Job requirements
Essential
10 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
excellent organisational and time management skills
- Other
to be physically and emotionally robust to support patients and their relatives
- Experience
substantial post-graduate experience long covid
- Experience
Experience of assisting people to return to work
- skills abilities and knowledge
high level of knowledge of chronic fatigue management strategies and techniques
- skills abilities and knowledge
Good level of knowledge of medical investigations for long covid
- skills abilities and knowledge
To have good IT and computer skills
- skills abilities and knowledge
To have excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Education,Qualification and Training
Degree in Physiotherapy
- Education,Qualification and Training
Registered with HCPC
Desirable
7 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of vocational rehabilitation service delivery
- Special Circumstances
Ability to travel between sites within Buckinghamshire.
- skills abilities and knowledge
good level of knowledge of motivational interviewing techniques
- skills abilities and knowledge
To have a good level of knowledge of medical treatments/investigative procedures for long covid, chronic pain & fatigue.
- Education,Qualification and Training
basic cognitive behavioural training
- Education,Qualification and Training
post graduate training in long covid
- Education,Qualification and Training
Member of The British Pain Society PMP SIG or The British Association of Clinicians in ME/CFS (BACME).
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the our dedicated and well established interdisciplinary chronic pain and fatigue management service with a focus on supporting people with Long Covid.
We are looking for a motivated and skilled Advanced Physiotherapist to join the team that work with people with wide range of chronic pain conditions, ME/CFS and Long Covid. The post holder will be involved in assessment and a range of rehabilitation interventions, including group, individual and workshop provision. The service is delivered from sites in Aylesbury and Amersham, with the primary site being Aylesbury.
Good communication and team-working skills are essential. The ideal candidate will be able to take a holistic and person centred approach to supporting patients and have an active interest in the management of long term chronic conditions.
The role will includes working with other Advanced Therapists in the team to effectively manage a complex caseload and see patients within the expected timescales.
Main duties of the job
To take a lead role in planning, co-ordinating and delivering the specialist Physiotherapy service provided to long covid, chronic pain and chronic fatigue patients as part of the interdisciplinary Chronic Pain and Fatigue Management Service.
To provide specialist Physiotherapy assessment and treatment to a wide range of patients with highly complex problems resulting from chronic long term conditions and ME/CFS.
To be autonomous as a Physiotherapist, whilst working with Senior Therapists from other disciplines within the team to deliver the service
To actively lead development of professional and service initiatives and contribute to organisational objectives
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Advanced Physiotherapist - Long Covid CPFS with Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust in Amersham, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Physiotherapist role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum (pro rata for part time). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 14 Oct 2026.
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