Band 6 Pain Management Physiotherapist

Fixed-term 12 month contract

Royal Free Hospital - Camden Pain Service

37.5 Hours per week

This is an exciting time to be working at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. It is one of the biggest NHS Trusts in the UK, delivering care to more than 1.6 million people a year through our three main hospitals: Barnet, Chase Farm and Royal Free.

Main duties of the job

An excellent opportunity has arisen to join the Camden Pain Management Physiotherapy team. The Camden Pain Management Service consists of highly experienced and specialist clinicians including Psychologists, Consultants, Nurses and Physiotherapists and Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioners.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced physiotherapist who is keen to enhance and develop their pain management skills within a supportive multi-disciplinary out-patient service.

There will be opportunity for joint and group working plus regular clinical supervision in addition to in-service training and weekly MDT meetings.

The successful candidate will be able demonstrate the Trust values and the responsibilities of the job description and person specification. Broad experience of working with a range of patients, excellent communication skills and being able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team are essential. Experience of working with complex persistent pain patients within a Pain Management service is desirable.

Experience working within Pain Management or MSK service is desirable though not essential as training will be provided.

About us

If you believe you meet the criteria of the person specification and would like to join the Royal Free at this time, we would be interested in receiving your application.

To find out more about working at the Royal Free please visit our website at: www.royalfree.nhs.uk/jobs

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person Specification

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential

• oDegree/ graduate diploma or equivalent in Physiotherapy
• oHealth Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration as a physiotherapist
• oCertificated graduate courses or equivalent in-house training in clinical specialty areas

Desirable

• oMember of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)
• oMembership of special interest group

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential

• oDemonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Experience

Essential

• oGood understanding of relevant clinical guidelines
• oBroad range of clinical experience at Band 5 level or above
• oExperience of working in an acute, hospital based setting, including working within an MDT
• oPresentations to a range of groups
• oTeaching/training of staff or students
• oSupervision of more junior staff, assistants and/students
• oActive participation in an audit or project work
• oComputer literate, to include working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• oEvidence of CPD

Desirable

• oMotivational Interviewing/ Behaviour Change training (CBT or facilitation skills)
• oExperience of weekend working and emergency on-call working

Skills and aptitudes

Essential

• oEvidence of specialist clinical skills and core Physiotherapy skills
• oAbility to work effectively within different teams both multi and uni-disciplinary
• oAbility to manage own time & meet deadlines
• oAbility to be proactive in service development
• oAbility to recognise unacceptable behaviour and act on this appropriately.

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Free Hospital

Pond Street

Hampstead

NW3 2QG

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391-RFL-6836932