Advanced Practitioner Physiotherapist | The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust for an enthusiastic, dynamic Highly Specialist Physiotherapist to join our Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy Directorate across, the Local Maternity & Neonatal System (LMNS).
The Perinatal Pelvic Health Service (PPHS) Advanced Physiotherapist Practitioner will work with the PPHS Specialist Midwife and the Heads of Services. The role has been designed to support the transformation of maternity and physiotherapy care via the Perinatal Pelvic Health Project, to implement key elements of pelvic health innovation, care and transformation of services within the maternity setting across Black Country LMNS (Local Maternity & Neonatal Service). This will be delivered through a system wide approach across the Black Country LMNS delivered through innovative projects, servicere-design, education and training for staff and setting up peer support and mentoring.
The post holder will work with Black Country LMNS, Black Country ICS (Integrated Care System) and professional colleagues within other acute organisations and local community services to understand the current services provided by maternity physiotherapy, the transformation agenda and the additional workforce training needs to progress the service transformation, with a view to identifying and recommending improvements to education and training across the workforce.
The post holder will lead the service and work with the PPHS Specialist Midwife to undertake planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the service provided to patients with pelvic health conditions on a day-to-day basis, and work closely with and support other physiotherapy teams working with pelvic health conditions throughout the Trust / LMNS ensuring effective cross boundary working which may include travelling to sites for the delivery of care within the Black Country ICS.
Advanced Practitioners are clinical physiotherapy/occupational therapy specialists with an extended scope of practice, who see patients referred for assessment, clinical diagnosis and management.
To be the clinical lead for the Perinatal Pelvic Health Service.
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as“Good”by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Please see full list of roles and responsibities in the attached full job description and personal specification.
This advert closes on Friday 8 Mar 2024