We are looking for an experienced Physiotherapist to join our Chronic Pain Management team for 12 months. This post is being offered as a fixed term contract or secondment opportunity.
The successful candidate will join our multidisciplinary team comprised of Consultants, Nurses, Advanced Care Practitioners, GP with Specialist Interest, Psychologists, and Physiotherapists.
They will attend our Pain MDT fortnightly on a Tuesday morning, provide outpatient clinics, and facilitate our Pain Management groups including the Pain Management Programme and Body Reprogramming course.
Within the next 12 months, the service will be advertising further trainee opportunities on a more permanent basis.
* Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.
Available as a fixed term contract or secondment opportunity (with current line manager's agreement).
* Working within a busy Pain Clinic, work as part of a close inter-disciplinary team.
* Develop, co-ordinate, facilitate, and deliver generic and specialised pain management programmes.
* Work autonomously within the pain clinic to deliver intensive 1:1 intervention.
* Assess highly complex pain patients for 1:1, group work, and specialist medical procedures.
* Act as a highly specialist resource to the wider professional community.
* Support policy implementation and service development.
We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence, and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process, please contact the recruitment team on 01752 432100. We recognise that work-life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Richard Walters
Job title: Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist
Email address: richard.walters@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01752 431832
You can also contact Annily Dee, Service Line Director via email annily.dee@nhs.net
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