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Essential
17 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Personal Qualities
Strong ethos of team working and supporting colleagues to achieve team goals
- Personal Qualities
Ability to carry out concurrent activities and work in an unpredictable work environment
- Personal Qualities
Ability to cope with regular exposure to patients that may be distressed and may display aggressive or abusive behaviour.
- Skills and Abilities
Specialised knowledge of the safe management of musculoskeletal disorders
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to prioritise
- Skills and Abilities
Flexible approach to changing circumstances and departmental needs
- Skills and Abilities
Able to demonstrate good communication, report writing and presentation skills.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to self-motivate and motivate others
- Skills and Abilities
Able to demonstrate a commitment to teamwork
- Skills and Abilities
Good organisation, time management and prioritisation skills
- Education/Qualifications
Good written/spoken English
- Education/Qualifications
Degree / Diploma in Physiotherapy leading to HCPC registration
- Education/Qualifications
NHS Pain management experience as Physiotherapist
- Knowledge and Experience
Specialised knowledge of the current management guidelines and evidence in the safe treatment of Musculoskeletal disorders
- Knowledge and Experience
Broad awareness of Musculoskeletal physiotherapy provision of care and local, professional, Trust and wider policies and agendas
- Knowledge and Experience
Awareness of developments in NHS / DoH and multi-agency Musculoskeletal service delivery
- Knowledge and Experience
Involvement in clinical audit/evaluation projects
Desirable
11 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills and Abilities
Monitored/supervised: Physiotherapy staff students Assistants/clerical staff
- Skills and Abilities
Previous experience teaching Musculoskeletal physiotherapy staff/students and other professionals
- Skills and Abilities
Experience of undertaking departmental duties
- Skills and Abilities
Able to deputise for team leader / management
- Education/Qualifications
Membership of the CSP
- Education/Qualifications
Membership of other professional groups (PPA/MACP/SOM/clinical Interest groups)
- Education/Qualifications
Good knowledge of the research process
- Knowledge and Experience
musculoskeletal outpatients Orthopaedics Sports injuries, Rheumatology Neuro/Elderly Rehabilitation
- Knowledge and Experience
Working in the NHS
- Knowledge and Experience
Specialised knowledge of the current management guidelines and evidence in the safe treatment of Musculoskeletal disorders
- Knowledge and Experience
Involvement in clinical audit/evaluation projects/service development
Job overview
2 Potential Opportunities
Split role 50:50 MSK/Pain Management Physiotherapist Haringey Or Split role 50:50 Pain Management Physiotherapist Haringey / Pain Management Physiotherapist Islington
This is an exciting opportunity to join Whittington Health and develop a community pain service in Haringey. We are seeking a senior physiotherapist or experienced band 6 with a keen interest in pain management to take on this role.
You will join a Pain MDT that includes Pain Consultants, Pain Psychologists, Advanced Practice Physiotherapists, Pain Management Physiotherapists, specialist service manager and administrative staff. You will provide holistic care in an MDT-led team to treat persistent pain in a community setting (group based as well as individual).
You will be supervised by a Pain specialist APP and will have access to Pain CPD alongside MSK CPD. Our team also holds monthly Pain specific teaching, Pain business meeting, guided reflective decompression sessions and peer led reflective decompression sessions.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will manage a caseload of complex persistent MSK Pain presentations from triage to discharge in line with current best practice. The role will include assessment, 1-2-1 and group treatment. Case discussions with other members of the team including different professions, presentations in the MDT meeting and joint treatments with Pain Psychology staff as appropriate.
The post holder will act as a Pain Management Physiotherapy expert for the Haringey Community Pain Service as well as supervise senior (B6) Pain Management Physiotherapists. The in-service training, appraisal and personal development programmes are well established for all staff and all departments providing a friendly working environment with supportive and experienced clinicians.
You will need to have a caring and mature attitude to work closely with patients and with staff in our department.
The focus of this role is on high quality pain management care in the community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please read Personal Specification and Job description carefully to ensure your application clearly demonstrates all of the essential criteria.
Please provide examples in your supporting information to show how you meet these criteria.
Please feel free to get in contact if you would like to discuss this post ahead of time.
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 Band 7 Pain and Musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapist with Whittington Health NHS Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Physiotherapist role. The advertised salary is £55,524 - £62,652 Per annum Including HCAS. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 08 Nov 2026.
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