Advanced MSK Clinician

Cora Health Group Limited; Braintree; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community healthcare provider in the UK seeks an Advanced Clinician in Pain. You will manage a diverse caseload, conduct assessments, and deliver consultations, ensuring positive patient outcomes. Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years of experience in musculoskeletal services and a BSc in a relevant field. The role offers generous holiday entitlement, professional development opportunities, and a positive, supportive work environment allowing for flexible hours.

Benefits

Up to 30 days of holiday

Wellness support programs

Membership fee reimbursement

Flexible working options

Team building activities

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience with MSK.
• Current registration with relevant professional body.
• Outstanding values in clinical expertise and people management.

Responsibilities

• Manage a varied caseload of patients experiencing persistent pain.
• Conduct comprehensive specialist biopsychosocial assessments.
• Formulate and deliver individual consultations and group programmes.

Skills

Delivering musculoskeletal services

Collaboration

Clinical expertise

Leading change

Managing caseloads

Education

BSc in relevant field

Job description

• Previous experience in delivering musculoskeletal services with tangible results and commitment to providing excellent, personalised care.
• A deep understanding of the impact of Musculoskeletal pain in the wider community and how collaborative working across the local system enables prevention and addresses health inequalities.
• Current valid registration with your relevant professional body or equivalent regulator (HCPC, BASRaT, GOsC).
• Outstanding values that underpin clinical expertise and people management.
• Proven track record of influencing patients, people, commissioners, and pathways.
• Understand, influence and drive quality of audits and the integration of EBP.
• Educational acuity in developing and providing specialist teaching in Musculoskeletal practice.
• Strong desire and drive to deliver innovation and lead on change.
• Experience of developing team members.

Main duties of the job

We focus on competency, developing talent and offer great flexibility. If you're 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 we'd be keen to hear from you. 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. 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.

About us

Cora is a leading provider of community healthcare services in the UK. We deliver MSK (musculoskeletal) services, diagnostic imaging, day‑case surgery, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, podiatry, persistent pain management, mental health, orthopaedic and rheumatology services. We want everyone to have the opportunity to thrive. We help people help themselves, to get back to their best or to simply find a new way forward.

Job responsibilities

• Professional Development: Enjoy a minimum of 5% of your working hours dedicated to your personal growth and development. Attend internal conferences, study days, and access clinical support tools and pathways to excel in your role and career.
• Generous Holiday Entitlement: Benefit from up to 30 days of holiday (plus public holidays) to relax and recharge. You'll also get another day off for your Birthday. If you'd like even more holiday to enjoy you can participate in our generous holiday buy and sell scheme.
• Wellness Support: Access a suite of health support tools and an employee assistance program for your well‑being so you can be at your best and be your true self.
• Performance Awards: Excel in your objectives and be rewarded further for your hard work with a range of pay, gifts and incentives awarded alongside attending our annual colleague awards to be treated and feel special.
• Savings and Support: Make huge saving by making the most of Blue Light and Healthcare Services discounts as well as the very important employer pension contributions.
• Membership Fee Reimbursement: Save your pennies, as we cover the cost of role required professional membership fees.
• Cora Clinical Education Academy: Access a wide range of bespoke learning opportunities with live and recorded sessions, to enhance your clinical knowledge and skills across all clinical pathways.
• Collaboration Opportunities: Engage with our entire clinical team through, including emergency clinical on‑call support, clinical supervision, coaching and mentoring.
• Team Building: Join in on team‑building and away days to build strong connections with your colleagues.
• Flexibility: Work in a way that supports home live, through hybrid working options and flexibility in working hours and times.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc in relevant field

Experience

• 5+ years experience with MSK

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.