Job Overview
We are looking for an Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner (APP) to join our Pain Management Service. The APP will use advanced expertise, knowledge and skills in assessment and management of long‑term conditions using a biopsychosocial model of care.
Service’s Aims
- Provision of specialist assessment, diagnosis and advice on clinical management (including symptom control and specific interventions) for patients.
- Provision of advice on clinical management for other professionals working with patients with pain, ME/CFS / LC management service.
- Development of education and training resources for health professionals.
- Supporting clinical networks and dissemination of best practice across these networks.
- Evaluating service needs and planning further service development.
- Developing capacity for research activity.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
The post holder will provide biopsychosocial expertise for the care of patients at all stages of the care pathways. This extends to the support of carers, family, staff and relatives, promotion of psychologically informed and sophisticated systems of care, and service development. It will involve a substantial proportion of out‑patient activity and clinical liaison.
- Managing a caseload of interventions.
- Close liaison with other departments within NBT and across primary and secondary care to support an integrated and streamlined approach to patient care.
- Providing support, training, liaison and consultation to professional colleagues to further develop and support the highest standards of care, including the post holder’s specialism in spinal pain and the use of psychological models to support people with persistent syndromes.
- Contributing to the training and post‑qualification training of clinicians regarding the management of persistent syndrome.
- Supporting multi‑professional networking across the region.
- Provision of supervision for other healthcare professionals.
- Contributing to the national network of pain and fatigue management clinicians to advance coordinated and consistent care across geographically separate services, both generally in relation to persistent pain, spinal pain and fatigue.
- Supporting the training of new members of the team.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
- Responsible for service development, service delivery and implementation of current guidelines and evidence‑based practice. This involves responsibility for triage patients, advanced assessment skills and extensive knowledge in pain and fatigue conditions and psychosocial risk factors that contribute to future disability.
- Maintaining current evidence‑based intervention, updating materials and leading audit and service development as the intervention continues to be refined.
- Carrying out specialist assessment of and interventions with individuals referred to the service, liaising with consultant clinicians and GPs.
- Undertaking group‑based clinical interventions as part of the work profile of the department following appropriate methods of professional practice.
- Arranging and undertaking regular clinical supervision with a senior member of the department.
- Participation in an agreed plan of professional development through the annual development and performance review process.
- Providing clinical supervision for team members and other NBT staff as required.
- Maintaining records in accordance with NBT, departmental, and professional standards and practices.
- Ensuring the quality and safety of therapeutic input in all aspects of work, including partnership working with primary care professionals or patient volunteers.
- Undertaking other work as demanded, varying in agreement with the line manager.
- Undertaking clinical governance processes, service meetings, clinical audit, the development and observation of service standards and modernisation initiatives.
- Participating in performance review with the line manager at set intervals.
- Remaining up to date on relevant issues in the specialist areas and national and local policy matters.
- Acting as a resource to the wider MDT and health care community on matters relating pain management and pain conditions, supporting the use of psychological models within physiotherapeutic care providing a training and educational role within their scope of practice.
Person Specification
Education / Training / Qualifications
- Degree in Physiotherapy
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council
- Evidence of regular CPD
Desirable criteria
- Post‑qualification training in relevant therapies
Work Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in managing services and leading a team
- Experience of clinical assessment and specialist intervention with individuals and groups
- Experience in MDT working, including training and supporting other health professionals
- Experience of communicating highly sensitive and difficult information to patients and colleagues
- Experience of working both independently and within a team
Desirable criteria
- Post‑qualification experience of working with adults in NHS clinical health setting
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of ME/CFS/LC
- Knowledge of the issues related to having pain, fatigue and long‑term health conditions
- Skilled verbal and written communicator, able to relay sensitive information in a compassionate and effective way
- Experience of leading a team/service when clear guidance/pathways may not be available
- Knowledge of psychometric scale development, use and evaluation within physical health settings and experience with the collection, analysis and dissemination of audit and clinical data
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of effective working within a multi‑disciplinary team
- Ability to appropriately manage competing clinical demands
- Ability to contain and work therapeutically with people in extreme psychological distress, including depressive withdrawal, anger, suicidality, anxiety/panic, loss and bereavement
- Knowledge of user involvement and equality of opportunity issues and their relevance to our client group
Equality of Opportunity Statement
North Bristol NHS Trust is an anti‑discriminatory organisation and is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. We welcome applicants from all under‑represented groups. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently under‑represented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above, including people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.
Important Notes
Only successful applicants will be contacted via TRAC or by email. Applicants who do not receive any communication from North Bristol NHS Trust within three weeks after the closing date should assume their application was unsuccessful. North Bristol NHS Trust does not reimburse travel expenses for interview attendance. If you need support or advice related to the Disability Act or Two‑Ticks scheme, contact us on tel 0117 414 1151. Strict pre‑employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement.
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We are looking for an Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner (APP) to join our Pain Management Service. The APP will use advanced expertise, knowledge and skills in assessment and management of long‑term conditions using a biopsychosocial model of care.
Service’s Aims
- Provision of specialist assessment, diagnosis and advice on clinical management (including symptom control and specific interventions) for patients.
- Provision of advice on clinical management for other professionals working with patients with pain, ME/CFS / LC management service.
- Development of education and training resources for health professionals.
- Supporting clinical networks and dissemination of best practice across these networks.
- Evaluating service needs and planning further service development.
- Developing capacity for research activity.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
The post holder will provide biopsychosocial expertise for the care of patients at all stages of the care pathways. This extends to the support of carers, family, staff and relatives, promotion of psychologically informed and sophisticated systems of care, and service development. It will involve a substantial proportion of out‑patient activity and clinical liaison.
- Managing a caseload of interventions.
- Close liaison with other departments within NBT and across primary and secondary care to support an integrated and streamlined approach to patient care.
- Providing support, training, liaison and consultation to professional colleagues to further develop and support the highest standards of care, including the post holder’s specialism in spinal pain and the use of psychological models to support people with persistent syndromes.
- Contributing to the training and post‑qualification training of clinicians regarding the management of persistent syndrome.
- Supporting multi‑professional networking across the region.
- Provision of supervision for other healthcare professionals.
- Contributing to the national network of pain and fatigue management clinicians to advance coordinated and consistent care across geographically separate services, both generally in relation to persistent pain, spinal pain and fatigue.
- Supporting the training of new members of the team.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
- Responsible for service development, service delivery and implementation of current guidelines and evidence‑based practice. This involves responsibility for triage patients, advanced assessment skills and extensive knowledge in pain and fatigue conditions and psychosocial risk factors that contribute to future disability.
- Maintaining current evidence‑based intervention, updating materials and leading audit and service development as the intervention continues to be refined.
- Carrying out specialist assessment of and interventions with individuals referred to the service, liaising with consultant clinicians and GPs.
- Undertaking group‑based clinical interventions as part of the work profile of the department following appropriate methods of professional practice.
- Arranging and undertaking regular clinical supervision with a senior member of the department.
- Participation in an agreed plan of professional development through the annual development and performance review process.
- Providing clinical supervision for team members and other NBT staff as required.
- Maintaining records in accordance with NBT, departmental, and professional standards and practices.
- Ensuring the quality and safety of therapeutic input in all aspects of work, including partnership working with primary care professionals or patient volunteers.
- Undertaking other work as demanded, varying in agreement with the line manager.
- Undertaking clinical governance processes, service meetings, clinical audit, the development and observation of service standards and modernisation initiatives.
- Participating in performance review with the line manager at set intervals.
- Remaining up to date on relevant issues in the specialist areas and national and local policy matters.
- Acting as a resource to the wider MDT and health care community on matters relating pain management and pain conditions, supporting the use of psychological models within physiotherapeutic care providing a training and educational role within their scope of practice.
Person Specification
Education / Training / Qualifications
- Degree in Physiotherapy
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council
- Evidence of regular CPD
Desirable criteria
- Post‑qualification training in relevant therapies
Work Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in managing services and leading a team
- Experience of clinical assessment and specialist intervention with individuals and groups
- Experience in MDT working, including training and supporting other health professionals
- Experience of communicating highly sensitive and difficult information to patients and colleagues
- Experience of working both independently and within a team
Desirable criteria
- Post‑qualification experience of working with adults in NHS clinical health setting
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of ME/CFS/LC
- Knowledge of the issues related to having pain, fatigue and long‑term health conditions
- Skilled verbal and written communicator, able to relay sensitive information in a compassionate and effective way
- Experience of leading a team/service when clear guidance/pathways may not be available
- Knowledge of psychometric scale development, use and evaluation within physical health settings and experience with the collection, analysis and dissemination of audit and clinical data
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of effective working within a multi‑disciplinary team
- Ability to appropriately manage competing clinical demands
- Ability to contain and work therapeutically with people in extreme psychological distress, including depressive withdrawal, anger, suicidality, anxiety/panic, loss and bereavement
- Knowledge of user involvement and equality of opportunity issues and their relevance to our client group
Equality of Opportunity Statement
North Bristol NHS Trust is an anti‑discriminatory organisation and is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. We welcome applicants from all under‑represented groups. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently under‑represented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above, including people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.
Important Notes
Only successful applicants will be contacted via TRAC or by email. Applicants who do not receive any communication from North Bristol NHS Trust within three weeks after the closing date should assume their application was unsuccessful. North Bristol NHS Trust does not reimburse travel expenses for interview attendance. If you need support or advice related to the Disability Act or Two‑Ticks scheme, contact us on tel 0117 414 1151. Strict pre‑employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement.
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