Highly Specialist Pelvic Health Physiotherapist

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Highly Specialist Pelvic Health Physiotherapist to enhance their established service. Responsibilities include complex patient management, supervising junior staff, and participating in clinical governance. The ideal candidate should possess a degree in physiotherapy, HCPC registration, and extensive post-graduate pelvic health training. The position offers a competitive salary range of £47,810 to £54,710 per annum, aligned with experience and expertise.

Qualifications

• Degree in physiotherapy and HCPC Registration required.
• Extensive evidence of relevant post‑graduate pelvic health courses/CPD.
• Leadership courses/qualification is essential.

Responsibilities

• To manage the day to day clinical and administrative services.
• To supervise and support more junior practitioners.
• To undertake advanced assessment and treatment of patients with pelvic health problems.

Job description

Go back Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

Highly Specialist Pelvic Health Physiotherapist

The closing date is 18 January 2026

Are you a passionate pelvic health physiotherapist looking for further develop your interest?

Do you want to help to drive forward pelvic health physiotherapy and enhance the service provided?

Looking for a chance to truly make a difference?

If the answer is 'yes' then read on.

We're seeking a Highly Specialist Pelvic Health Physiotherapist to continue to progress the established pelvic health physiotherapy service.

You will have:

Experience in managing a pelvic health physiotherapy caseload

Ability to prioritise and manage a busy workload

Supervision skills to support team members

We offer:

Flexible working options according to service need.

Opportunity to join a Trust who are innovative and always looking to improve

Interested? Then please read the Job Description and consider applying!

"Should we receive a high number of applications we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 13th January 2026"

Main duties of the job

To manage the day to day clinical and administrative services of the team in conjunction with other senior staff members, to ensure that a proficient and effective service is provided to all patients.

To work with the departmental team lead in planning, co‑ordinating, delivering and evaluating the Physiotherapy service provided.

To undertake the advanced assessment and treatment of patients with diverse pelvic health problems that will have complex and / or chronic presentation and to determine clinical diagnosis and physiotherapy treatment indicated and to maintain records as an autonomous practitioner.

The nature of the post will require a reasonable level of physical, mental and emotional resilience associated with senior leadership roles and especially with this specialism of pelvic health.

To supervise and support more junior practitioners with their patient and people management.

To undertake clinical duties in a number of ways including face to face consultations, virtual consultations and group settings

To deputise for the relevant locality departmental lead for musculoskeletal services for issues pertaining to the Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Business Unit as required

About us

Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

Job responsibilities

To be professionally and legally accountable and responsible for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care.

To ensure high standards of clinical care for patients and support more junior members of staff to do likewise. At all times post-holder will work within HCPC and CCS guidelines.

To undertake comprehensive assessment of pelvic health patients including those with a complex and multiple comorbidity presentations.

To use investigative and analytical skills to formulate individualised management and treatment plans using clinical reasoning.

To utilise a wide range of treatment skills and options including internal vaginal/ anal equipment and bladder scanning.

To be responsible for the safe and competent use of equipment used within the department or that issued to patients

To demonstrate highly developed dexterity, coordination and palpatory senses for assessment and manual treatment of patients including vaginal and anal examination, therapeutic handling and the use of specialist equipment.

To provide advanced and specific physiotherapy assessment and management of patients which requires post graduate learning and /or experience. These patients will either have uncommon diagnosis or will have had unsuccessful physiotherapy in the past deeming them unsuitable for less experienced physiotherapists to treat.

To interpret and analyse clinical and non‑clinical facts to form accurate diagnosis and prognosis in a wide range of complex conditions and to recommend the best course of intervention, developing comprehensive discharge plans where appropriate

To be an expert resource for all staff within the department to utilise. Problems patient sessions and joint assessments will be provided for the benefit of patients and to provide learning opportunities for other staff. It is the responsibility of the post holder to maintain this highly specialised level of expertise.

To undertake the measurement and evaluation of current practices though the use and application of evidence‑based practice, clinical audit, research and outcome measures

To treat patients in group settings, both face to face and virtually. To be responsible for assessing suitability of patients for group management.

To actively participate in working groups, clinical governance sessions and to contribute to the development of policy changes within pelvic health physiotherapy that will impact on all service users.

To identify and refer to secondary care for further specialist assessment such as urodynamic testing or consultant opinion.

To actively promote positive lifestyle changes and self‑management to encourage independence and avoid recurrence of symptoms.

To provide advice, teaching, instruction and training to other professionals to promote understanding of the aims of pelvic health physiotherapy and to ensure a consistence approach to patient care.

Seek to utilise developments in digital technology to provide a high quality and efficient service

To be competent and safe in the use of electrotherapy, bladder ultrasound scanning, gym equipment and walking aids.

To manage and triage referrals received by the service, prioritising them for urgency of input, overseeing the booking of appointments and using initiatives to avoid excessive length of waits for assessments.

To maintain accurate, comprehensive and up to date documentation, in line with legal and departmental requirements.

Organisational

To be responsible for the pelvic health physiotherapy service, and to plan and organise efficiently and effectively with regard to patient management and use of time. This includes deciding on priorities for own work area, balancing other patient related and professional demands (plans will often need to be adjusted at short notice due to staff availability or patient demand).To attend meetings and report back as required.To assist the team leads where required in department responsibilities such as annual leave approval and processing, sick leave management, appraisals, recruitment, estates, health and safety, waiting list and rota management, problem solving day‑day issues, managing the smooth running of the department, and patient enquires and complaintsTo ensure that, as a senior member of the team, designated staff implement policy and service changes.To be aware of Health and Safety aspects of your work and implement any policies, which may be required to improve the safety of your work area, including prompt recording and reporting of accidents to senior staff and ensuring that equipment use is safe.To be actively involved as required in the collection of appropriate data and statistics for the use of the business unit.To comply with the organisational and departmental policies and procedures and to be involved in theTo undertake other duties that may be required or are requested by the departmental lead or the business manager

Communication

To communicate clinical information in an understandable way to patients and to assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain co‑operation and valid informed consent for treatment. Effective communication requires use of verbal and non‑verbal tools to maximise rehabilitation potential, often with unmotivated patients. This can include patients where there are barriers to effective communication e.g. loss of hearing, altered perception, pain, fear etc. Ensure effective utilisation of translator services for patients who do not speak English.Assess capacity, gain valid consent and understanding of patient treatment programmes prior to any intervention, respecting the patients right to decline treatment.To communicate effectively with consultants, doctors, nurse practitioners, physiotherapists from other trusts and other Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) who have referred patients or are involved with the patients care. This can be direct communication or in the form of discharge / progress reports.To communicate effectively and work collaboratively with medical, nursing and therapy colleagues to ensure delivery of a co‑ordinated multidisciplinary service.Contribute to CCS internal communication strategies ensuring effective two‑way communication and engagement within the organisation.Contribute to CCS external communication strategies working with the Head of Communications to raise awareness and promote the reputation of CCS services.

People Management

To train, supervise and performance manage more junior staff. This will include the use of formal appraisal documentation.To work with other senior team members in addressing the learning needs of staff within the department and organising in‑service training and other education as required. This may include training within other parts of the service such as MSK.To partake in clinical supervision according to the CCS Clinical Standards Park guidelines.To ensure that resources are used appropriately and efficiently. This includes staffing, and clinical time.Provide yearly formal appraisals for more junior staff (alongside any appropriate MSK supervisor) with intermediate reviews to assess and progress towards their objectives.To assist in the selection and interviewing process for new staff as require.To be responsible as required for the induction of new staff following department and Trust procedures.To maintain own professional development and requirement to take part in appraisal and KSF process

Clinical and Practice Governance

To accept clinical responsibility for a caseload of patients and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regards to clinical priorities and use of time.To be an active member of the Clinical Governance programme by attendance and delivering presentations/ teaching session and if deemed necessary the attendance of external courses.Observe and maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any patient/family/staff/records and information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act.Any data that is taken/shared as part of a phone call or transported, faxed, or transferred electronically must be undertaken with regard to the Trust Information Governance and Information Security policies. post holder must adhere to the Trust risk assessment and risk management processesThe post holder must adhere to infection control policies and proceduresIt is a condition of your employment that you are currently registered with your professional body, and it is your responsibility to maintain your professional registration.Undertake mandatory training and any other training relevant to the role as required by Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust.The post holder must participate in clinical and safeguarding audits as requiredParticipate in Clinical & Safeguarding supervision on a regular basisThe post holder is required to participate in relevant emergency preparedness process for their team.

Person Specification

Qualificationsh3>

• Degree in physiotherapy
• HCPC Registered
• Extensive evidence of relevant post‑graduate pelvic health courses/CPD
• Leadership courses/qualification
• Post‑graduate qualification at Master's level within the field of pelvic health physiotherapy
• POGP full membership

Experience

• Demonstrable experience in assessing and diagnosing pelvic health patients with complex presentations and developing management plans at Band 6 or Band 7 level
• Advanced supervisory skills with complex patient and staff management
• Significant evidence of service development and quality improvement
• Demonstrable evidence of managing highly complex conditions including persistent pain
• Extensive knowledge and application of manual assessment and therapy skills/techniques
• Previous leadership experience including deputising for pelvic health/site leads
• Experience with a governance representative role
• Experience of research and development
• Evidence of significant responsibility for a service or project
• Experience working in the NHS

Skills

• Extensive specialist knowledge of pelvic health physiotherapy
• Exceptional organisational skills to balance the clinical and non‑clinical demands of the job
• Demonstrable experience in audit and understands how this positions with service and clinical governance
• Advanced communication skills with a variety of stakeholders
• Extensive leadership skills and ability to demonstrate managing challenging situations
• Excellent presentations skills with experience of delivery of clinical education or service improvement ideas.
• Expert knowledge of pelvic health physiotherapy assessment and treatment skills
• Demonstrate working across regional and national networks

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum, pro‑rata