Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-7641792
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Free Hospital & Edgware Hospital
- Town
- Hampstead
- Salary
- £72,921 - £83,362 Per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 8b Clinical Lead Advanced Practice Physiotherapist Pain Mgt
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Job overview
Clinical Lead Advanced Practice Physiotherapist in Pain Management
Band 8b
Royal Free Hospital/ Edgware
Substantive
37.5 hours per week
Main duties of the job
We are delighted to advertise this exciting opportunity for a dynamic and experienced Pain management Advanced Practice Physiotherapist to work within our multi-disciplinary Pain management service. Our service is made up of specialists within the fields of medicine, physiotherapy, psychology, nursing, and exercise therapy. You will work closely with the Medical and Psychology clinical leads to innovate, progress the direction of the service, ensuring efficiency and embedding new ways of working.
For this joint clinical leadership and operational role we are looking for someone with well-developed experience of operational service delivery and of leading teams. You will also provide clinical leadership and line management to the team of specialist pain management physiotherapists.
The successful candidate should be an experienced expert clinician and will also carry a clinical caseload. The successful candidate is required to be able demonstrate the Trust values, and the responsibilities of the job description and person specification. You will be supported in this role by the Outpatient Therapy Lead for Therapy services and wider Pain management leadership.
Target start date 1st April 2026
Working for our organisation
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Person specification
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc Degree in Physiotherapy or Diploma or equivalent
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
- Postgraduate training or development in clinical skills up to MSc level with a focus in pain or musculoskeletal physiotherapy
- Evidence or portfolio of postgraduate continued development
- Postgraduate training or development in management and leadership skills
Desirable criteria
- Membership of specialist interest group
- Independent prescriber qualification
- Musculoskeletal injection therapy qualification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial postgraduate experience in Pain management.
- Substantial experience of Operational leadership within a service.
- Experience of managing service demand, capacity and utilisation.
- Experience of leading change.
- Experience of service review and improvement.
- Advanced knowledge and experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of patients with a wide variety of complex chronic pain conditions
- Experience of Acceptance and Commitment and Cognitive behavioural approaches to pain
- Experience of delivering Pain Management Programmes or equivalent group work
- Experience in managing highly distressed patients in group and individual settings
- Experience of supervising senior qualified staff
- Experience of leading a service and team
- Active involvement in clinical audit, research and policy/ guideline implementation
- Experience of teaching to uni and multidisciplinary groups
- Evidence of service development, quality improvement & managing change within the workplace
- Experience of working alone, managing own time and using Excellent organisational skills
- Experience of leading on pathway re-design & development
Skills
Essential criteria
- Highly specialist knowledge within the pain field and ability to apply this in a clinical setting
- To be competent in the decision making process and ordering of any investigations necessary in order to reach a diagnosis or decide on the appropriate management of the patient’s condition e.g. x-rays, MRI, blood tests, EMGs, ultrasound, listing for surgery in line with protocols and guidelines. This will require highly advanced clinical reasoning and highly developed problem solving and analytical skills and is beyond the normal scope of physiotherapy practice.
- Excellent communication / interpersonal skills both written and verbal
- Excellent time management and prioritisation skills
- Able to carry out concurrent activities and work in an unpredictable working pattern
- Ability to lead in service development, liaising closely with the MDT in order to promote clinical excellence
- Competent IT skills including use of internet, email and word processing Excellent presentation skills
- Excellent leadership skills
- A commitment to professional development of self and others
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate an understanding of NHS reforms and policies and their impact on service
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Caroline Austrie
- Job title
- Outpatient Manager Therapy Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
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