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We are looking for a full time 8a Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the Pain team.
The pain management service provides a comprehensive service facilitating a decrease in prevalence across the continuum of pain, from acute to chronic, to high-impact chronic pain. We work across the life span from paediatric and geriatric populations, to end of life, reducing the burden of pain for individuals, families, and our local society as a whole. Pain affects 28m people in the UK, almost 40% of the population. Every year 5 million people in UK will develop chronic pain but only 2/3rds will recover from it.
To provide clinical leadership to allied health professionals at the Royal Berkshire Hospital and external partners.
To undertake an Advanced Clinical Practitioner role within the Pain management department at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.
To provide highly specialised Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy assessment and management to a highly specialised clinical caseload that frequently have complex and / or chronic or life limiting conditions, without supervision.
Interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical data to form accurate diagnoses and prognoses informing complex decision making ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient focused care.
To work as a senior decision maker, in the absence of a consultant, in a clinic setting seeing new and follow up patients. This will include forming diagnoses and making decisions on management including investigations, injections and operative procedures and independent prescribing where applicable, without the Consultant being present.
To act as an expert Advanced Clinical Practitioner within the wider Pain Management team
To support the Professional lead of Pain in the development of relevant service and clinical initiatives and modernisations.
To provide highly specialist care of complex patients including Advanced Clinical interventions and management as appropriate.
Please see job description for full details, for an informal conversation please contact Claire Mullis.