Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a professional, passionate and highly motivated physiotherapist to join the Pelvic Health Physiotherapy team at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. This position will be based in Colchester and Tendring, with Outpatient Consultant clinics running at Colchester General Hospital.

The Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Team is proactive in providing holistic early intervention services, working within a multi-disciplinary team and with other pelvic health colleagues in the region. This ensures our patients are given the very best opportunity to protect their pelvic health and resolve any issues related to their pelvic floor dysfunction.

You will provide advanced clinical support to junior members of the team and be actively engaged in service development, to ensure patients with a range of complex conditions, receive an outstanding service. As a successful applicant you will be a strong team player, but be able to work on you own initiative, possessing excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiating skills. You will need the ability to work collaboratively and build networks and relationships with different teams, over different sites. You will embrace innovation and integrated working and will be committed to following best practice, to ensure patient-centered care. Previous experience in the Pelvic Health Physiotherapy field is preferred but a clear passion and interest for this area is essential.

Main duties of the job

• To take a role in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of female and male patients, with bowel, bladder and/or sexual dysfunctions, who will often have complex and/or chronic presentations, depending on your experience. These include vulnerable adults and those with mental health issues, recognising when to involve other MDTs and services to ensure holistic and safe care.
• Demonstrate use of clinical reasoning skills to determine clinical diagnosis and appropriate specialist physiotherapy treatment. You are required to be fully competent in the practice of vaginal and anorectal examination with appropriate training, if needed.
• You will work closely with the Pelvic Health Team Lead, to support with planning, co-ordination, delivery and evaluation of the Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Service, and to deputise for the Pelvic Health Team Lead, when required. They will support you and give you the opportunity to enhance your specialist clinical skills.
• You will be required to supervise, teach and appraise more junior staff and support student physiotherapists, as appropriate.
• To act as a source of expertise in this specialist area, after appropriate training, for the Multidisciplinary Teams, patients, carers, medical staff and other health professionals, GPs and colleagues.
• To help keep abreast of new research and emerging clinical developments within the speciality, identifying new learning needs within the team, arranging training as necessary
• To assist with development of team goals and be proactive with service development in the speciality, with the Pelvic Health Lead, implementing changes as and when appropriate
• To organise clinical audits, ensuring regular monitoring of the quality of the service provided to patients.

Working for our organisation

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes. 

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. 

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. 

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. 

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients. 

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients. 

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you. 

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