Advanced Pain Lead Clinician

Cora Health; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 30 days holiday

CPD priority with in-house academy

Boost benefits discounts

Employee assistance program

Electric car scheme & cycle to work

Professional membership fees reimburs

Group life cover

Job summary

Cora Health is seeking an Advanced Pain Lead Clinician in Chelmsford to provide strategic clinical leadership and drive service excellence. You will oversee a multidisciplinary team, ensure evidence-based practice, and lead governance and improvement initiatives to achieve outstanding outcomes.

The role focuses on safeguarding, high-quality person-centred care, and collaboration with partners to shape clinical practice and service development.

Qualifications

• Requires professional registration with the relevant governing body (HCPC, NMC, GMC or Social Work England).
• Significant post-qualification clinical experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional and clinical leadership across the service.
• Lead, supervise, and support a multidisciplinary team of clinicians.
• Ensure clinical practice is evidence-based, safe, and aligned with regulatory requirements.
• Oversee clinical governance, risk management, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Support the assessment, planning, implementation, and review of care and treatment programmes.
• Monitor clinical outcomes and utilise data to drive service improvements.
• Contribute to workforce development through coaching, mentoring, and supervision.
• Build effective relationships with service users, families, commissioners, and external stakeholders.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Team supervision

Governance & risk management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Person-centred care

Education

Professional registration (HCPC/NMC/GMC/SWE)

Job description

Job Title: Advanced Pain Lead Clinician (MSE22)
Location: Chelmsford, South East
Salary: £54,802 to £58,552 pro rata (plus 5% HCLA allowance) depending on experience
Contract basis: Full time
Contractual hours per week: 37.5

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Advanced Pain Lead Clinician to provide clinical leadership, oversee high-quality service delivery, and support multidisciplinary teams in achieving outstanding outcomes for the people we support in the Mid South Essex Pain Service. As Lead Pain Clinician, you will play a pivotal role in shaping clinical practice, ensuring regulatory compliance, driving continuous improvement, and fostering a culture of excellence. You will work collaboratively with operational leaders and clinical colleagues to deliver safe, effective, and person-centred care. This is an exciting opportunity for a dedicated clinician looking to combine hands‑on clinical expertise with strategic leadership and service development.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide professional and clinical leadership across the service.
• Lead, supervise, and support a multidisciplinary team of clinicians.
• Ensure clinical practice is evidence-based, safe, and aligned with regulatory requirements.
• Oversee clinical governance, risk management, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Support the assessment, planning, implementation, and review of care and treatment programmes.
• Monitor clinical outcomes and utilise data to drive service improvements.
• Contribute to workforce development through coaching, mentoring, and supervision.
• Build effective relationships with service users, families, commissioners, and external stakeholders.
• Ensure services deliver exceptional person-centred care and positive outcomes.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A recognised professional qualification and registration with the relevant governing body (e.g., HCPC, NMC, GMC, Social Work England).
• Significant post-qualification clinical experience.
• Previous experience leading, supervising, or managing clinical teams.
• Strong knowledge of clinical governance, safeguarding, and risk management.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
• A commitment to delivering high-quality, person-centred services.
• The ability to inspire and develop others while driving continuous improvement.

What you will benefit from...

Working within a dynamic group of clinicians and supporting service colleagues you will learn from and with them and be proud when you inspire and develop others from your expertise too. Here are the added extras to our commitment to being a great place to work. Your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) will be a priority as we invest in your development and reward you for giving your best. The below are the added extras to our commitment to being a great place to work.

• Up to 30 days’ holiday (plus public holidays) and an extra day for your Birthday
• A minimum of 5% of working time devoted to your personal development with an in-house Learning and Development Academy offering a wide range of career pathway development opportunities.
• Save pennies through accessing excellent discounts via our ‘Boost’ Benefits, access to health service discounts and a Blue Light Card
• Access our employee assistance program, including virtual GP appointments, Mental Health First Aid and Wellbeing Support
• Sustainable Electric Car Scheme and Cycle to Work
• Be reimbursed for professional membership fees that are a requirement of your role
• Group life cover

We are Cora Health:

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.