Job summary
Job Title - Band 8a Advanced Practice Physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist in Pain Management
Hours per week-15.00
Perm/Fixed Term-Permanent: Working in Pain Management but accountable to Physiotherapy. Working pattern 2 full days.
Salary-Pro Rata
Closing Date-03.06.2024
Interview Date-11.06.2024
We have an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Practitioner Physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist to join our growing and multidisciplinary Pain Medicine department here at George Eliot Hospital. The post holder will need experience with and understanding of managing a complex caseload of persistent pain patients and delivering the department's Pain Management Programme.
In addition to the clinical duties of the role, there will be plenty of opportunity to be involved in service evaluation, transformation, research, audit, pathway development and quality improvement.
The post holder will work closely with Consultants in Pain Medicine as well as nursing and psychology colleagues.
This post may close early due to high numbers of applicationsso you are advised to apply promptly
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertiseand enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
Careers at George Eliot - 'Where you make a difference'
Main duties of the job
- To autonomously manage a complex clinical caseload of patient with persistent pain conditions.
- To provide clinical leadership for the physical management of patients with persistent pain conditions.
- To act as an expert Physiotherapy Practitioner and leader within the wider MSK Therapy Team.
- To support the Pain Management Service in clinical improvement projects.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care'takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits:On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Experience and Knowledge
- Senior experience in specialist area
- Recent NHS experience
- Teaching/supervision/training of professional staff
- Experience at Clinical Specialist
- Experience of interpreting medical investigations such as pathology tests and X-Rays.
- Membership of related special interest group
- Exposure to strategic and political issues affecting advanced practice healthcare.
Qualification and Professional Training
- Qualifying Degree in Physiotherapy
- Registration with HCPC
- Qualified, or working towards, Masters degree in relevant field i.e. have attained some modules and working towards full MSc or has full MSc
- Recognised / validated postgraduate training in specialist area in particular in complex conditions (e.g. NMP)
- Relevant evidence of CPD
Skills and Abilities
- Up to date with effective professional practice and research.
- Up to date with effective practice and research or related fields of practice.
- Keep legible and accurate patients notes
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
- Thorough understanding of clinical governance and its implications for service provision.
- Sound knowledge of quality and audit/PDSA and how to implement change.
- Ability to undertake and lead clinical research
- Understanding of scope of practice issues and legal accountability & responsibilities.
- Ability to comprehend, write and implement pathways, policies and guidelines.
- Critical appraisal of clinical evidence and evidence based practice
- Excellent written and spoken presentation skills
Personal Qualities
- Able to work under pressure, diplomacy, resilience and robustness to work within an evolving clinical role and service.
- Able to travel between sites and work at a variety of clinics across the county.
- Able to travel across the region.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Empathetic
- Flexible and reliable
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- oSenior experience in specialist area.
- oRecent NHS experience
- oTeaching/supervision/training of professional staff
- oExperience at Clinical Specialist
- oMembership of related special interest group
- oExposure to strategic and political issues affecting advanced practice healthcare
Desirable
- oExperience of interpreting medical investigations such as pathology tests and X-Rays.
Qualification and Professional Training
Essential
- oQualifying Degree in Physiotherapy
- oRegistration with HCPC
- oQualified, or working towards, Master's degree in relevant field i.e. have attained some modules and working towards full MSc or has full MSc
- oRecognised / validated postgraduate training in specialist area in particular in complex conditions (e.g. NMP)
- oRelevant evidence of CPD
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- oUp to date with effective professional practice and research.
- oUp to date with effective practice and research or related fields of practice.
- oKeep legible and accurate patients notes
- oAbility to organise, prioritise and delegate
- oThorough understanding of clinical governance and its implications for service provision.
- oSound knowledge of quality and audit/PDSA and how to implement change.
- oAbility to undertake and lead clinical research
- oAbility to comprehend, write and implement pathways, policies and guidelines.
- oCritical appraisal of clinical evidence and evidence based practice
- oExcellent written and spoken presentation skills
Desirable
- oUnderstanding of scope of practice issues and legal accountability & responsibilities.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- oAble to work under pressure, diplomacy, resilience and robustness to work within an evolving clinical role and service.
- oAble to travel between sites and work at a variety of clinics across the county.
- oAble to travel across the region.
- oExcellent interpersonal skills
- oEmpathetic
- oFlexible and reliable
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 .
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 .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Address
Rehabilitation Services
George Eliot Hospital, College St
Nuneaton
CV10 7DJ