AHP Pain Rehabilitation Team therapist

NHS; Highweek, Ashburton; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in England seeks a full-time AHP Pain Rehabilitation Team therapist to provide varied clinical care in a hybrid service environment. Responsibilities include delivering therapy sessions and participating in treatment planning within a multidisciplinary team. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy and relevant clinical experience.

Benefits

Supportive work environment

Opportunities for training and development

Qualifications

• Previous NHS experience as an AHP.
• Experience in community and acute clinical settings.
• Evidence of participating in Clinical Audit.

Responsibilities

• Foster an ACT framework for consultations and treatments.
• Deliver rehabilitation clinics and therapy sessions.
• Become a valued member of the multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Advanced working knowledge of long-term pain conditions

Experience working in multidisciplinary teams

Clinical skills in exercise therapy and pain management

Experience with patients having persistent pain

Experience in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Education

Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy

HCPC Registration

Job description

Go back Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

AHP Pain Rehabilitation Team therapist

The closing date is 28 November 2025

We are looking for a permanent full-time Band 6 AHP/pain therapist (physiotherapist or occupational therapist) to join the Pain Rehabilitation Team. This is an ideal opportunity for AHP's who enjoy the challenge of a varied, often complex clinical caseload, who wish to develop their Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), clinical reasoning and rehabilitation skills further and are keen to integrate into this progressive pathway of care.

The Pain Rehabilitation Team offers a hybrid service comprising 60% face to face working (1-2-1 and group short courses), and 40% telerehabilitation (telephone and video consultations). We are innovative, empathetic, compassionate, accessible, with a focus on enabling people to change what they do, so that other people around them can appreciate/see those changes too and validate their experience. As a team we are good at adapting, comfortable being uncomfortable, listening, showing empathy, working with advanced digital therapeutics (Virtual reality immersive therapies), creating opportunities, being consistent and genuinely wanting to help the patient be the best version of themselves despite having chronic pain. Apply if these values are congruent with your own. We look forward to hearing from you.

Main duties of the job

Foster an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) framework for all consultations and treatment interventions

Deliver rehabilitation clinics: 1-2-1 and group therapy sessions across Pain Rehabilitation services.

Utilise well established referral pathways across Pain Rehabilitation, MSK, Spinal, Orthopaedic, Women's Health, ENT/Vestibular, Rheumatology, ME/CFS, Community ICT and neurology, Talkworks and mental health services

Become a valued member of the MDT

Pursue opportunities for training and development including Solution Focused Therapy sessions, 1-2-1 supervision, Clinical Interest Groups, and Fellowships.

Participate in appropriate clinical audits, data collection and comply with professional standards and Clinical Governance.

About us

As an organisation Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust (TSDFT) values staff and the diverse experiences and contributions they bring. We pride ourselves in being an inclusive organisation where every individual has the opportunity to make a difference. We are a mindful employer recognising employee health and wellbeing as a fundamental part of our success.

TSDFT is a leader in innovation-integrated health and social care across acute and community services. Our aim is to provide high quality, safe health and social care at the right time, in the right place to support the people of Torbay and South Devon to live their lives to the full. The Physiotherapy Service is integral to ensuring that this statement of purpose is delivered to our communities. For staff this gives unequalled scope for joint working, skill sharing and learning in a supportive environment.

Why work with us - Torbay Hospital provides acute care for the local community and has several community hospitals, and is a hot-spot for those who are considering living by the sea or within half an hour of Dartmoor National Park and an hour to Exmoor National Park. Meanwhile, Plymouth and Exeter are also both within a short drive to enjoy the culture, maritime history and shopping experiences.

Job responsibilities

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification

Person Specification

qualifications and training

• Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy
• HCPC Registration
• Previous NHS experience as an AHP
• Experience in a variety of clinical settings, community and acute
• Experience in mental health and long-term conditions settings.

Knowledge and Skills

• Advanced working knowledge of a broad range of long-term pain conditions.
• Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team (health / social care).
• Clinical skills encompassing the core areas of exercise therapy, management of pain and fatigue, activity and sleep training and therapeutic behavioural change.
• Experience in working with patients with persistent pain and/or Fibromyalgia Syndrome
• Clinical educator course
• Evidence of participating in Clinical Audit

special experience

• Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio demonstrating updating of professional skills
• Clinical experience including individual and group work
• Experience in managing complex disability and experience in a bio psychosocial approach to assessment and treatment.
• Experience of using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and/or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

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.

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust