Advanced Pain Clinician in Chelmsford

This is an exciting opportunity to be an Advanced Pain Clinician within an integrated community MSK, pain, & rheumatology service based in Mid & South Essex. Cora Health have been delivering community MSK, pain & rheumatology services in South West Essex since 2015. Following a recent procurement process, Cora Health’s service delivery will be expanded across Mid & South Essex from 1 April 2026. This is an opportunity to join an established multidisciplinary team during an exciting phase of growth. Services will be delivered from a range of healthcare, wellness and leisure centre venues across Mid & South Essex. There will be opportunities to work a varied timetable from locations that are locally accessible to colleagues and the communities we serve.

Why work for Cora Health?

• Professional Development: Enjoy a minimum of 5% of your working hours dedicated to your personal growth and development. Attend internal conferences, study days, and access clinical support tools and pathways to excel in your role and career.
• Generous Holiday Entitlement: Up to 30 days of holiday (plus public holidays) to relax and recharge. You’ll also get another day off for your Birthday. If you’d like even more holiday you can participate in our holiday buy and sell scheme.
• Wellness Support: Access a suite of health support tools and an employee assistance program for your well-being so you can be at your best and be your true self.
• Performance Awards: Excel in your objectives and be rewarded with a range of pay, gifts and incentives, awarded alongside our annual colleague awards.
• Savings and Support: Benefit from Blue Light and Healthcare Services discounts as well as employer pension contributions.
• Membership Fee Reimbursement: We cover the cost of role required professional membership fees.
• Cora Clinical Education Academy: Access bespoke learning opportunities with live and recorded sessions to enhance your clinical knowledge and skills across all clinical pathways.
• Collaboration Opportunities: Engage with our clinical team, including emergency on-call support, clinical supervision, coaching and mentoring.
• Team Building: Team-building and away days to build strong connections with colleagues.
• Flexibility: Hybrid working options and flexible hours to support work-life balance.

These benefits are our way of expressing gratitude for your continuous dedication and contribution to Cora Health.

About The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for someone with a background in one of these professions to join our community pain management service in Mid & South Essex as an Advanced Pain Clinician. We are dedicated to delivering the highest level of patient care, in the most efficient and cost-effective way, with re-investment to ensure services are sustainable. We are looking for well-organised Advanced Pain Clinicians to deliver quality clinical care for patients with chronic pain conditions. You will undertake comprehensive assessments and formulation of patient presentations with a wide variety of physical and emotional needs. As part of the interdisciplinary team you will deliver, review and progress individual treatment programmes and ensure effective treatment, specialist advice and timely discharge are achieved. Join our motivated, ambitious, and fast-growing team. We focus on competency, developing talent and offer great flexibility. You’ll be registered with the HCPC or equivalent regulator (as professional background dictates) and be qualified as a clinician that has experience working with pain practice. We are committed to a multi-professional workforce based on competency and welcome applications from Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Osteopaths and Nurses. If you’re able to manage a varied caseload of people with chronic pain, committed to CPD and have the desire to develop yourself and the service, with a keen eye on improving patient care, then we’d like to hear from you.

Who We Are Looking For

• Previous experience in delivering pain management services with tangible results and commitment to providing excellent, personalised care.
• A deep understanding of the impact of chronic pain in the wider community and how collaborative working across the local system enables prevention and addresses health inequalities.
• Current valid registration with your relevant professional body or equivalent regulator (HCPC, NMC).
• Outstanding values that underpin clinical expertise and people management.
• Proven track record of influencing patients, people, commissioners, and pathways.
• Understand, influence and drive quality of audits and the integration of evidence-based practice (EBP).
• Educational acuity in developing and providing specialist teaching in Chronic Pain.
• Strong desire and drive to deliver innovation and lead on change.
• Experience of developing team members.

We Are Cora Health

Cora is a leading provider of community healthcare services in the UK. We deliver MSK (musculoskeletal) services, diagnostic imaging, day-case surgery, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, podiatry, persistent pain management, mental health, orthopaedic and rheumatology services. We want everyone to have the opportunity to thrive. We help people help themselves, to get back to their best or to simply find a new way forward.