Clinical Lead Physiotherapist – Pelvic Health: Sponsorship Available

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

At University Hospitals Dorset we have a unique opportunity for you to join a dynamic and exciting pelvic health therapy workforce as an established clinical specialist physiotherapist.

Salary: AfC Band 7

This job role will involve using highly developed clinical reasoning skills in the management of a mixed perinatal and pelvic health physiotherapy caseload and contribution to the management of the pelvic health therapy team, including the education, training and mentorship of more junior staff.

Benefits:

  • Competitive salary at Band 7
  • Opportunities for ongoing professional development and further skills development in pelvic health care.
  • A supportive and collaborative work environment within a leading healthcare institution.

This is a role across UHD (Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch hospitals).

Interview: September 4th

Main duties of the job

We encourage applications from both ambitious and experienced clinicians who are dedicated team players and deeply committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred services.

You will utilise your clinical reasoning skills to conduct comprehensive assessments of patients’ presenting issues, interpret examination findings, develop working and differential diagnoses, and create, communicate, and implement management plans. These plans will be tailored to meet the individual needs, goals, and preferences of patients while also considering the availability of local services and adhering to relevant local and national guidelines and policies.

You will be responsible for the supervision, training and education of the more junior physiotherapy workforce in the delivery of pelvic health therapy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Current registration with relevant professional body.
  • Recognised mentoring qualification or equivalent experience
  • Relevant post-graduate specialist Pelvic Health course(s)

Desirable

  • Level 7 Post registration/post-graduate qualification.
  • Management and/or Leadership course relevant to healthcare environment.
  • Supplementary or Independent prescriber

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrable experience of managing patient’s care at an enhanced level of practice
  • Experience of supervising, teaching, mentoring and developing staff.
  • Experience of managing change as part of service and practice development.
  • Experience of participation in research and development or leading clinical audits in own specialist area.
  • Greater than 3 years experience working in a pelvic health specialist field
  • Experience across all domains of pelvic health physiotherapy

Desirable

  • Demonstrable specialist experience in the management of patients with complex pelvic health aetiology
  • Experience working as a team leader
  • Publication / Conference experience

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 23 August 2026

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.