Clinical Lead Physiotherapist - Spinal | Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	20 June 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£47,810 - £54,710 per annum, pro rata
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	20 July 2025
Location:	Huddersfield, HD3 3EA
Company:	Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7239861/372-COM2527

Summary

MSK Physiotherapy Services at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust are looking to recruit a full time dynamic and experienced physiotherapist to join our team as Clinical Lead in Spinal and Spinal Chronic Pain.

The post-holder will manage a team of out-patient physiotherapy staff and play a key role in helping to shape out-patient spinal physiotherapy services in line with latest guidelines and provide support and training to the wider physiotherapy team. The ability to build relationships with other services involved in the care of patients with spinal conditions is essential.

Our integrated MSK Service provides First Contact Practitioners to the Calderdale PCNs and the post holder will be expected to undertake some hours in an FCP capacity as part of their job plan.

We seek an individual who is proactive, well organised and with strong communication and problem-solving skills. CHFT will offer support for training and development as required for this post.

Interview date: 8th July 2025

To act as the Clinical Lead for the Physiotherapy Outpatient service with a specialist interest in Spinal
and Spinal Chronic Pain pathologies advancing clinical practice in this area of work and taking a
lead in evolving and embedding best practice into clinical practice. To also act as a First Contact
Physiotherapist within GP practices.

We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

· To perform highly specialist assessment and treatment of patients, in particular those with Chronic Pain, to facilitate a smooth, efficient and effective patient pathway

To determine a clinical diagnosis, develop, deliver, implement, evaluate and modify individualised treatment programmes and/or provide highly specialist advice, ensuring appropriate pathways of care and communication via liaison and referral to other agencies as required.

· To manage own highly specialist caseload in this area.

· Establish relationships with other stakeholders and services involved in the care of chronic pain patients.

· To support and advise other chronic pain services, eg Pain Clinic, on the delivery of the service.

· To educate and train Physiotherapists and qualified and non-qualified healthcare / social services / education staff including medical staff.

· To work autonomously within Trust policies and standards of professional practice, maintaining accurate and comprehensive up to date records.

· To assist the Team Leader in the daily operational management of the Out-Patient Physiotherapy Team

· previous NHS physiotherapy experience either as an undergraduate or postgraduate


This advert closes on Sunday 29 Jun 2025

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