Senior Physiotherapist - Pelvic Health Specialist

Senior Physiotherapist - Pelvic Support Specialist

Exeter Hospital | Physiotherapy | Permanent contract | Part Time |
Up to £41,500 Pro Rata, depending on experience

22.5 hours per week

Our Physiotherapy team at Exeter Hospital currently have an opportunity for a Senior Physiotherapist specializing in Pelvic Health. This role will cover Pelvic Health specialist outpatients as well as the possibility for some involvement with musculoskeletal outpatients.

Nuffield Health is Britain’s largest not-for-profit healthcare organization.

As part of the team, you will have clinical support available from our National Pelvic Health Lead and our large network of Pelvic Health physiotherapists, as well as your Regional Physiotherapy lead, with leadership from the management team on site. You will have a CPD budget to encourage you to continue your learning and strive for clinical excellence.

The Role

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Physiotherapist to join our Physiotherapy Team. You will see a range of pelvic health patients including urogynaecology, colorectal, pregnancy, postpartum, and post-operative patients with a mixture of insurance and self-paying clients. You will develop close working relationships with the consultants at our hospital in Exeter to provide the patients with truly connected healthcare.

The hospital is brilliantly placed to support and mentor the successful candidate for this role, alongside our academy training programmes.

There is also scope for the inclusion of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy work if the applicant is keen and has maintained professional development in this area.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team including nurses, AHPs, and consultants to optimise the health and recovery of our patients.

As a Senior Physiotherapist, you will:

• Deliver high quality, effective clinical care.
• Adhere to our values and beliefs at Nuffield Health, encouraging behavior that is enterprising, passionate, independent, and caring.
• Deliver excellent clinical care that is evidence-based, safe, effective, caring, well-led, and responsive to our patient’s needs.
• Ensure ongoing monitoring of the standard of treatment provided.
• Be compliant with all professional, clinical, and integrated governance standards and participate in clinical audit and other quality assurance processes.
• Contribute to the weekend rota covering orthopedic post-operative inpatients.

To succeed as a Senior Physiotherapist, you will:

• Have a BSc in Physiotherapy or equivalent and be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
• Have completed a minimum of a Foundation level course in Pelvic Health (POGP or Pelvic Health Academy) and be competent to carry out internal assessment of the pelvic floor.
• Ideally have a minimum of 2 years’ experience in Women’s Health managing presentations such as urinary dysfunction and pelvic organ prolapse.
• Experience in Men’s Health would be an advantage.
• Have evidence of experience and further professional training in Pelvic Health and continual professional development, reflecting your desire to develop as a practitioner in this field.
• Have post-qualification experience in musculoskeletal physiotherapy.
• Ideally have experience of orthopedic ward work.
• Ideally have experience of both NHS and private healthcare services.
• Pilates and Mummy MOT qualifications would be an advantage.
• Be a confident communicator with the ability to engage effectively with the general public and other healthcare professionals.
• Be a competent and confident IT user with strong organizational skills.
• Have the ability to prioritize and deal with your varied workload effectively and in a timely manner.

It’s equally important that you share our values. We believe in putting people first and providing personalized, holistic healthcare. That makes you part of a much wider team, working to create a healthier future for each individual client.

Supporting your growth.

We’re committed to the professional development of all our clinical colleagues. Inside our Learning Foundation, you’ll discover a range of internal CPD courses and online content to support your clinical and professional development. As a Nuffield Health Physiotherapist, you’ll also enjoy opportunities to apply for funding support towards your relevant CPD activity and postgraduate study. Plus, you can access further professional development opportunities via the large number of apprenticeship programmes we offer.

As Nuffield Health continues to grow, you can choose to develop your career within clinical roles or by moving into managerial positions. We support and encourage postgraduate education and have formed a partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University which will offer fantastic learning and research opportunities in the future.

Be your best and join us in building a healthier nation.

For further information please contact: joe.gore@nuffieldhealth.com

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy, and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts, and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.

Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital

The Exeter Nuffield hospital is based next to the NHS RD&E hospital in Wonford, Exeter. Exeter is a vibrant cathedral city in the heart of the beautiful county of Devon, situated on the river Exe and only 10 miles from the coast. The hospital has 2 theatres, as well as a hybrid cardiac catheter laboratory/theatre and an Endoscopy suite. There are two ward areas: an inpatient area with 21 beds and a day-case ward with 12 beds. We also have a busy outpatient department, health assessment service, pharmacy, physiotherapy, and radiology department including an MRI scanner. We specialize in elective orthopedic and spinal surgery, cardiology including invasive procedures, general surgery, plastics and cosmetic surgery, ENT, and gynecology. The Hospital has a MAKO robot that undertakes some of the joint replacement surgery which we have become well known for.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it’s a good idea to apply right away to ensure you’re considered for this role. Continue your journey with us whilst we support you to be your best.

It starts with you.