Advanced Practitioner Chronic Pain; Kent Prisons

Kent Community Health Nhs Foundation Trust; Aylesford; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a lead clinician for the chronic pain service. The role involves direct patient care in community clinics and secure settings, plus driving across localities to deliver care and lead service development.

Working with clinical leads and service managers, you will implement policies and guidelines, provide leadership to the Integrated Musculoskeletal team, and support service improvement while meeting employment and safety standards.

Qualifications

• NMC or HCPC registered.
• Relevant 1st Degree.
• MSc in pain management.
• NMC/AHP recorded Independent Prescriber.
• RCGP Addiction/Substance Misuse training.

Responsibilities

• Direct patient care in community clinics and secure settings.
• Initiate, develop and implement community policies and clinical guidelines.
• Provide clinical leadership to the Integrated Musculoskeletal service team.
• Deliver care across multiple localities and settings.
• Must have a full UK driving licence and be able to travel between sites.

Education

NMC or HCPC registered

Relevant 1st Degree

MSc in pain management

NMC/AHP recorded Independent Prescriber

RCGP Addiction/Substance Misuse training

Tools

Driving licence

Job description

Job overview

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare or working on the Staff Bank within these organisations. Nursing and AHP vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses/AHPs.

The community chronic pain service supports people with chronic pain to achieve long-term self-management, empowering them to live well.

The post holder will take a lead role within the service , demonstrating highly specialised clinical practice across the 4 pillars of advance practice and leading the delivery of clinical care within Kent Prisons.

Main duties of the job

This patient facing clinical role includes direct patient care in community clinics and secure settings and supporting others within the service.

In liaison with the clinical lead and clinical service managers they will be expected to initiate, develop and implement community policies and clinical guidelines to achieve the service key objectives.

The post holder provides clinical leadership to the Integrated Musculoskeletal service team working within the secure environment.

Due to the need to work across multiple localities on the same day the post holder must be a driver with access to a car.

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

Working for our organisation

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is currently undertaking a significant programme of transformation to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.

We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.

We know life outside work matters. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

It is important to us that all our staff are aligned to our Values and in particular the behaviours we expect from KCHFT managers. With this in mind as part of the selection process for this position you will be asked to complete two other activities in addition to the competency-based interview that you will invited to. This extended selection process is designed to assess your management style and the specific details of the exercises will be given if you are successfully shortlisted.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• NMC or HCPC registered
• Relevant 1st Degree
• MSc in pain management
• NMC/AHP recorded Independent Prescriber
• RCGP Addiction/Substance Misuse training

Desirable criteria

• Counselling Skills

Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive postgraduate clinical experience
• Delivering health care in secure environments
• Participating in Service development/quality assurance projects including audit

Desirable criteria

• Budget management and business planning
• Research experience
• Evidence of managing complex medication issues
• Presentations at National level

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Extensive Postgraduate Training in pain
• Demonstrates expert knowledge and skills regarding the principles of pain management.
• Key issues and developments in chronic pain management both nationally and internationally
• Key issues in delivering healthcare in secure settings
• Knowledge of current NHS issues and initiatives and their implications for the chronic pain service

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Expert teaching skills (informal & formal) and leading through empowerment, role modelling to inspire others
• A full, valid UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) and the ability to travel independently are essential for this role. Should you require workplace adjustments under the Equality Act 2010, we are committed to supporting you to meet the mobility requirements of the role wherever possible.

Desirable criteria

• Quality Benchmarking
• Evidence of ability to integrate evidence-based research/guidelines into development of local pathways of care

Employer certification / accreditation badges