Job summary
Are you a Physiotherapist who strives to make a positive difference to the lives of our patients?
Do you have the passion, drive and ability to deliver high quality person-centred compassionate care in line with the Trust's organisational vision and values?
If the answer is yes, then this exciting opportunity to join our Integrated Pain Management Service (IPMS) at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust could be the perfect career move for you. This is advertised as a Band 7 role but we will consider a training role for a year at Band 6
If you are motivated, passionate about delivering quality care with a chronic pain service then we have the job for you. You would be covering the West Suffolk Area via clinics and education programmes done virtually and face-to-face.
The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.
Main duties of the job
Essential elements of the role include assessing, planning and the implementation of holistic packages of care to patients and their carer's who have a diagnosis of chronic pain. Working as an autonomous clinician you will provide care including the timely optimisation of evidence based treatment. The main aim of the role is to support people with chronic pain to manage their condition, improve function and fitness for purpose whilst preventing unnecessary admissions to hospital through the optimisation of evidence based treatment.
The successful candidate will need to be an HCPC registered physiotherapist who has capability to appropriately triage patients and conduct comprehensive specialist biopsychosocial assessments or ability to develop these skills. You should have experience in delivering individual and group-based intervention. You must understand or be developing your current pain science understanding and your approach needs to be based upon delivering psychologically informed physiotherapy intervention for people living with persistent pain. You need to demonstrate tangible results and commitment to providing excellent personalised care. Experience in audit and outcome measures would be desirable.
In return we will offer:
Regular clinical supervision.
Regular appraisals.
Great experience of multi-disciplinary team meeting attending regular MDT meetings
A friendly and supportive team
About us
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description for more details.
Clinical
- To triage therapy referrals to ensure clients receive timely intervention from the most appropriate person.
- To be professionally and legally accountable for own complex caseload. To organise, plan and evaluate interventions to meet clients and services priorities and to adjust these in line with available and changing resources.
- To undertake highly specialist therapy assessments for clients within clinical area, including those with complex physical, sensory, psychological, perceptual and/or cognitive needs to identify areas of need. To use a variety of assessment methods both standardised and non-standardised, and advanced clinical reasoning skills and knowledge for high quality clinical outcome.
- To ensure every patient is properly assessed for the presence of red flags and if indicated appropriate onward referral is undertaken.
- To assess risks, make recommendations and document to ensure risks are reduced as far as possible within the clients daily activities and associated environments.
- Deliver a range of exercise classes to meet patients specific needs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description for more details.
Clinical
- To triage therapy referrals to ensure clients receive timely intervention from the most appropriate person.
- To be professionally and legally accountable for own complex caseload. To organise, plan and evaluate interventions to meet clients and services priorities and to adjust these in line with available and changing resources.
- To undertake highly specialist therapy assessments for clients within clinical area, including those with complex physical, sensory, psychological, perceptual and/or cognitive needs to identify areas of need. To use a variety of assessment methods both standardised and non-standardised, and advanced clinical reasoning skills and knowledge for high quality clinical outcome.
- To ensure every patient is properly assessed for the presence of red flags and if indicated appropriate onward referral is undertaken.
- To assess risks, make recommendations and document to ensure risks are reduced as far as possible within the clients daily activities and associated environments.
- Deliver a range of exercise classes to meet patients specific needs.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy. Registration with the Health Professions Council.
- MSc knowledge in relevant field or equivalent experience
- Evidence of CPD in Pain Sciences
- Evidence of continuous and current clinical, professional, leadership and academic development relevant to clinical fields.
- Membership of appropriate professional body
Desirable
- Membership of professional special interest group
- Management and leadership skills training
- CBT qualification
- Clinical Educators course or equivalent.
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Broad base of clinical MSK experience and knowledge prior to specialising and experience of working in the management of chronic pain conditions.
- Specialist knowledge in the management of chronic pain, developed through a combination of training/learning and experience.
- Experience of the assessment and treatment of clients requiring cognitive-behaviourally orientated physiotherapy.
- Experience of managing a caseload of clients with complex needs.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working and MDT meetings
- Supervision of senior and junior staff and students
- Experience of clinical audit and service evaluation
- Experience of project management /service development
- Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for staff
- Experience of facilitating with a Pain Management Programme
- Basic knowledge on prescribed pain medication to manage risk, seek specialist advice, communicate with team signpost to sources of information and support
- Knowledge - options available and mechanisms of referral for social prescribing, emotional support, exercise support and appropriate voluntary sector links
Desirable
- Experience of assessing and treating patients who do not speak English or have other barriers to communication
- Experience of managing change.
- Research / audit methods.
- Experience of Motivational Interviewing Approach
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Advanced reasoning and problem-solving skills
- Ability to communicate effectively and flexibly and to adapt communication style to the needs of patients, carers and staff.
- Ability to deal with complex and sensitive information and act appropriately.
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and to manage time effectively
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
- Ability to work to tight deadlines whilst working on multiple tasks.
- Ability to cope with distressing or emotional circumstances
- Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety to meet differing patient needs.
- Effective presentation skills
- Ability to establish good working relationships.
- Ability to lead, motivate and inspire others
- Negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
- Ability to understand the impacts of pain on all areas of peoples lives and how biology, psychology, sociological factors and experiences effect pain.
- Ability to use a coaching approach to empower people in gaining skills to self-manage and improve their pain management and wider health outcomes
- Ability to analyse activity and outcome data accurately and objectively
Personal qualities
Essential
- Ability to travel to rural locations to carry out post
- Flexible approach to working hours and duties
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy. Registration with the Health Professions Council.
- MSc knowledge in relevant field or equivalent experience
- Evidence of CPD in Pain Sciences
- Evidence of continuous and current clinical, professional, leadership and academic development relevant to clinical fields.
- Membership of appropriate professional body
Desirable
- Membership of professional special interest group
- Management and leadership skills training
- CBT qualification
- Clinical Educators course or equivalent.
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Broad base of clinical MSK experience and knowledge prior to specialising and experience of working in the management of chronic pain conditions.
- Specialist knowledge in the management of chronic pain, developed through a combination of training/learning and experience.
- Experience of the assessment and treatment of clients requiring cognitive-behaviourally orientated physiotherapy.
- Experience of managing a caseload of clients with complex needs.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working and MDT meetings
- Supervision of senior and junior staff and students
- Experience of clinical audit and service evaluation
- Experience of project management /service development
- Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for staff
- Experience of facilitating with a Pain Management Programme
- Basic knowledge on prescribed pain medication to manage risk, seek specialist advice, communicate with team signpost to sources of information and support
- Knowledge - options available and mechanisms of referral for social prescribing, emotional support, exercise support and appropriate voluntary sector links
Desirable
- Experience of assessing and treating patients who do not speak English or have other barriers to communication
- Experience of managing change.
- Research / audit methods.
- Experience of Motivational Interviewing Approach
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Advanced reasoning and problem-solving skills
- Ability to communicate effectively and flexibly and to adapt communication style to the needs of patients, carers and staff.
- Ability to deal with complex and sensitive information and act appropriately.
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and to manage time effectively
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
- Ability to work to tight deadlines whilst working on multiple tasks.
- Ability to cope with distressing or emotional circumstances
- Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety to meet differing patient needs.
- Effective presentation skills
- Ability to establish good working relationships.
- Ability to lead, motivate and inspire others
- Negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
- Ability to understand the impacts of pain on all areas of peoples lives and how biology, psychology, sociological factors and experiences effect pain.
- Ability to use a coaching approach to empower people in gaining skills to self-manage and improve their pain management and wider health outcomes
- Ability to analyse activity and outcome data accurately and objectively
Personal qualities
Essential
- Ability to travel to rural locations to carry out post
- Flexible approach to working hours and duties
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
