Job summary
Clinical Lead Advanced Practice Physiotherapist in Pain Management
Band 8b
Royal Free Hospital/ Edgware
Substantive
37.5 hours per week
Main duties of the job
We are delighted to advertise this exciting opportunity for a dynamic and experienced Pain management Advanced Practice Physiotherapist to work within our multi-disciplinary Pain management service. Our service is made up of specialists within the fields of medicine, physiotherapy, psychology, nursing, and exercise therapy. You will work closely with the Medical and Psychology clinical leads to innovate, progress the direction of the service, ensuring efficiency and embedding new ways of working.
For this joint clinical leadership and operational role we are looking for someone with well-developed experience of operational service delivery and of leading teams. You will also provide clinical leadership and line management to the team of specialist pain management physiotherapists.
The successful candidate should be an experienced expert clinician and will also carry a clinical caseload. The successful candidate is required to be able demonstrate the Trust values, and the responsibilities of the job description and person specification. You will be supported in this role by the Outpatient Therapy Lead for Therapy services and wider Pain management leadership.
Target start date 1st April 2026
About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Person Specification
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Degree in Physiotherapy or Diploma or equivalent
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
- Postgraduate training or development in clinical skills up to MSc level with a focus in pain or musculoskeletal physiotherapy
- Evidence or portfolio of postgraduate continued development
- Postgraduate training or development in management and leadership skills
Desirable
- Membership of specialist interest group
- Independent prescriber qualification
- Musculoskeletal injection therapy qualification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Experience
Essential
- Substantial postgraduate experience in Pain management.
- Substantial experience of Operational leadership within a service.
- Experience of managing service demand, capacity and utilisation.
- Experience of leading change.
- Experience of service review and improvement.
- Advanced knowledge and experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of patients with a wide variety of complex chronic pain conditions
- Experience of Acceptance and Commitment and Cognitive behavioural approaches to pain
- Experience of delivering Pain Management Programmes or equivalent group work
- Experience in managing highly distressed patients in group and individual settings
- Experience of supervising senior qualified staff
- Experience of leading a service and team
- Active involvement in clinical audit, research and policy/ guideline implementation
- Experience of teaching to uni and multidisciplinary groups
- Evidence of service development, quality improvement & managing change within the workplace
- Experience of working alone, managing own time and using Excellent organisational skills
- Experience of leading on pathway re-design & development
Skills
Essential
- Highly specialist knowledge within the pain field and ability to apply this in a clinical setting
- To be competent in the decision making process and ordering of any investigations necessary in order to reach a diagnosis or decide on the appropriate management of the patient's condition e.g. x-rays, MRI, blood tests, EMGs, ultrasound, listing for surgery in line with protocols and guidelines. This will require highly advanced clinical reasoning and highly developed problem solving and analytical skills and is beyond the normal scope of physiotherapy practice.
- Excellent communication / interpersonal skills both written and verbal
- Excellent time management and prioritisation skills
- Able to carry out concurrent activities and work in an unpredictable working pattern
- Ability to lead in service development, liaising closely with the MDT in order to promote clinical excellence
- Competent IT skills including use of internet, email and word processing Excellent presentation skills
- Excellent leadership skills
- A commitment to professional development of self and others
Desirable
- Demonstrate an understanding of NHS reforms and policies and their impact on service
Person Specification
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Degree in Physiotherapy or Diploma or equivalent
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
- Postgraduate training or development in clinical skills up to MSc level with a focus in pain or musculoskeletal physiotherapy
- Evidence or portfolio of postgraduate continued development
- Postgraduate training or development in management and leadership skills
Desirable
- Membership of specialist interest group
- Independent prescriber qualification
- Musculoskeletal injection therapy qualification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Experience
Essential
- Substantial postgraduate experience in Pain management.
- Substantial experience of Operational leadership within a service.
- Experience of managing service demand, capacity and utilisation.
- Experience of leading change.
- Experience of service review and improvement.
- Advanced knowledge and experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of patients with a wide variety of complex chronic pain conditions
- Experience of Acceptance and Commitment and Cognitive behavioural approaches to pain
- Experience of delivering Pain Management Programmes or equivalent group work
- Experience in managing highly distressed patients in group and individual settings
- Experience of supervising senior qualified staff
- Experience of leading a service and team
- Active involvement in clinical audit, research and policy/ guideline implementation
- Experience of teaching to uni and multidisciplinary groups
- Evidence of service development, quality improvement & managing change within the workplace
- Experience of working alone, managing own time and using Excellent organisational skills
- Experience of leading on pathway re-design & development
Skills
Essential
- Highly specialist knowledge within the pain field and ability to apply this in a clinical setting
- To be competent in the decision making process and ordering of any investigations necessary in order to reach a diagnosis or decide on the appropriate management of the patient's condition e.g. x-rays, MRI, blood tests, EMGs, ultrasound, listing for surgery in line with protocols and guidelines. This will require highly advanced clinical reasoning and highly developed problem solving and analytical skills and is beyond the normal scope of physiotherapy practice.
- Excellent communication / interpersonal skills both written and verbal
- Excellent time management and prioritisation skills
- Able to carry out concurrent activities and work in an unpredictable working pattern
- Ability to lead in service development, liaising closely with the MDT in order to promote clinical excellence
- Competent IT skills including use of internet, email and word processing Excellent presentation skills
- Excellent leadership skills
- A commitment to professional development of self and others
Desirable
- Demonstrate an understanding of NHS reforms and policies and their impact on service
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).
