Clinical specialist practitioner - Pain service | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Brighton, BN1 2RA
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	8 Oct 2026
Closing date:	12 Nov 2026

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Summary

Are you an allied health professional or nurse with experience and passion for supporting patients with chronic MSK pain conditions?

We are looking for dynamic and proactive Senior Musculoskeletal (MSK) Clinician to join our well-established Sussex MSK Pain service in Brighton and Worthing. We provide treatments 1:1 and in group settings alongside our excellent Psychology colleagues and work closely with our MSK colleagues across Sussex MSK Health and partner organisations.

Roles available across the whole of West Sussex, Brighton and Hove, inclusive of full and part-time/ fixed term/ secondment/ job share opportunities. Sites include Worthing/Brighton/ Hove/ Haywards Heath/ Crawley/ Horsham/ Bognor Regis.

You must be a UK registered Allied Health Professional or Nurse to apply, with a broad range of musculoskeletal experience inclusive of experience in Chronic pain management. Recent senior clinical level experience, personalised care and motivational interview training as well as experience of leading groups would be advantageous. Applicants should be committed to delivering high quality care and have excellent communications skills. You will be required to work in clinical sites from Brighton to Worthing.

If you are passionate about making a difference and want to contribute to an organisation which is continuously striving to improve then we would love to hear from you.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing

• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex

• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement

• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities

• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton

• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks

• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust

• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast

Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

• To contribute to the provision of an efficient and effective pain service within Sussex MSK Health.

• To work autonomously as a clinical specialist practitioner, using advanced clinical skills, to assess, diagnose, treat and manage patients with musculoskeletal conditions, with access to investigations under Advanced Practitioner supervision.

• To support patients who may have co-existing diverse medical, neurological and complex physical and psychological conditions alongside their musculoskeletal presentation.

• To maintain own records and work as an autonomous practitioner.

• To deliver pain management programmes alongside our psychology team.

This advert closes on Sunday 18 Oct 2026

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