Bladder and Bowel Specialist Physiotherapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 08/09/2026
- Closes
- 22/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
The Central Lancashire Community Bladder and Bowel Service is seeking a motivated Pelvic floor Specialist Physiotherapist. This role involves managing a clinical caseload, undertaking holistic assessments, treatment planning, and evaluation of care for patients with bladder, bowel, and pelvic floor dysfunction. You will play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care and shaping future service development. The service is a supportive multi-disciplinary team.
Key responsibilities
- Provide a high standard of specialist physiotherapy input to the designated therapy team.
- Assess and treat patients within a ward or community setting as an autonomous practitioner.
- Conduct physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions to provide a diagnosis 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.
- Supervise, educate and assess the performance of physiotherapy students to ensure the standard of practice and teaching meets the degree standard.
Essential criteria
- HCPC Registration Degree / Diploma in Physiotherapy Evidence of CPD in relevant areas
- 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
- 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.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Bladder and Bowel Specialist Physiotherapist
The closing date is 22 September 2026
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 c
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