Clinical Nurse Specialist for Pain Management

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

The post holder will work closely with all the members of the multi professional team to ensure patients receive seamless integrated pain management care in both inpatient and outpatient settings and have the opportunity to develop areas of interest and work across these services as they gain experience in this specialism.

The post holder will be involved in the 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 our pain consultants, multidisciplinary team and nurse led. Our service provides and is involved in the following treatment pathways which the post holder will play an active role:

Medication optimisation, including opioid reduction.

Self-acupuncture course, the post holder will have the opportunity to promote, develop and assess patients for acupuncture as part of their role.

Post pain procedures clinical reviews; including radio frequency and spinal cord stimulation assessment / education.

Pain management programme (PMP)

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, working alongside the other nursing members and Pain Consultants of the team across multiple sites. Primary responsibility of the post holder will be clinical review of postsurgical and major trauma patients including but not limited to:

Daily review of patients with epidural analgesia delivery systems

Daily review of patients with continuous local anaesthetic delivery systems

Daily review of patients with patient-controlled analgesia delivery systems

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

Essential

• Current first level NMC registration
• Degree or diploma in nursing or health related subject
• Post registration qualification in pain management
• Teaching and assessing qualification

Desirable

• Degree or Masters in pain management or be willing to undertake it
• Non-medical prescriber or willing to undertake the course
• Leadership / management qualification
• Qualification in western medical acupuncture or willing to undertake a course

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• 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

Desirable

• 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lancashire Teaching Hospital Trust

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT

Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)