Job Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity for a Chronic Pain Specialist Physiotherapist, Band 7 to support the Adult Pain Service within Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The post is 22.50 hours per week, worked based on a rota pattern Monday - Friday.
Working within our Health Centres you would support a busy pain management service. As part of the established chronic pain team comprising specialist nurses and consultants, occupational therapists and psychologists you will provide expert clinical intervention for these patients. You will provide clinical leadership for a designated area of work and plan and organise effectively, maintain your CPD, establish priorities, and ensure evidence-based standards of care.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide clinical leadership and efficient patient management for the designated area.
* Maintain clinical professional development (CPD) and incorporate new developments into the team.
* Establish priorities balancing patient and professional demands in line with service goals.
* Ensure high standards of evidence‑based care are delivered.
* Provide day‑to‑day management for designated staff.
* Responsible for selecting and using treatment resources, ordering and maintaining equipment, and ensuring safe use of equipment.
* Participate in staff appraisal, personal development plans, and evidence‑based practice projects.
* Communicate outcomes and assessments to multidisciplinary teams.
* Interpret and analyze clinical and non‑clinical facts to form diagnoses and discharge plans.
* Produce detailed information for inter‑trust patient transfers.
* Deliver physiotherapy in the Pain Clinic and support other therapy colleagues as required.
* Represent the Trust externally regarding physiotherapy services.
* Accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload and schedule effectively.
* Participate in policy and practice development within musculoskeletal and therapy services.
* Communicate complex patient-related information and obtain informed consent, including with patients lacking capacity.
* Provide day‑to‑day supervision, management and development for staff; ensure smooth operation of the service.
* Collaborate with Therapy Lead/Clinical Lead on strategic and operational management.
* Teach and advise relatives, carers, and professionals; provide specialist guidance to physiotherapy colleagues.
Key Results and Planning Duties
* Plan and organise efficiently and effectively within the designated area.
* Prioritise work in accordance with service objectives.
* Ensure effective selection and use of treatment resources.
* Maintain accurate documentation and communicate assessment results.
* Collect and analyse data and statistics for the therapy department.
* Review and update organisational and departmental policies.
* Recruit and select lower‑grade staff.
* Participate in appraisal schemes and personal development plans.
* Evaluate work using evidence-based projects, audits, and outcome measures.
* Apply clinical governance and risk management principles.
* Undertake any other duties deemed appropriate by the Therapy Lead/Clinical Lead.
Communications and Key Working Relationships
* Be professionally and legally responsible for all aspects of your work, including patient management.
* Work independently, within broad guidelines, with supervision from peers.
* Use analytical skills to recommend interventions and develop discharge plans.
* Engage in multidisciplinary teamwork and communicate effectively with patients and carers.
* Gain informed consent and work within a legal framework for patients lacking capacity.
Human Resources Responsibilities
* Provide day‑to‑day supervision and development for designated staff.
* Collaborate with Team Leaders to ensure smooth service running.
* Participate in appraisal schemes and personal development plans as both appraiser and appraisee.
* Ensure staff implement policy and service development changes.
* Work with the Therapy Lead/Clinical Lead on strategic and operational management.
Teaching Responsibilities
* Provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching, and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals.
* Offer specialist advice to physiotherapy colleagues across various settings.
* Deliver presentations to the MDT on chronic pain management.
* Educate, supervise and manage junior staff and students using formal appraisal documentation.
* Use competencies to train qualified and unqualified nursing staff in physiotherapy management.
Qualifications and Experience
You will require extensive postgraduate experience, including substantial specialist experience in chronic pain at a senior level. You will provide physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of patients referred from the Adult Pain Clinic, and possess advanced knowledge of a wide range of approaches to manage complex and chronic patients. Evidence of qualifications will be required at interview and during onboarding.
The service is committed to CPD and encourages supervision at all levels. This post offers an opportunity to further your career within a chronic pain field, with an individual professional development programme tailored to your interests.
On-Call
Senior positions (Band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on‑call rota if the role is predominantly operational.
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