Advanced Pain Clinician

The Methodist Church in Britain; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible hours

Wellness support tools

Pension contributions

Job summary

Cora's Advanced Pain Clinician role sits within the community pain management service, managing a varied caseload of patients with chronic pain. The work centres on assessing and diagnosing patients with a wide range of physical and emotional needs, then building, reviewing and progressing individual treatment programmes through to timely discharge.

The post offers hybrid working and flexible hours, welcomes applications from physiotherapists, osteopaths and nurses, and requires current

Qualifications

• Qualified clinician working within MSK practice.
• Professional background as a physiotherapist, osteopath or nurse.
• Current registration with HCPC, GOsC, SST or BASraT.

Responsibilities

• Assess and diagnose patients with chronic pain and a wide range of physical and emotional needs
• Formulate, deliver, review and progress individual treatment programmes
• Ensure effective treatment, specialist advice and timely discharge
• Manage a varied caseload of chronic pain patients
• Drive the quality of audits and the integration of evidence-based practice
• Provide specialist teaching in chronic pain
• Lead on service change and innovation
• Develop team members

Skills

Chronic pain care

Interprofessional collaboration

Clinical teaching

Audit quality

Change leadership

Education

MSK clinician qualification

Job description

This Advanced Pain Clinician role sits within Cora's community pain management service, managing a varied caseload of patients with chronic pain. The work centres on assessing and diagnosing patients with a wide range of physical and emotional needs, then building, reviewing and progressing individual treatment programmes through to timely discharge. Hybrid working and flexible hours are on offer, and the post welcomes applications from physiotherapists, osteopaths and nurses. Applicants need current registration with a recognised regulator such as the HCPC, GOsC, SST or BASraT.

What the job involves

• Assess and diagnose patients with chronic pain and a wide range of physical and emotional needs
• Formulate, deliver, review and progress individual treatment programmes
• Ensure effective treatment, specialist advice and timely discharge
• Manage a varied caseload of chronic pain patients
• Drive the quality of audits and the integration of evidence-based practice
• Provide specialist teaching in chronic pain
• Lead on service change and innovation
• Develop team members

What’s required

Qualifications

• Qualified clinician working within MSK practice
• Professional background as a physiotherapist, osteopath or nurse

Registration & licences

• Current valid registration with HCPC, GOsC, SST or BASraT, or an equivalent regulator

Experience

• Delivering pain rehabilitation with tangible results
• Proven track record of influencing patients, people, commissioners and pathways
• Experience of developing team members

Skills & knowledge

• Deep understanding of the impact of chronic pain in the community and how collaborative working reduces health inequalities
• Educational acuity to develop and deliver specialist chronic pain teaching
• Drive to deliver innovation and lead change
• Ability to influence audit quality and the integration of evidence-based practice

Other

• Outstanding values that underpin clinical expertise and people management
• Commitment to excellent, personalised care
• Commitment to CPD and to developing self and the service

Nice to have

• BSc in Physiotherapy or a nursing degree
• Pain management experience in a community setting

What’s offered

• Minimum 5% of working hours for development, plus Cora Clinical Education Academy learning
• Up to 30 days' holiday plus public holidays, an extra day off for your birthday, and a holiday buy and sell scheme
• Wellness support tools and an employee assistance programme
• Performance awards, gifts and an annual colleague awards event
• Blue Light and healthcare discounts and employer pension contributions
• Reimbursement of role-required professional membership fees
• Clinical supervision, coaching, mentoring and emergency on-call support
• Hybrid working and flexibility in working hours and times