Clinical specialist practitioner - Pain service

Job overview

Are you an allied health professional with experience and passion for supporting patients with chronic MSK pain conditions? We are looking for dynamic and proactive Senior Musculoskeletal (MSK) Clinician to join our well-established Sussex MSK Pain service in Brighton and Worthing. We provide treatments 1:1 and in group settings alongside our excellent Psychology colleagues and work closely with our MSK colleagues across Sussex MSK Health and partner organisations. Roles available across the whole of West Sussex, Brighton and Hove, inclusive of full and part-time/ fixed term/ secondment/ job share opportunities. Sites include Worthing/Brighton/ Hove/ Haywards Heath/ Crawley/ Horsham/ Bognor Regis.

Main duties of the job

You must be a UK registered Allied Health Professional to apply, with a broad range of musculoskeletal experience inclusive of experience in Chronic pain management. Recent senior clinical level experience, personalised care and motivational interview training as well as experience of leading groups would be advantageous. Applicants should be committed to delivering high quality care and have excellent communications skills. You will be required to work in clinical sites from Brighton to Worthing. If you are passionate about making a difference and want to contribute to an organisation which is continuously striving to improve then we would love to hear from you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To contribute to the provision of an efficient and effective pain service within Sussex MSK Health.
• To work autonomously as a clinical specialist practitioner, using advanced clinical skills, to assess, diagnose, treat and manage patients with musculoskeletal conditions, with access to investigations under Advanced Practitioner supervision.
• To support patients who may have co-existing diverse medical, neurological and complex physical and psychological conditions alongside their musculoskeletal presentation.
• To maintain own records and work as an autonomous practitioner.
• To deliver pain management programmes alongside our psychology team.

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.