Senior Pain Specialist Nurse

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Luton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in Luton is seeking a Senior Specialist Nurse in Pain Management to develop the pain service and integrate care for patients. The ideal candidate will be a Registered Nurse with active NMC registration and a Non-Medical prescriber qualification. You will join a high-performing team dedicated to excellent patient care and have access to ongoing training and development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse with active NMC registration.
• Non-Medical prescriber qualification.
• Worked at Band 6 or above in a pain role or transferable skills.

Responsibilities

• Take lead on development and provision of pain service.
• Support management of team members.
• Ensure patients receive seamless integrated pain management care.

Job description

Responsibilities

The post holder will be an autonomous senior specialist nurse in pain management. They will act as an expert role model in pain management strengthening links between education and practice; this includes leading on the development and continuation of audit and research projects relating to pain management. The post holder will take a lead role in the development and provision of the pain service and will work closely with all members of the multi professional team to ensure patients receive seamless integrated pain management care in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

The post holder will support the lead pain nurse in the management of the band 6 team members and be responsible for the effective use of resources within the clinical team.

Note: Please see detailed Job Description attached.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered General Nurse with active NMC registration
• Non-Medical prescriber qualification

Desirable criteria

• Leadership course
• Masters level study in pain related discipline

Clinical experience

Essential criteria

• Worked at Band 6 or above in a pain role or transferable skills
• Competent in acute pain devices
• Experience of nurse led chronic pain clinic

Desirable criteria

• Non-medical prescriber

Leadership

Essential criteria

• Leadership of a team
• Experience of teaching multiple professionals

Desirable criteria

• Project management/Guideline writing and awareness of clinical governance

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 248.6KB)
• Personal specification Band 7 Pain (PDF, 144.4KB)
• Functional assessment (PDF, 114.9KB)
• L&D Hospital site map (PDF, 96.8KB)
• Disclosure & Barring Information and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 78.5KB)
• Staff Diversity Network (PDF, 140.3KB)
• Information for Disabled Applicants (PDF, 98.7KB)
• Staff Benefits (PNG, 1.6MB)