this field
- oAbility to work autonomously and set own priorities and support other staff in this field.
- oDemonstrate understanding and previous participation in activity to support the clinical governance agenda
- oIn-depth knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to client group.
- oBe able to demonstrate flexibility and reliability.
- oExcellent interpersonal skills.
Knowledge & Qualifications
Essential
- oDiploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
- oMember of the Health Professions Council.
- oTo have clinical experience in the relevant field at Band 7
- oTraining of junior staff in relevant conditions, treatment and management
- oSupervision and appraisal of junior staff
- oEvidence of recent and relevant managerial experience e.g. team leader
Desirable
- oMember of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
- oMember of special interest group specialising in women's health.
- oTo have broad clinical experience
- oTraining of students on placements
Other
Essential
- oSupervisory & appraisal skills of other staff including junior staff / support staff / students.
- oAbility to pass on knowledge and deliver training both internally within the profession and externally to other staff groups.
- oCommitted to lifelong and self-directed learning.
- oAfter induction, to be able to actively participate as an appraiser to the Trust IPR system.
- oCommitted to personal and team development.
- oAbility to gain patient's trust and engender confidence & feeling of safety in patients about their care.
- oAbility to present information both orally and written in a clear and logical manner.
- oAbility to keep accurate and legible patient notes.
- oFully IT literate with IM&T skills to use a range of applications to support workload.
- oAbility to cope with working in a busy or stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients/carers.
- oAble to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities.
- oCommitment to non-discriminatory practice.
- oUnderstanding and compliance with Data Protection.
Desirable
- oMember of a relevant specific interest group.
- oCommittee membership eg Risk Management
Personal Qualities
Essential
- oLeadership qualities
- oTeam worker
- oFlexible approach
- oEmpathetic
- oReliable
- oEffective communication and interpersonal skills
- oAbility to problem solve and manage change
- oAbility to work under pressure
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).
