Job summary
- Main area
- Lead Specialist Pelvic Health Physiotherapist
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent: The successful candidate will work across the Group ( 0.4wte HUTH and 0.2wte NLAG)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (The successful candidate will work across the Group ( 0.4wte HUTH and 0.2wte NLAG))
- Job ref
- 356-25-7374478
- Employer
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY
- Town
- Hull
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 PRO RATA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/08/2025 08:00
Employer heading
Lead Specialist Pelvic Health Physiotherapist
Band 8a
Job overview
Exciting opportunity - part time
An innovative leader to champion and advance pelvic health care for the population of Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) is being sought.
The successful candidate will lead and support further development of the current pelvic heath service across the Group. In addition,they will lead and support the delivery of a system-wide perinatal pelvic health service, aligned with the standardised national specification under the NHS Long Term Plan and local maternity and neonatal system requirements.
Main duties of the job
This specialist post will oversee clinical leadership, service management, and advanced-level care across the Group’s pelvic health services. The successful candidate will:
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Lead and manage service delivery in line with national perinatal pelvic health specifications (PPHS).
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Provide expert clinical care, carry a caseload, and optimise multidisciplinary pathways.
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Train and develop pelvic health staff through education and mentorship.
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Influence strategic direction by responding to national initiatives and shaping professional standards.
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Collaborate with senior colleagues across NLAG, HUTH, and the Humber/North Yorkshire LMNS.
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Work flexibly across NLAG and HUTH sites (0.2 WTE NLAG, 0.4 WTE HUTH).
Working for our organisation
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will carry a clinical caseload and work at an advanced level of clinical practice as the lead pelvic health
physiotherapist. This includes optimising multi professional care and improving pathways of care through
direct clinical care and problem resolution. To provide robust clinical leadership to the teams delivering care
for these patients. This will be achieved through effective communication, influencing, motivating and
inspiring others to deliver high quality care. This includes responding to national initiatives and advising on
appropriate clinical and professional strategy relating to pelvic health physiotherapy practice.
You will work with senior colleagues in pelvic health across the Group (NLAG and HUTH) and other Trusts
within Humber and North Yorkshire..This includes acting as the clinical interface with the Clinical Service
Leads for both the medical aspects of pelvic health and the surgical aspects of pelvic health surgery;
leading Therapy Services coordination of complex cases and clinical pathway management in order that
patients are able to achieve their desired outcomes, and, to deliver good practice.
You will educate, train and develop physiotherapy staff and undergraduates in this specialty and to provide
assurance of competency. To train other health professionals in aspects of pelvic health care. To provide
expert clinical advice and guidance on a range of matters relating to pelvic health/ project delivery. This
includes service development, improvement initiatives and addressing clinical challenges.
You will ensure that the pelvic health service contributes appropriately to specialty key performance
indicators (KPIs), and to ensure that the Physiotherapy Pelvic Health service achieves KPIs that relate to
pelvic health services. To lead and support audit and research projects, and identify opportunities for
research in relation to Pelvic Health services in order to evaluate service delivery. To regularly review
clinical practice delivery in light of new models of care and clinical transformation programmes within NLAG
and HUTH and to identify new ways of working, this includes the advancement of clinical skills in this post
of self and others
For further details please refer to the job description and job specification
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent
- MSc degree or equivalent experience
- HCPC registration ( or applied for )
- Accredited student educator
Desirable criteria
- Post Graduate qualification/ experience in leadership
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential criteria
- • . Experience in leadership and team management including the development and management of performance and staff appraisal
- • Experience of undertaking clinical audit / evaluation
- Experience of coordination , planning and undertaking of student training
- Evidence of relevant continued professional development to advanced level in clinical area. e
- Excellent time management
- Advanced skills and practice in mentoring and supervision
- proficient keyboard skills
- • Able to work within a Professional Code of Conduct and interpret local and national guidelines and policies in order to deliver a safe service
- • Understanding of NHS/BUMP funding and budget management
- • Excellent critical analysis, judgement and decision making skills
- • Excellent planning and organisational skills especially the understanding and awareness of demand and capacity issues and an ability to prioritise accordingly to meet RTT targets
- • Excellent critical appraisal skills to evaluate current research.
- • Advanced knowledge and skills in the assessment and treatment of a wide range of complex acute and chronicclinical presentations; being able to carry a caseload of a highly complex nature and apply a wide range of treatment options for a range of clinical presentations
- • Knowledge and experience of data capture and evaluation, and the application of Information resources to both clinical practice and service development
- • Understand the strategic direction of the Trust and the role that pelvic health (BUMP) has within that
- • Advanced awareness of current professional and legal issues e.g. Confidentiality, consent, equal opportunities
- • Good knowledge and application of all areas of Clinical Governance including Quality, Audit and Risk management, Critical incident and complaint management
Desirable criteria
- Excellent skills to plan and deliver a clinical audit programme
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Essential criteria
- • Shows desire and capability to develop standards in pelvic health
- • Show knowledge in health and safety issues
- • Expert communication skill /training
- • Able to communicate a wide range of information to staff and colleagues efficiently and effectively, in particular matters related to complex & wide ranging clinical situations
- • Excellent verbal & written skills
- • Ability to lead and motivate others within the team and demonstrate self motivation
- Demonstrable project leadership skills; scoping, development, resource management, delivery and evaluation.
- • Well practised in negotiation and delegation skills
- • Excellent collaboration skills with different teams (both uni and multi professional) to achieve service development
Desirable criteria
- excellent skills to plan and deliver a clinical audit programme
special attributes/other
Essential criteria
- • Shows motivation in developing new skills
- • High level of interpersonal skills
- • Demonstrate empathy and diplomacy
- • Flexible and reliable
- • Active member of relevant professional groups
- • To be reliable and work as an excellent role model
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- sandra wright
- Job title
- operational therapy lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01482 675099
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