Band 8a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist Pain Services

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham
1 week ago
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Overview

Are you an experienced Physiotherapist looking for a new challenge? Do you have strong leadership skills with extensive acute clinical knowledge in Physiotherapy and Pain Services? If so, we have great opportunities for you at University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB). This post is ideal for a Physiotherapist wishing to use and develop their clinical, leadership and service development skills. The post holder must be an experienced, proactive and innovative Physiotherapist with a strong ability to work independently and as part of the wider MDT.


Responsibilities

  • Develop and expand clinical practice within the speciality area.
  • Lead evidence-based service improvement, audit & research and deliver high quality training to the physiotherapy team and wider MDT.
  • Manage a complex physiotherapy caseload and oversee other areas of Physiotherapy provision to the pain services.
  • Govern the wider pain service, working across sites.
  • Provide expert opinion within the speciality for therapy staff and other healthcare professionals.
  • Recruit and manage qualified staff and students.
  • Work alongside the current Physiotherapy team, Psychologists, Nurses and Pain Consultants to provide a comprehensive MDT pain service.
  • Develop Physiotherapy standalone clinics as well as joint MDT clinics to optimise pain service provision.

Qualifications

  • Strong leadership skills with extensive acute clinical knowledge in Physiotherapy and Pain Services.
  • Excellent understanding of Psychologically informed Physiotherapy and non-pharmacological pain interventions.
  • Experience managing qualified staff and students.
  • Experience of leading evidence-based service improvement, audit & research.
  • Experience with governance of a wider pain service.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
  • Position: 2 Clinical Specialist posts – full time at QE and 19 hours at HGS, working with O/P Physiotherapy Pain Services.

Professional Development

Within this role you will be supported to undertake professional development, through attendance at internal/external courses, opportunity for post graduate study, excellent peer support from senior physiotherapy & AHP / MDT colleagues and mentoring through the Trusts career mentoring offer.


Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.


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