Highly Specialist Physiotherapist Chronic Pain

Job summary

Main duties of the job

* To meet the needs of patients and their families to achieve improved health outcomes and promote health and wellbeing while demonstrating care, compassion, competence, communication, courage, and commitment. Care is based on comprehensive assessment, ensures continuity and is patient/client centred, culturally sensitive and evidence-based and which promotes independence.

* To work as an integral member of the pain management team to provide an inter-disciplinary approach to the management of complex chronic pain clients.

* To manage own caseload of patients with complex musculoskeletal and chronic pain conditions.

* Provide advanced clinical assessment and evidence-based management and treatment for these patients

* To work as an autonomous practitioner without direct supervision. Supervision takes the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review and MDT meetings. Access to advice and support from a specialist physiotherapist is available if required, clinical work is not routinely evaluated.

* To deliver advanced, personalised physiotherapy treatment to patients with highly complex biopsychosocial presentations as individual appointments and group sessions

* To participate in CPD and other developmental activities.

* To assist in the development of colleagues of all grades through teaching, supervision and advice and through the in-service training program. This may include supervision of health improvement practitioners / students.

Job responsibilities

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.