Pain Management Nurse

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health organization in Stevenage is seeking a Pain Management Nurse to provide high-quality, patient-centered care. The role involves working within a multidisciplinary team, assessing, planning, and implementing nursing care for patients with chronic conditions. Candidates should possess a degree in Adult Nursing, with experience in pain management preferred. The organization values empathy, communication, and a commitment to continuous professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Supportive working environment

Commitment to professional development

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Willingness to complete post-registration qualification in specialty.
• Experience of mentorship/preceptorship roles.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality, patient-focused care as a specialist nurse.
• Assess, develop, and implement specialist nursing care programmes.
• Provide advice and clinical expertise to staff and patients.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Teamwork

Empathy and understanding

Acute nursing skills

Education

Degree in Adult Nursing (BSc)

Teaching or mentoring qualification

Post-registration qualification in specialty

Job description

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We are recruiting for a Pain Management Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

An exciting opportunity has presented itself to join the Pain Management Team at East & North Herts NHS Trust.

We are a well-established but growing service aiming to improve the pain management experience for patients within the Trust and our local areas.

You will need to possess excellent communication skills, work well within a multi-disciplinary team, be able to show empathy and understanding for a complex patient group with chronic conditions but also demonstrate acute nursing skills due to the broad variation of duties involved in the role.

We are looking for someone with an interest in Pain Management. Pain Management Nursing Experience beneficial but not essential.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for the provision of high quality, patient focused care. While assessing, developing and implementing specialist nursing care programmes. This position is responsible for providing specialist advice and support to, and liaising with, other staff.

Your day to day tasks will include assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating care as a practitioner with specialist skills.

The successful candidate will provide advice and clinical expertise to staff and specialist clinical advice for patients and carers.

You will help to develop the skills of general nurses to enable them to provide a high standard of care for patients within the specialty.

You will also be comfortable with communicating very sensitive condition related information to patients and relatives, requiring high levels of empathy and reassurance.

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation, and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Post registration qualification in speciality or willingness to complete
• Teaching or mentoring qualification
• Degree in Adult Nursing (BsC)
• Research Module

Previous Experience

• Evidence of mentorship/preceptorship roles
• Accept personal accountability for own practice
• Experience of formal/informal teaching
• Experience at band 6
• Experience working within a specialist pain team

Skills

• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Capable of working as an integral member of a small team
• Flexible and adaptable to changing situations due to both workload and colleagues needs
• Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients
• Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload; effective time management.
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Commitment to multidisciplinary working.
• Documentation, audit and presentation skills
• Leadership Skills

Knowledge

• Understanding of evidence based practice
• Understanding of Clinical Governance
• Understanding and knowledge of specialist field

Additional Requirements

• To act in a professional manner at all times in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct
• Capable of developing liaisons with other practice areas/academic institutions.

Our values

We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing [emailprotected]

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.