Senior Physiotherapist / Osteopath, Chronic Pain
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
This is an excellent opportunity to join our persistent pain team. You will work alongside our other long term conditions services including ME/CFS and long covid, making us a truly multidisciplinary team. Working to identify client-centred needs led to ensure progress through the appropriate care pathway.
You will work as an integral member of the pain management team to provide an inter-disciplinary approach to the management of complex chronic pain clients.
You will manage your own caseload of patients with complex musculoskeletal and chronic pain conditions. Provide advanced clinical assessment and evidence-based management and treatment for these patients.
You will work as an autonomous practitioner without direct supervision. Supervision takes the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review and MDT meetings. Access to advice and support from a specialist physiotherapist is available if required; clinical work is not routinely evaluated.
You will deliver advanced, personalised physiotherapy/osteopathy treatment to patients with highly complex biopsychosocial presentations as individual appointments and group sessions.
Main duties of the job
1. To undertake skilled assessment using advanced clinical reasoning skills and a variety of assessment techniques to provide accurate diagnosis.
2. Manage own caseload, using highly specialist knowledge and skills as an autonomous practitioner, including maintenance of comprehensive records.
3. To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable as an autonomous practitioner for all aspects of your own professional activities, to carry a clinical caseload of patients for whom you are responsible.
4. To keep up to date with evidence base, current national developments and utilise this knowledge and best practice.
5. To maintain a high-level clinical skill set within the team to ensure high quality and compassionate care for all patients.
6. To ensure all care delivered empowers patients to recover their independence at the earliest opportunity.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.
Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Degree or equivalent diploma in physiotherapy or osteopathy
* Physiotherapist or Osteopath registered with the Health and Care Professions Council UK
* Physiotherapist - Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
* Osteopath - Member of the General Osteopathic Council
Experience
* Previous experience of musculoskeletal work including chronic pain conditions
* Post qualification experience as a physiotherapist / osteopath
* Portfolio evidence of continuous professional development
* Experience of involvement in service developments, service evaluation and audit
* Broad knowledge and experience of MSK though static or rotational HCP roles
* Sound knowledge of activity / exercise based therapeutic rehabilitation
* Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession
* Knowledge of understanding and respect the work of other health care team members and professionals
* Understand infection control procedures
* Understanding of personal health and safety responsibilities
* Good understanding of the meaning of Improved Working Lives
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.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)
£37,338 to £44,962 a year based on full time hours
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
449-PRI-6727
Job locations
St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)
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