Specialist Pain Physiotherapist | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 26 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 Per Annum (Pro Rata) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 26 May 2024 |
| Location: | Manchester, M23 9LT |
| Company: | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6185954/349-CSS-6185954 |
Summary
The Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for a highly-motivated and enthusiastic physiotherapist with a special interest in the management of persistent pain in our forward-thinking MDT Pain Service. The role will be based between the Community Pain teams and the Secondary Care MFT Pain Service.
You will be naturally empathetic, demonstrating high level communication skills to facilitate close working relationships with both patients and colleagues. You should have demonstrable knowledge of pain management physiotherapy, with the ability to prioritise your workload. We are looking for a team player who is a good communicator, has a solution-focused outlook and emotional resilience.
Using your specialist clinical skills and understanding of musculoskeletal and persistent pain conditions, you will carry out biopsychosocial assessments. You will provide specialist physiotherapy input including individual or group work in Pain Management Programmes in conjunction with Psychology and other MDT colleagues.
You will be supported through clinical supervision, physiotherapy peer supervision and attendance at monthly MDT meetings. You will be required to hold a valid HCPC registration and be able to evidence advanced skills as a senior clinician working with patients with long-term chronic pain.
The main duties of the job will involve:
• Assessment and treatment of patients with persistent pain. This may include joint assessments with other colleagues in the MDT.
• Individual pain management physiotherapy treatment.
• Group based pain management programmes.
• Contributing to the MDT and joint decision making and also providing specialist advice within the team regarding patients' physical presentations, physical potential and barriers to functional change
• Contributing to research and audit.
• Teaching and training as part of the MDT and Pain service.
• Co-facilitating undergraduate physiotherapy student placements.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Sunday 5 May 2024
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