Clinical Nurse Specialist - Pain Management

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a motivated Clinical Nurse Specialist in Pain Management to join its innovative team. This role involves managing pain clinics, leading educational initiatives, and providing high-quality care. Ideal candidates should have significant pain management experience along with requisite qualifications. The Trust offers a supportive environment focused on personal and professional development.

Qualifications

• Significant proven experience in Pain Management setting.
• First level nurse with a non-medical prescribing qualification.
• MSc in Pain Management or willingness to undertake.
• Formal teaching skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop pain management services across the Trust.
• Conduct chronic pain clinics and nurse-led clinics.
• Be involved in education and training for health professionals and patients.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Teaching

Education

First level nurse

Non-medical prescribing qualification

Teaching Qualification

MSc in Pain Management

Job description

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and reliable Clinical Nurse Specialist within Pain Management. We are looking for a person to join our innovative team , which covers all aspects of pain management.

The ideal candidate will be a current Band 6 or 7 nurse with significant experience in Pain Management, and hold a non-medical prescribing qualification and an MSc in Pain Management or demonstrate a willingness to undertake.

You will need to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as be able to demonstrate experience of dealing with people from a variety of backgrounds. Evidence of formal teaching skills is also essential.

In return we will offer you an extremely friendly, supportive working environment in a forward-thinking pain service, which strongly encourages and assists personal and professional development within this specialty.

Main duties of the job

Chronic pain Clinics and Nurse-led Clinics

Acute pain ward rounds

Audit and research

Education and Training for health professional and patients

Day- to-day management of the service alongside other Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialists.

About us

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country - one of the country's most culturally diverse areas. It's a friendly and welcoming place - a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.

Our values - Ambition, Respect and Compassion - are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to "Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population." It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It's what makes us unique.

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we're 'with you all the way' we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.

Details Date posted

18 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

381-SS-7196278

Job locations

City Health Campus

Dudley Road

Birmingham

B18 7QH

Job description Job responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for the management and development of pain management across the Trust ensuring that the service is delivered equitably and to a consistently high standard. This may include the management of a caseload of patients.

The post holders own practice should be developed to an advanced level, whereby the clinical nurse specialist can directly or indirectly influence all aspects of care and management related to the patient in pain by providing specialist knowledge/advice.

Apply the principles of therapeutic and safe prescribing.

Function atan higher level of practice as part of the multidisciplinary team to support pain services delivered.

The post holder will ensure the delivery of high quality, clinically effective care, prioritising and utilising research in every day practice. They will also develop and deliver a programme of practice development for staff in the Trust.

The post holder will assume elements of management responsibility as well as acting as a change agent within the multidisciplinary team.

When visiting patients with complex Pain Management needs, the post holder must recognise that he/she is not the primary carer, but must seek to equip the primary carer with the required skills and knowledge, so that the highest standards of care can be made available to the maximum number of patients.

Job description Job responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for the management and development of pain management across the Trust ensuring that the service is delivered equitably and to a consistently high standard. This may include the management of a caseload of patients.

The post holders own practice should be developed to an advanced level, whereby the clinical nurse specialist can directly or indirectly influence all aspects of care and management related to the patient in pain by providing specialist knowledge/advice.

Apply the principles of therapeutic and safe prescribing.

Function atan higher level of practice as part of the multidisciplinary team to support pain services delivered.

The post holder will ensure the delivery of high quality, clinically effective care, prioritising and utilising research in every day practice. They will also develop and deliver a programme of practice development for staff in the Trust.

The post holder will assume elements of management responsibility as well as acting as a change agent within the multidisciplinary team.

When visiting patients with complex Pain Management needs, the post holder must recognise that he/she is not the primary carer, but must seek to equip the primary carer with the required skills and knowledge, so that the highest standards of care can be made available to the maximum number of patients.

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Experience of working with patients with both acute and chronic pain
• Significant proven experience within Pain Management setting

Qualifications Essential

• First level nurse
• Non-medical prescribing qualification
• Teaching Qualification
• MSc in Pain Management or willingness to undertake

Desirable

• Leadership course

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Experience of working with patients with both acute and chronic pain
• Significant proven experience within Pain Management setting

Qualifications Essential

• First level nurse
• Non-medical prescribing qualification
• Teaching Qualification
• MSc in Pain Management or willingness to undertake

Desirable

• Leadership course

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).

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.

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

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

City Health Campus

Dudley Road

Birmingham

B18 7QH

Employer's website

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

Employer details Employer name

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

City Health Campus

Dudley Road

Birmingham

B18 7QH

Employer's website

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