Job summary
This is a great opportunity for a registered nurse with a surgical background and experience to gain expert clinical leadership in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of pain management strategies for patients experiencing acute pain. This will be a CNS role band 6 who will be responsible for ensuring evidence based pain management practices are utilised, optimising patient outcomes, improving care delivery and supporting interdisciplinary education and quality improvement initiatives.
We would want this person to have excellent communication skills, have leadership qualities and be a team player given we are a very small team covering the 3 sites of Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull. We would expect this person to work across all sites, based on one site daily Mon-Friday 8-4pm.
This is a good exposure opportunity to the CNS role. It is a full time position. It will offer exposure and training in pain physiology with both pharmacologic and non pharmacologic interventions. We are an advisory service.
It is a 12 month secondment/fixed term contract covering maternity leave.
Main duties of the job
Serve as a clinical expert in the management of various acute pain settings including post operative, trauma patients.
To advise on comprehensive pain assessments and develop individual pain management plans in collaboration with patients, families, and the MDT.
Implement and manage protocols, guidelines and best practices for acute pain control, including opioid stewardship and multimodal analgesia.
Facilitate and deliver staff /MDT training in pain assessment tools, pharmacologic and non pharmacologic pain management strategies, either face to face or teams.
Managing patients on various pain devices ie PCAs, epidurals, rectus sheath infusions and nerve block infusions.
Work autonomously after supernumerary period.
Be an advocate for your patient and the team.
Workload generated via PICS referrals, theatre lists and in person referrals.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration
- *Evidence of post registration CPD / post registration qualification in pain management or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to FHEQ Level 6
- *Mentoring qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience
Experience
Essential
- *Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
- *Relevant and recent clinical experience within an acute surgical care environment.
- *Significant post registration experience, with evidence of passion/ enthusiasm and knowledge for acute pain/ pain management.
- *Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/ competence
- *Demonstrate specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality
- *Experience and enthusiasm for teaching/assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting
- *Experience of working in a multidisciplinary and cross agency work environment
- *Demonstrate understanding / experience / willingness to be a practice-based supervisor / assessor as detailed in the NMC
Desirable
- * Experience in service development
Additional Criteria
Essential
- * Experience in service development
- *Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload and developing skills, knowledge and competence
- *Willingness to achieve competence in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices
- *Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
- *Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration
- *Evidence of post registration CPD / post registration qualification in pain management or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to FHEQ Level 6
- *Mentoring qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience
Experience
Essential
- *Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
- *Relevant and recent clinical experience within an acute surgical care environment.
- *Significant post registration experience, with evidence of passion/ enthusiasm and knowledge for acute pain/ pain management.
- *Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/ competence
- *Demonstrate specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality
- *Experience and enthusiasm for teaching/assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting
- *Experience of working in a multidisciplinary and cross agency work environment
- *Demonstrate understanding / experience / willingness to be a practice-based supervisor / assessor as detailed in the NMC
Desirable
- * Experience in service development
Additional Criteria
Essential
- * Experience in service development
- *Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload and developing skills, knowledge and competence
- *Willingness to achieve competence in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices
- *Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
- *Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
