Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 151-NM242
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wexham Park Hospital
- Town
- Slough
- Salary
- £28,860 - £31,671 per annum incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Pelvic Health Assistant Practitioner
Band 4
Job overview
Would you like to work with women through pregnancy and post birth, to support them to look after their physical health?
Have you worked in maternity care, physiotherapy or the fitness sector before?
This exciting band 4 Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Assistant Practitioner role is based at Wexham Park Hospital. As well as working as part of the Physiotherapy team you will work closely alongside the Maternity inpatient and community teams. Each day you will be working on the maternity wards supporting women post birth with advice and exercises to aid their recovery. You will also be responsible for delivering antenatal and postnatal workshops in different locations around the local area, for this being a car driver is essential. The workshops support women in pregnancy and post birth in looking after their physical health, specifically focussing on their pelvic floor and core muscles.
This varied role will also involve supporting the Pelvic Health Physiotherapy team with the rehabilitation of their outpatient and inpatient caseload, teaching pelvic floor and core exercises in a group and on an individual basis.
As this role involves presenting information to patients, for the interview, we will ask you to prepare a 5 minute presentation in advance - How can we motivate others to have a healthy BMI (body mass index)?
Main duties of the job
- To work under the indirect supervision of a physiotherapist to provide a high standard physiotherapy service to pregnant or post natal women in a variety of settings. This may include on the post natal wards, in physiotherapy clinics, in community settings or maternity hubs.
- This role involves educating women about their pelvic floor during pregnancy and after birth in group and 1:1 sessions.
- Reviewing women post birth on the post natal ward to advise and aid their recovery.
- A number of our sessions are held in community settings and so it is essential that the post holder is able to drive to access these locations.
Working for our organisation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- This is a varied role including work on the post natal wards and in the community educating women antenatally and postnatally about their Pelvic Floor.
- For more information please see attached job description for more details and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English
- NVQ L3 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Qualifications relating to knowledge of anatomy/ physiology or maternity care
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience as a Band 3 Physiotherapy assistant
- Experience as a Band 2 or 3 Maternity support worker
- Experience as a fitness sector professional or equivalent
Skills
Essential criteria
- IT skills
- Ability to critically appraise own performance
- Interpersonal skills to include concise and effective verbal and written communication
- Organisational skills, ability to prioritise and manage day
- Logical, ability to problem solve
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Catherine Ross
- Job title
- Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner Pelvic Health
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 614 0540
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