Clinical Nurse Specialist in Pain Management

Royal Marsden; Chelsea (MA); On-site; USD 54,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Pain Management for a full-time role with a competitive salary. The successful candidate will coordinate pain services, provide education to staff and patients, and work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams. This role is essential for delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to patients with pain management needs.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Learning and development opportunities

Clear career pathways

Qualifications

• Extensive post-registration experience in cancer care or pain management.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Ability to teach and mentor others.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical leadership in pain management.
• Develop and revise pain management policies.
• Conduct assessments and implement evidence-based practices.

Skills

Pain Management

Clinical Leadership

Communication Skills

Education

Degree level studies in pain-related subjects

Teaching and assessing qualification

Advanced physical assessment course

Job description

Clinical Nurse Specialist in Pain Management

NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area pain service Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract 12 months (Fixed term: 12 months) Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week Job ref 282-SB266-A

Employer The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site The Royal Marsden Chelsea Town Chelsea Salary £54,320 - £60,981 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 03/07/2025 23:59

Job overview

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced nurse to join the Royal Marsden Hospital Pain Management Team as Band 6 or 7 Pain Clinical Nurse Specialist (Depending on experience and related qualifications)
As a Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will work as a core member of the multi-disciplinary team using your clinical expertise to co-ordinate high quality care and treatment of patients requiring pain services across both sites (one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey). This will include supporting both for in-patients and for outpatient clinic. For internal candidates, a secondment opportunity may be considered. Please make sure to discuss this with your direct line manager before submitting your application form.
The role will include provision of formal and informal education and participation in audit and research projects.
The successful applicants will be required to work across both sites .

For further details / informal visits contact:
Roya Hejazi, Lead Nurse in Pain Management [e-mail] on Ext 1715 or Yara Osman De Oliveira, Matron CCU , Outrech , resus and and Pain Team, [e-mail] , 02078528860 Ext 1679

Main duties of the job

• To serve as an expert in pain management and offer comprehensive pain services across the Trust, through evidence-based practices, educational initiatives, and the development of policies and guidelines.
• To provide clinical leadership to nursing staff and offering expert professional guidance to various professionals, multidisciplinary teams, as well as acting as a resource to provide information and support to patients, carers and staff.
• To take responsibility for own evidence-based practice and implement and add to the body of knowledge that supports nursing practice within pain management.
• To liaise effectively with all members of the multi-disciplinary health care team to achieve a synchronised specialist service.
• To provide informal and formal teaching, for patients, staff and carers as relevant e.g. academic courses provided by The Trust/The Royal Marsden School
• To liaise with their peers across the Trust, the divisional management team and appropriate corporate directorates and teams.
• The post holder will be expected to liaise with colleagues external to the Trust and national networks as appropriate to the specialty.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:-

• To sustain a high-quality specialist service for the patient, from diagnosis through all stages of the disease and actively provide optimum liaison and continuity of care.
• In collaboration with the existing Clinical Nurse Specialists, to formulate and/or revise relevant policies and to regularly review these following change/implementations.
• To work within the procedures and policies of the Trust.
• In conjunction with the existing Clinical Nurse Specialists, to develop assessment tools that will ensure an appropriate level of nursing intervention so that patients with complex needs are referred to the appropriate specialist/s.
• To lead clinical care by providing expert assessment, planning, evaluation and support skills in all aspects of pain management.
• To provide medical and surgical teams with individualised pain management plans for both acute and complex pain referrals. These plans are to encompass guidance on suitable drug administration, inclusive of dosages, as well as information on non- pharmacological management techniques.
• To conduct regular follow-ups with patients to assess the efficacy of the prescribed regimen.

Person specification

Education

• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Teaching, assessing and mentoring qualification.
• Evidence of degree level studies in specific pain related subjects/ qualification in oncology.
• Advanced physical assessment course/ Independent nurse prescriber.
• Relevant MSc level of learning or working towards/ Evidence of research in pain management/Publications.

Experience

• Sufficient/ extensive post registration nursing experience at Band 6 or above in cancer care/ critical care/ pain management or palliative care
• Able to conduct reflective practice and participates in clinical supervision.
• To be confident and competent in using the required skills to do the job.
• Evidence of advanced communications skills.
• Ability / experience of developing skills of others through a range of teaching / training methods.
• Ability to lead and influence change
• Evidence of effective interpersonal skills with ability to liaise with multidisciplinary team members.

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.