Clinical Nurse Specialist - Pain Management

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Burnley; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a motivated Clinical Nurse Specialist in Chronic Pain to join the service on a fixed term basis. The role involves autonomous and team-based work, leadership, and driving service development while supporting ongoing professional development.

The CNS will deputise for the Lead CNS, contribute to operational management of the Chronic Pain Unit, and participate in education, audits, and research to improve patient care and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Ability to prioritise workload and direct others effectively.
• Experience in pain management or chronic disease care is desirable.
• Evidence of mentorship or teaching capability and clinical governance knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for patients with chronic pain in collaboration with CNS and team.
• Manage the chronic pain unit and supervise the Chronic Pain Nursing team.
• Educate, develop and provide line management guidance to staff; deliver pain management training.
• Develop skills for clinical responsibility and contribute to service development.
• Participate in audit, research, and evaluation to improve patient outcomes.

Skills

Prioritise workload

Lead a team

Clinical governance knowledge

Communication with patients and carers

Education

Registered Nurse

Mentorship certificate or recognised teaching qualification

Post-registration experience at band 6 or senior band 5

Job description

Clinical Nurse Specialist - Pain Management

We are seeking a motivated and dynamic Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Chronic Pain Management Service on a fixed term basis.

A Clinical Nurse Specialist in Chronic Pain provides expert advice, information and support for patients, delivering a combination of both individual and group based interventions. We require someone who can work both autonomously and as part of a team, and demonstrates leadership, innovation and be self-motivated. The successful applicant will need to be flexible regarding hours.

The successful applicant will be expected to deputise for the Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist, to participate in the operational management of the Chronic Pain Unit at BGH and assist in the Professional management and development of the Chronic Pain Nursing team. They will be involved in service development, audit and research and service evaluation. They must be able to demonstrate evidence of recent learning and examples of continued professional and clinical development.

In return, you'll be supported by an expert team in an environment where training and development opportunities are encouraged in order to meet the clinical needs of the role. Nursing provision within the Chronic Pain Management Service is well established, well regarded and highly valued.

If you are ambitious to develop your specialist care career in pain management, working with a dynamic team who strive to achieve the best care outcomes for patients then we are eager to talk to you.

Main duties of the job

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care and management of patients with Chronic Pain working in association with the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) and other members of the Chronic Pain Service
• Provide management and organisation of the chronic pain unit with responsibility for this specific group of patients
• Participate in the education, development and line management of other staff members. Specific education to include completing recognised pain management training
• Develop skills to facilitate the ability to undertake clinical responsibility for this specific group of patients.
• Service development of self and others.

About us

At East Lancashire Hospitals Trust, our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 7,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.

The Trust is committed to creating a well managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We operate Zero Tolerance to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. We will make reasonable adjustments to ensure our recruitment and selection process is accessible to all. Flexible Working applications will be considered.

Job responsibilities

CLINICAL

Perform comprehensive pain assessment of patients, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health care needs and varying levels of complexity with patients who have pain management difficulties.

Where the post holder is an independent prescriber, will prescribe medications within their scope of practice and competency for patients in their care, following assessment of need and in line with locally agreed guidelines and formularies

Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records.

Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure patient needs are met, especially in relation to pain management plans and on-going care needs.

Work autonomously on a regular basis and manage own case load of patients.

Participate in clinical nursing duties and deputise for the Clinical Nurse Specialist in her absence.

Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.

Deputise for the Clinical Nurse Specialist in the management and organisation of the department.

Support the Clinical Nurse Specialist to maximise best use of clinical resources, in implementing best practice and taking responsibility for initiating improvements.

Ensure the effective and efficient use of physical and financial resources.

Participate in patient programmes including self- management and pain management programmes

Participate and assist in out -patient treatments, to include providing TENS machines, External Neuromodulation and invasive pain treatments. Provide support and advise to patients regarding these treatments

COMMUNICATION Involve patients and carers/relatives in the planning and delivery of pain management plans and act as a resource and a point of contact for this group of patients.

Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers/relatives.

Maintain accurate records of pain management plans and treatments/care given.

Ensure appropriate information is given to the patients and/or relatives regarding the continuing plan of care and treatments ordered and assess the impact of such plans.

Responsible for promoting and development of open communication networks and collaboration with colleagues, other professionals and agencies working across several disciplines.

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

Responsible for pursuing own professional development and undertaking appropriate clinical practice skills as appropriate whilst having an awareness of the requirements.

Participate in induction programmes for new members of staff within the chronic pain unit.

Expected to provide mentorship and perceptorship for newly appointed staff and junior staff.

To establish and maintain a regional and national network of contacts.

To keep up to date with annual mandatory training.

To discuss annually present performance and future developments with the CNS through a formal appraisal.

Act as a resource for other hospital and community staff providing advice, nursing expertise and specialist knowledge as required.

Attend study days relevant to pain management.

RESEARCH & AUDIT

To ensure practice is evidence based

To promote and disseminate research and audit findings

To carry out audit and evaluation in order to monitor the effectiveness of current practices and to improve health outcomes

To participate in on going national and local research and audit projects

Publish and present own research findings or developments in care locally, nationally and internationally as appropriate

To demonstrate continual evaluation of practice and contribution to patient care/outcomes within the defined specialist nursing area, making agreed changes where appropriate

Person Specification

Essential/Desirable

• Ability to prioritise workload, instruct and direct others
• Ability to analyse and evaluate information
• Registered Nurse
• Mentorship certificate or recognised teaching qualification
• Post registration experience working at band 6 or senior band 5
• sound clinical decision making
• Information technology experience
• Clinical Examination/Clinical Diagnostic qualification
• Experience in leading a team
• experience of guideline and protocol development

Knowledge and Skills

• Sound clinical decision making skills
• Ability to prioritise
• Evidence of participation in audit
• Knowledge of research/evaluation of practice
• Understanding of clinical governance issues
• Ability to develop nursing skills in the speciality

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.

Full-time,Flexible working,Compressed hours