Clinical Lead Physiotherapist in Persistent Pain

at  Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

To work within the Out-Patient Physiotherapy Service leading, co-ordinating and developing effective clinical interventions within the speciality of, but not exclusive to, persistent Pain in order to advance clinical practice across the service in line with the current evidence base To manage autonomously a clinical workload of patients/clients at a highly specialist level, assessing and treating patients and maintaining clinica To have highly specialist assessment and treatment skills in the areas listed but not limited to Physical rehabilitation through manual therapy Physical rehabilitation through exercise and function Physical rehabilitation through pain relief: could include acupuncture, injection therapy, electrotherapy etc. Complex bio-psychosocial assessment of patients and carers Cognitive and perceptual understanding of condition/person Falls assessmen To apply evidence based knowledge within the highly specialist clinical area. This knowledge will have been acquired through experience and academic study To act as a resource to provide advice for relevant members of staff about the assessment, treatment, management and care of patients / clients who have Persistent Pain and/or complex psychosocial needs To work collaboratively with other providers involved in the patients care including medical and surgical consultants, health and social care community and acut To take a lead, and work with any appropriate member of staff to ensure effective care pathways and transfer of care/discharges To proactively and appropriately facilitate a seamless transfer of care and continuing therapeutic management of physiotherapy outpatient patients between care settings To work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary manner with any appropriate member of staff, being able to debate the blurring of boundaries if appropriate To develop highly specialist programmes of assessment, treatment and intervention for physiotherapy patients in particular those with Persistent Pain To manage and prioritise own clinical workload as appropriate, working efficiently to manage professional time and delegate according to the training and competency levels of other team members to ensure the effective delivery of the servic

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