Clinical Nurse Specialist for Pain Management
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
We currently have a vacancy for a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and reliable Clinical Nurse Specialist within the Pain Management Service. Our Integrated Pain structure meets the needs of both staff and patients, ensuring it is fit for the future for both acute and persistent pain needs.
We are looking for an individual to join our team who can assist in covering all aspects of pain management within the Trust. You will be required to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team, including the ability to work autonomously and make decisions under pressure.
Main Duties of the Job
You will be expected to organise your own workload, utilising skills to manage challenging situations while providing clinical support and guidance in a professional manner. Teaching is a large part of the specialist role, so you will be expected to plan and deliver education packages across both sites to various multidisciplinary teams. It is essential that you can communicate effectively and confidently to create strong professional relationships with various members of multidisciplinary teams, patients, relatives, and external agencies.
About Us
Our team is passionate about delivering high-quality care to our patients, and this is a key role in ensuring we deliver our agreed performance plans safely and effectively. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your existing skills and knowledge base and to be part of a team passionate about service delivery and improving the environment for patients within Lancashire Teaching Trust. Your experience will ensure you bring energy and a resilient leadership style to the team, demonstrating an ability to guide, direct, and support your team and colleagues.
Our Trust provides a comprehensive range of specialist tertiary services including cancer, renal, plastics and burns, neurosciences, and specialist mobility and rehabilitation, along with our elective and emergency services. We are the major trauma, neurosurgical, and vascular centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria and deliver the latest treatment for many complex conditions.
Job Responsibilities
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
The post holder will work closely with all members of the multi-professional team to ensure patients receive seamless integrated pain management care in both inpatient and outpatient settings. The post holder will be involved in outpatient clinic activity and working collaboratively with the wider organisation and community services.
The post holder will be involved in a number of outpatient pain clinics, including those with pain consultants, multidisciplinary teams, and nurse-led clinics. Our service provides and is involved in the following treatment pathways:
1. Medication optimisation, including opioid reduction.
2. Self-acupuncture course; the post holder will have the opportunity to promote, develop, and assess patients for acupuncture as part of their role.
3. Post pain procedures clinical reviews, including radio frequency and spinal cord stimulation assessment/education.
4. Develop and work innovatively to ensure the pain service is fit for the future.
The post holder will also be involved in the provision of a 7-day pain service to the wards, critical care unit, and other areas, including surgical, medical, emergency department, care of the elderly, women, and children services for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. Primary responsibilities include clinical review of post-surgical and major trauma patients, including but not limited to:
1. Daily review of patients with epidural analgesia delivery systems.
2. Daily review of patients with continuous local anaesthetic delivery systems.
3. Daily review of patients with patient-controlled analgesia delivery systems.
4. Help and advice to the wards for other pain problems, reviewing more complex and persistent pain issues with the pain consultants and senior nursing team members.
In addition, all staff are expected to act in accordance with the values and behaviours of the Trust.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
* Degree or diploma in nursing or health-related subject.
* Teaching and assessing qualification.
* Degree or Masters in pain management or willingness to undertake it.
* Non-medical prescriber or willingness to undertake the course.
* Qualification in western medical acupuncture or willingness to undertake a course.
Knowledge & Experience
* Post-registration experience in an acute care setting.
* Able to demonstrate experience in managing patients using various methods of pain management interventions.
* Knowledge of clinical governance and relevance to practice.
* Experience of clinical audit or research.
* Able to demonstrate working knowledge of the current issues within the NHS.
* Evidence and ability to demonstrate effective use of resources.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
£37,338 to £44,962 a year, pro rata.
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