Pelvic Health Specialist Physiotherapist

Job summary

This is a post for an experienced physiotherapist who has extensive experience and knowledge of perinatal pelvic health. The post is based with in the maternity services with an aim to improve the prevention, identification, and access to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence-recommended treatment for pelvic health problems antenatally, and for at least 12 months postnatally.

They will lead the service, linking with other health professionals to improve outcomes for service users.

Main duties of the job

To work at an advanced level of clinical practice as the clinical lead Perinatal Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, implementing and developing care pathways in line with NHS England's service specification for perinatal pelvic health services.

To build on the existing midwifery-led pelvic health service.

To provide a high standard of clinical service, performing advanced assessment of patients to those with highly complex presentations, formulating a diagnosis and treatment plan. Have specialist knowledge of female lower urinary tract / bowel dysfunction, pelvic pain and obstetric- related musculoskeletal conditions. The development of an enhanced service to support perinatal pelvic health, including high risk women such as those who had an OASI or perineal breakdown and antenatal women who have had a previous OASI.

Embed evidence-based practice in antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care to prevent and mitigate pelvic floor dysfunction. Improve the rate of identification of pelvic floor issue antenatally and postnatally.

To provide robust clinical leadership to the teams delivering care for women and birthing people through effective communication, influencing, motivating and inspiring others, to deliver high quality care.

To educate, train and develop maternity services in this specialty and to provide ongoing support as the service develops.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk