Acute Pain Clinical Nurse Specialist
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Job summary
An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for an experienced and dynamic nurse to join Colchester Hospital as an Acute Pain Clinical Nurse Specialist. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career by taking this role as the Lead Nurse for Acute/Inpatient Pain Management.
At East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust we are committed to providing high quality patient care in an environment which is clean and safe and an organisation which is forward thinking, innovative and supportive.
You will be responsible, along with our Consultant Anaesthetists specialising in Pain Management, in maintaining the very highest standards of pain management within the Trust This involves daily ward rounds, responding to complex referrals from all areas of the hospital and overseeing and managing a diverse teaching programme plus writing and updating Trust Guidelines relating to all forms of Pain Management. You will be a role model as well as a sound reliable resource for nursing and medical staff within the Trust.
We have strong links with Anglia Ruskin University and the University of Essex who support us with a wide range of CPD modules at BSc and MSc Levels. We also offer added opportunities for in house continued clinical skills training and interpersonal skills workshops.
Band 6 developmental roles would be considered for applicants who do not currently fulfil the specification for a band 7 post. This will be assessed as part of the interview process.
Main duties of the job
As an experienced nurse you will deliver a high quality pain management specialist nursing service to our patients and staff by promoting excellence in practice.
In this role you will:
- organise and facilitate the provision of effective pain management strategies for in patients, particularly in the post-operative period and for patients admitted to hospital with acute pain.
- work autonomously within the pain management team.
- supervise nursing provision to inpatient pain service, providing support to nursing colleagues.
- provide telephone/bleep response to wards and enquiries from other healthcare professionals.
- assess patients referred to pain service pre-operatively.
- assist with pain management for chronic pain in patients as requested by colleagues on wards and A&E.
- advise and support ward managers in implantation of safe and effective pain management.
- review in-patient referrals
- give advice on pain management where appropriate.
About us
One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.
To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
Details
Date posted
07 July 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
432-HR759-23
Job locations
Colchester Hospital
Turner Road
Colchester
CO4 5JL
Employer details
Employer name
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Colchester Hospital
Turner Road
Colchester
CO4 5JL
Employer's website
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