About this role
Job summary
The Central Lancashire Community Bladder and Bowel Service is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Pelvic floor Specialist Physiotherapist to join our service.
The Bladder & Bowel service is a multi-disciplinary team of nurses, physiotherapists and Health Care assistant and is led by a specialist physiotherapist. The service has a supportive and warm culture where everyone's contribution is valued.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care while helping to shape the future development of bladder and bowel services across Central Lancashire.
As a Pelvic Floor Specialist Physiotherapist, you will manage a clinical caseload, undertaking holistic assessments, treatment planning, implementation and evaluation of care for patients experiencing bladder, bowel and pelvic floor dysfunction.
Main duties of the job
Provide a high standard of specialist physiotherapy input to the designated therapy team. Hours may be required to be worked over 7 days between 08.00am and 08.00pm, depending on service need.
To assess and treat patients within a ward or community setting as an autonomous practitioner
Physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, to provide a diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.
Hold responsibility for own complex caseload and be responsible for a defined area of the service or a particular patient type, working without direct supervision.
The postholder will ensure their own personal development and participate in the development of others
To supervise, educate and assess the performance of physiotherapy students to ensure the standard of practice and teaching meets the degree standard.
About us
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
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Job description Job responsibilities
For more information about this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
HCPC Registration Degree / Diploma in Physiotherapy Evidence of CPD in relevant areas
Knowledge Essential
Experience and ability to work effectively within an MDT Evidence of clinical topic training / staff presentations Evidence of supervision of assistant staff / students Knowledge and appreciation of lone working risks
Experience Essential
Treatment of a broad range of conditions. Demonstrable evidence of improving and developing service /practice Evidence of leading and implementing clinical change Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address Ribbleton Clinic
Preston
PR25 2TN
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)