Advanced Clinician in Pain - Physiotherapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is an exciting opportunity to be an Advanced Clinician in Pain (physiotherapist) within an integrated community MSK service (MSK, pain, pelvic health and rheumatology)based in Oxfordshire!Following the outcome of a recent procurement process, the Oxfordshire MSK service will be provided by Connect Health from October 1st 2022. The service is currently being delivered by Healthshare Ltd., and we are looking for clinicians to join the existing clinical team already delivering specialist MSK Pain care in Oxfordshire. Services will be delivered from a range of healthcare, wellness and leisure centre venues spanning the county with opportunities to work a varied timetable from locations that are locally accessible to colleagues and the communities we serve.

We focus on competency, developing talent and offer great flexibility. If youre able to manage a varied caseload of patients experiencing persistent pain, committed to CPD and have the desire to develop yourself and the service, with a keen eye on improving patient care, then wed be keen to hear from you.

Our interview process is competency-based and will seek to provide opportunity for you to demonstrate working at Level 7 practice across all four pillars required for an advanced practice role.

The Advanced Clinician in Pain will be expected to work as an autonomous practitioner, within scope of practice and deliver a quality clinical service meeting the clinical and operational needs of the service, with more senior support as required.

They will appropriately triage patients and conduct comprehensive specialist biopsychosocial assessments. They will formulate, deliver, review and progress individual face-to-face, telephone and video consultations and face to face and online group programmes. They will ensure effective treatment, a positive patient experience and specialist advice and timely discharge are achieved.

The pain element of the community integrated MSK service is physiotherapy led and provides specialist input for people with chronic pain and mild to moderate levels of pain related distress and disability, but who may at times be complex. Services are community based and provide:

1) Individual and group-based pain management/rehabilitation, delivered face to face and/or virtually (e.g., by telephone, video, digital platform)

2) Medicines optimisation

What are we looking for?

The successful candidate:

• must be registered as a Physiotherapist with the HCPC, and it is desirable that you are a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
• have experience in delivering individual and group based psychologically informed care for people with persistent pain, with tangible results and commitment to providing excellent, personalised care.
• have experience and clinical expertise in triaging, conducting initial assessments (screen for red flags, diagnosis, ensuring completion of all appropriate investigations) and completion of a comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment.
• have excellent clinical reasoning, shared decision making and communication skills.
• have undertaken/ be undertaking training leading to non-medical, independent prescribing qualification, with the view that this knowledge supports clinical conversations in medication reviews for the management of persistent pain.
• have experience of developing team members
• demonstrate outstanding values that underpin clinical expertise and people management (appraisals, supervision, annual and other leave requests, participating / leading multi-provider and service wide MDT case discussions and meetings)
• have a proven track record of influencing patients, people, commissioners, and pathways and the ability to further develop and foster productive relationships with local patient groups, Consultants, GPs, pain services, IAPT services and other key stakeholders.
• be able to understand, influence and drive quality, achievement of KPIs, audits, balancing capacity and demand and integration of EBP.
• process educational acuity in developing and providing specialist teaching in Pain management practice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• The successful candidate:
• Must be registered as a Physiotherapist with the HCPC, and it is desirable that you are a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
• Have experience in delivering individual and group based psychologically informed care for people with persistent pain, with tangible results and commitment to providing excellent, personalised care.
• Have experience and clinical expertise in triaging, conducting initial assessments (screen for red flags, diagnosis, ensuring completion of all appropriate investigations) and completion of a comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment.
• Have excellent clinical reasoning, shared decision making and communication skills.
• Have undertaken/ be undertaking training leading to non-medical, independent prescribing qualification, with the view that this knowledge supports clinical conversations in medication reviews for the management of persistent pain.
• Have experience of developing team members
• demonstrate outstanding values that underpin clinical expertise and people management (appraisals, supervision, annual and other leave requests, participating / leading multi-provider and service wide MDT case discussions and meetings)
• Have a proven track record of influencing patients, people, commissioners, and pathways and the ability to further develop and foster productive relationships with local patient groups, Consultants, GPs, pain services, IAPT services and other key stakeholders.
• Be able to understand, influence and drive quality, achievement of KPIs, audits, balancing capacity and demand and integration of EBP.
• process educational acuity in developing and providing specialist teaching in Pain management practice.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Connect Health Group Limited

Address

Banbury Cross Health Centre

South Bar Street

Banbury

Oxfordshire

OX16 9AD

Employer's website

https://www.connecthealth.co.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)