Job summary
- Main area
- Pain
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 193-7238579NCG
- Employer
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Berkshire Hospital
- Town
- Reading
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum.
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Advanced Physiotherapist Practitioner – Pain
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”
We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions
We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate
We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live
We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice
Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.
Job overview
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.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description for full details, for an informal conversation please contact Claire Mullis.
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Ability to take a senior clinical leadership role within an MDT
- • Excellent problem solving skills • Excellent time management skills • Competent IT skills
- • Ability to effectively promote MSK services and the role of APPs to internal and external colleagues and agencies
Desirable criteria
- • Proven experience of leading an MDT
- • Experience with Cerner millennium, RIO and Insignia
Personal and people development
Essential criteria
- • Maintains current awareness of professional practice issues and NHS Developments
- • Maintains HCPC registration
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Extensive post graduate clinical experience
- • Clinical Leadership experience at a senior level
- • Demonstrable experience of delivering a service based on the needs of the patient
- • Service development and clinical leadership within a multi-faceted organisation
- • Experience of working within a Pain service and delivery of group/1:1 programmes
- • Comprehensive understanding of the pillars of clinical governance
Desirable criteria
- • Previous experience of working in an extended scope role/ Advanced Clinical Practitioner role
- • A comprehensive understanding of the needs of the Pain and MSK service commissioners
- • Change management experience
- • Experience of mentoring and training clinical staff and students, across multidisciplinary teams
- • Experience of leading clinical governance initiatives
- • Experience of Psychologically informed practice
Knowledge & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Degree or diploma in Physiotherapy
- • MSc or equivalent experience
- • HCPC Registration
- • Extensive Post Graduate training in pain and musculoskeletal conditions
- • Comprehensive evidence of a biopsychosocial approach to management of pain and MSK related conditions
Desirable criteria
- • Clinical Leadership Training or equivalent
- • Independent prescribing qualification
- • IRMER training
- • Interpretation of investigations including X-Ray
Communication
Essential criteria
- • Excellent communication skills
- • Experience of motivating and leading clinical staff of all levels
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of proactively engaging with service users and commissioners
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
- Claire Mullis
- Job title
- Directorate Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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