Perinatal Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Assistant Practitioner

This post represents an exciting opportunity for an experienced and compassionate physiotherapy assistant to join the Pelvic Health Physiotherapy team as a Pelvic Health Assistant Practitioner working within the Perinatal Pelvic Health Service. You will be working under indirect supervision to assess, manage and treat women antenatally and up to 12 months post birth, taking a life course approach to prevention and minimisation of poorer outcomes in later life., Works across all UHDB sites to support equitable patient care. Provides a high-quality physiotherapy service in outpatient settings, maternity wards, labour suites, gynaecology wards, and in 1:1 or group sessions delivered face-to-face or virtually under direct or indirect supervision. Offers assistance by triaging referrals, managing emails and voicemails, and supporting daily operational tasks. Independently provides pre-defined advice to women in maternity settings, including physiotherapy discharge. Delivers one-to-one pelvic health treatment sessions, progressing exercises appropriately and applying knowledge of exercise prescription. Plans, implements, and adapts treatment within scope of competence, following departmental policies and procedures. Attends team meetings and in-service training with the wider Therapy Services team. Engages in ongoing personal development, identifying learning needs proactively. Ensures safe use and fitting of equipment such as mobility aids, wrist splints, tubigrip, maternity belts and theraband. Contributes to induction and training of new staff, students, and unqualified colleagues in outpatients. Supports wider departmental duties including resus equipment checks, cleaning tasks, tap running, and mobility aid checks.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.