• Job Description

  Req#: C9193-25-0455?language=en&page=28&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  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.

  Main duties of the job

  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.

  About us

  The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006.

  It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority.

  The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Reading's biggest employer.

  The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

  Our values:Compassionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

  Details

  Date posted

  29 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8a

  Salary

  £53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum.

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  193-7238579NCG

  Job locations

  Royal Berkshire Hospital

  London Road

  Reading

  RG1 5AN

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see job description for full details, for an informal conversation please contact Claire Mullis.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see job description for full details, for an informal conversation please contact Claire Mullis.

  Person Specification

  Skills

  Essential

  • oAbility to take a senior clinical leadership role within an MDT
  • oExcellent problem solving skills oExcellent time management skills oCompetent IT skills
  • oAbility to effectively promote MSK services and the role of APPs to internal and external colleagues and agencies

  Desirable

  • oProven experience of leading an MDT
  • oExperience with Cerner millennium, RIO and Insignia

  Personal and people development

  Essential

  • oMaintains current awareness of professional practice issues and NHS Developments
  • oMaintains HCPC registration

  Experience

  Essential

  • oExtensive post graduate clinical experience
  • oClinical Leadership experience at a senior level
  • oDemonstrable experience of delivering a service based on the needs of the patient
  • oService development and clinical leadership within a multi-faceted organisation
  • oExperience of working within a Pain service and delivery of group/1:1 programmes
  • oComprehensive understanding of the pillars of clinical governance

  Desirable

  • oPrevious experience of working in an extended scope role/ Advanced Clinical Practitioner role
  • oA comprehensive understanding of the needs of the Pain and MSK service commissioners
  • oChange management experience
  • oExperience of mentoring and training clinical staff and students, across multidisciplinary teams
  • oExperience of leading clinical governance initiatives
  • oExperience of Psychologically informed practice

  Knowledge & Qualifications

  Essential

  • oDegree or diploma in Physiotherapy
  • oMSc or equivalent experience
  • oHCPC Registration
  • oExtensive Post Graduate training in pain and musculoskeletal conditions
  • oComprehensive evidence of a biopsychosocial approach to management of pain and MSK related conditions

  Desirable

  • oClinical Leadership Training or equivalent
  • oIndependent prescribing qualification
  • oIRMER training
  • oInterpretation of investigations including X-Ray

  Communication

  Essential

  • oExcellent communication skills
  • oExperience of motivating and leading clinical staff of all levels

  Desirable

  • oExperience of proactively engaging with service users and commissioners

  Person Specification

  Skills

  Essential

  • oAbility to take a senior clinical leadership role within an MDT
  • oExcellent problem solving skills oExcellent time management skills oCompetent IT skills
  • oAbility to effectively promote MSK services and the role of APPs to internal and external colleagues and agencies

  Desirable

  • oProven experience of leading an MDT
  • oExperience with Cerner millennium, RIO and Insignia

  Personal and people development

  Essential

  • oMaintains current awareness of professional practice issues and NHS Developments
  • oMaintains HCPC registration

  Experience

  Essential

  • oExtensive post graduate clinical experience
  • oClinical Leadership experience at a senior level
  • oDemonstrable experience of delivering a service based on the needs of the patient
  • oService development and clinical leadership within a multi-faceted organisation
  • oExperience of working within a Pain service and delivery of group/1:1 programmes
  • oComprehensive understanding of the pillars of clinical governance

  Desirable

  • oPrevious experience of working in an extended scope role/ Advanced Clinical Practitioner role
  • oA comprehensive understanding of the needs of the Pain and MSK service commissioners
  • oChange management experience
  • oExperience of mentoring and training clinical staff and students, across multidisciplinary teams
  • oExperience of leading clinical governance initiatives
  • oExperience of Psychologically informed practice

  Knowledge & Qualifications

  Essential

  • oDegree or diploma in Physiotherapy
  • oMSc or equivalent experience
  • oHCPC Registration
  • oExtensive Post Graduate training in pain and musculoskeletal conditions
  • oComprehensive evidence of a biopsychosocial approach to management of pain and MSK related conditions

  Desirable

  • oClinical Leadership Training or equivalent
  • oIndependent prescribing qualification
  • oIRMER training
  • oInterpretation of investigations including X-Ray

  Communication

  Essential

  • oExcellent communication skills
  • oExperience of motivating and leading clinical staff of all levels

  Desirable

  • oExperience of proactively engaging with service users and commissioners

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Royal Berkshire Hospital

  London Road

  Reading

  RG1 5AN

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Royal Berkshire Hospital

  London Road

  Reading

  RG1 5AN

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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