An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our award-winning pain service. As the lead pain physiotherapist, you will be part of the multi-disciplinary team consisting of anaesthetic consultants, specialist nurses, specialist OT, psychologist, and junior physio staff.
You will have your own caseload of patients, assessing and rehabilitating patients with chronic pain, as well as the opportunity to contribute to group education sessions. You will also have the opportunity for service development and joint working/collaboration with other members of the team. You will run a specialist joint clinic alongside our consultant pain doctors to provide our most complex patients with a multidisciplinary approach. In all of this, you will be supported by the 8a extended scope orthopaedic physiotherapists as well as by the wider team.
Main duties of the job
1. To work collaboratively within the specialist Pain service.
2. To work with the Stockport Multi-disciplinary Team to promote an efficient, effective service for all patients and carers.
3. Work as an autonomous practitioner, both professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of the professional and clinical work.
4. To have a role in the responsibility for the management of patients' care pathway through the Pain service.
5. To be responsible for a designated caseload of patients, where you will assess patients and implement and evaluate treatment plans, and coordinate interventions.
6. As a registered Allied Health Care Professional, you will assist in the organisation, development, promotion, and delivery of the Pain service.
7. To liaise with health, education, and social services, working in partnership with primary and secondary carers, social prescribers, and other external agencies to ensure the delivery of a high-quality service, and facilitate effective discharge and/or onward referral.
8. Make recommendations to the wider team regarding changes to practice, which may lead to the implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to service guidelines.
About us
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application, please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive, and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
1. Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata).
2. NHS pension scheme membership.
3. Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics, and more, to make your salary go further.
4. NHS Staff discounts.
5. Cycle to work scheme.
6. Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning, and tips on managing debt.
7. Stockport Credit Union - for local financial advice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of patients referred from the Adult Pain Clinic.
To act as a source of expertise on the management of complex and general chronic pain patients providing an advisory service to patients, relatives, physiotherapists, other healthcare professionals, and medical staff.
To take a major role in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients within the specialty who may have complex and/or chronic presentation, and to determine clinical diagnosis and physiotherapy treatment indicated.
To maintain records as an autonomous practitioner.
To undertake a leadership role in the planning, coordinating, delivering, and evaluation of the therapy service provided to the patients within the specialty across the sites on a day-to-day basis.
To educate and train physiotherapists, other health professionals, medical staff, and physiotherapy students in the management of chronic pain conditions.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust's policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively, and sharing information appropriately.
If successful, this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary.
In addition to this, it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
1. Degree in physiotherapy.
2. State Registration.
3. Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio.
4. Clinical Educators/Field Worker course or equivalent.
Desirable
1. M' level or equivalent courses in relevant specialty.
Knowledge
Essential
1. Clinical reasoning skills.
2. Knowledge of a range of relevant conditions and their management.
3. Knowledge of recent NHS and trust developments and their impact on the service.
4. Knowledge of the condition of chronic pain.
Experience
Essential
1. Clinical experience as a Band 6 with specialist knowledge of Pain.
2. Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for staff.
3. Experience of utilizing pain management strategies such as but not restricted to CBT/ACT.
4. Experience of working as part of a Multidisciplinary team.
Skills
Essential
1. Ability to support others, patients, and staff.
2. Ability to manage time.
3. Advanced clinical reasoning skills & high-level problem-solving skills.
4. Ability to keep accurate patient notes.
Employer details
Employer name
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Stepping Hill Hospital
Poplar Grove
Stockport
SK2 7JE
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