Band 7 Highly Specialist Physiotherapist Chronic Pain Service
Posting date: | 11 April 2025 |
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Salary: | Not specified |
Additional salary information: | £51,883 - £58,544 Per annum Inclusive Pro Rata |
Hours: | Part time |
Closing date: | 11 May 2025 |
Location: | Romford, RM7 0AG |
Company: | Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust |
Job type: | Permanent |
Job reference: | 7144645/162-6956-KK |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Highly Specialist physiotherapist to join the multi-disciplinary pain management service at Queens Hospital. The team continues to rise to meet the challenge of providing high quality, modern therapy services within pain management. If you have the skills outlined and want a rewarding opportunity where you will be encouraged to be innovative whilst being valued and supported, then apply today.
The appointee will work with the existing Pain Consultants, a Clinical Specialist Pain Physiotherapists, Clinical Nurse Specialists, and a Consultant Psychologist, in delivering comprehensive assessments, treatments and Pain Management Programmes within a Multi-Disciplinary Team context. To have a key role in the delivery and development of the therapy aspect of the Chronic Pain Services and ensure they are consistent with the strategic objectives of the Trust and Division and will secure our position as a major national neurosciences and cancer centre.
You will be at the forefront of a multi-disciplinary team, delivering elements of our pain management programme, highly specialised physiotherapy clinics, joint clinics with Pain Physicians and Psychologists, leading our post intervention education and exercise programme, and involvement with the newly devised; Spinal cord stimulator modality pathway, across the BHRUH CCG locality.
To provide specialist assessment, treatment, and advice to patients within pain management outpatients. To facilitate and maximise patient potential within service boundaries.
To give highly specialist guidance and advice to other members of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) and General Practitioners (GP’s) on relevant matters as necessary.
To Provide leadership for the physiotherapy team, in conjunction with the Clinical Lead, in planning, coordinating, delivering, and evaluating the physiotherapy service provided to pain management out-patients on a day-to-day basis.
To provide a lead role in teaching, supervising and appraising peers, student physiotherapists, physiotherapy assistants and technical instructors on a daily basis within the outpatient setting.
To deputise in the absence of senior colleagues as required.
To contribute to the day to day running and development of the service through the promotion, adaptation and development of policies, procedures and guidelines using evidence-based practices and current research.
We’re an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer inspecial measures; we’ve openedtwo new theatresat our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been namedthe top CEOby the Health Service Journal.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need totransform the A&E at Queen’sand get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from ourWomen’s Health Hubin Ilford; anAgeing Well Centrein Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) atBarking Community Hospitaland atSt George’s Health and Wellbeing Hubin Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many canwork flexiblyand more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accreditedapprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be aLondon Living Wageemployer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Adeyemi Kaka, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5162. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
This advert closes on Sunday 20 Apr 2025
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