This Clinical Specialist in Pain post sits in Cora Health Group's Durham and Darlington Pain Services, covering two maternity leaves on a one-year fixed term. The work centres on assessing patients with chronic pain and building individual treatment programmes aimed at functional and psychological recovery, with GPs kept informed of flare-up plans. Most work is remote via Teams with some face-to-face clinics, within a multidisciplinary team of physiotherapists, nurses and psychological therapists using a biopsychosocial model. Physiotherapists and nurses are welcomed to apply.
What the job involves
- Assess patients' needs in relation to their goals
- Plan, manage and review functional and psychological restoration for individuals and groups
- Formulate, deliver, review and progress individual treatment programmes
- Carry out comprehensive assessment and diagnosis of patients with a wide range of physical and emotional needs
- Review care plans at timely intervals
- Communicate with patients' GPs, advising on ongoing and flare-up management plans agreed with the patient
- Provide advice and treatment within best practice and national guidelines
- Provide safe, effective and dignified care
- Ensure effective treatment, specialist advice and timely discharge
- Deliver quality clinical care for patients with chronic pain
Nice to have
- BSc in physiotherapy
- Previous experience in pain
What’s offered
- Minimum 5% of working hours for development, plus Cora Clinical Education Academy learning
- Up to 30 days' holiday plus public holidays, a birthday day off and a holiday buy and sell scheme
- Wellness support tools and employee assistance programme
- Performance awards and annual colleague awards
- Blue Light and healthcare discounts and employer pension contributions
- Reimbursement of role-required professional membership fees
- Clinical supervision, coaching, mentoring, emergency on-call support and team-building away days
- Hybrid working and flexible working hours
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