Junior PhysiotherapistNHS

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a physiotherapist passionate about pelvic health to take on a Fixed Term 12-month band 5 post, within Leeds Teaching Hospital Urogynaecology Outpatient Department and Perinatal Pelvic Health Service. Applications are invited for a junior physiotherapist post within the well-established, forward thinking pelvic health team here in Leeds.

Main duties of the job

This post is ideal for physiotherapists with a passion for pelvic health that have newly qualified or physiotherapist who currently have limited experience in this specialist area. We are looking for someone who has an enthusiasm for pelvic health and is looking to specialise in this area, with supportive training.

Job description

Why you should join our Team We are an accredited Urogynaecology unit with strong Multi-Disciplinary Team links and education. Our Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Department is a dynamic forward-thinking team welcoming new team players. We strive to provide the suitable candidate with a supportive working environment with opportunities for learning and development. Regular clinical supervision, in service training, allocated time for continuous professional development and opportunities for working within the wider Multi-Disciplinary Team are supported and strongly encouraged.

Above all we are looking for those who are innovative with a commitment to excellence and who seek to promote an environment of growth incorporating education, audit and research. We are dedicated to extending the boundaries of healthcare and allowing you to expand the knowledge in your specialism for the benefit of the patient and the profession. We need a physiotherapist with a ‘can do’ attitude who will work well in a team to deliver quality services with compassion. The opportunity for you to develop in a culture with high job satisfaction is here in Leeds.

What you will bring to the role As a Band 5 Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, you will deliver care to patients with pelvic floor dysfunction and urogynaecological conditions, predominately stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse with senior support. This role if predominately bases within an outpatient setting but may also include some post-natal ward cover and delivery of virtual group sessions to patients. This role also involves a combination of face-to-face assessments and telephone clinics.

Key Responsibilities:

• You will manage a designated clinical caseload of pelvic health presentations, provide a diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme, with senior support.
• To conduct vaginal examinations (external and in house training is provided to complete this competency) to assess pelvic floor muscle function.
• Excellent communication and empathy especially when managing sensitive or psychosocial issues.
• In the absence of senior staff to be responsible for the supervision of students and Physiotherapy therapy assistant practitioners.
• Undertake in-house training to develop specialist skills, like abdominal and internal vaginal pelvic floor assessments, interpretation of bladder diaries, urinalysis.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Our Trust values

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Sponsorship Eligibility To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.