Lead Advanced Physiotherapist – Pelvic Health & Maternity

Royal Berkshire; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust in Reading is seeking an experienced Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner to lead the pelvic health and maternity physiotherapy service. The role involves strategic clinical leadership, service development and delivering highly specialised assessment and management for a complex caseload.

You will provide expert training and act as the lead clinical representative on groups and boards, with opportunities for research and audit to continually improve perinatal

Qualifications

• HCPC Registration.
• Degree in Physiotherapy.
• MSc in Advanced Practice or equivalent experience.
• Extensive post-graduate training in maternity/pelvic health.
• Clinical leadership training or equivalent.
• Extensive post-graduate clinical experience.
• Senior-level clinical leadership experience.
• Service development and clinical leadership within a multi-faceted organisation.
• Experience using research to inform practice.
• Previous experience in an advanced practice/extended scope role.
• Proven experience leading a team.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and provide clinical leadership for the pelvic health and maternity physiotherapy team with implementation of the perinatal pelvic health services.
• Undertake an Advanced Practitioner clinical and leadership role within the pelvic health/maternity department at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.
• Provide highly specialised physiotherapy assessment and management to a highly specialised clinical caseload that frequently have complex and/or chronic or life limiting conditions, without supervision.
• Interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical data to form accurate diagnoses and prognoses informing complex decision making, ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient-focused care.
• To act as an expert Advanced Practitioner and leader within the wider musculoskeletal therapies team.
• To act as the lead clinical representative on agreed clinical and service development groups and boards.
• To provide highly specialist care of complex patients including Advanced Clinical interventions and management as appropriate.
• To provide expert training, advice and clinical education to service providers, service users and service commissioners.
• 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.

Skills

HCPC Registration

Physiotherapy Degree

MSc in Advanced Practice

Maternity pelvic health training

Clinical leadership training

Team leadership

Education

Physiotherapy degree

MSc in Advanced Practice

Job description

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust in Reading is seeking an experienced Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner to lead the pelvic health and maternity physiotherapy service. The role involves strategic clinical leadership, service development and delivering highly specialised assessment and management for a complex caseload.

You will provide expert training and act as the lead clinical representative on groups and boards, with opportunities for research and audit to continually improve perinatal