Job summary
- Main area
- Pain Management
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 361-PLN-6205563-B
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 31/07/2024
Employer heading
Pain Management Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
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.
Are you looking to take the next step in your nursing career - the Pain management team at East and North Herts NHS Trust may have the opportunity you have been looking for!
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.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for the provision of high quality, patient focused care. While assessing, developing and implementing specialist nursing care programmes. Also responsible for providing specialist advice and support to, and liaising with, other staff.
Day to day tasks will include. Assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating care as a practitioner with specialist skills.
Provide advice and clinical expertise to staff.
Provide specialist clinical advice for patients and carers.
Carry a caseload and take responsibility for the management of allocated cases.
Improve and maintain standards of care within the specialty.
Develop the skills of generalist nurses to enable them to provide a high standard of care for patients within the specialty.
Liaise with all appropriate members of multi-disciplinary team
Communicating very sensitive condition related information to patients and relatives, requiring high levels of empathy and reassurance
Ensuring the provision of appropriate verbal and written patient information, thus empowering the patient to make informed decisions
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & 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
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
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; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & 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 Applicant information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse.
- Relevant experience in surgery
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Post registration qualification in speciality or willingness to complete
Desirable criteria
- Teaching or mentoring qualification
- Degree in Adult Nursing (BsC)
- Research Module
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate expert nursing skills
- Evidence of mentorship/preceptorship roles
- Accept personal accountability for own practice
- Experience of formal/informal teaching
Desirable criteria
- Experience at band 6
- Experience working within a specialist pain team
Skills
Essential criteria
- 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.
Desirable criteria
- Documentation, audit and presentation skills
- Leadership Skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of evidence based practice
- Understanding of Clinical Governance
- Understanding and knowledge of specialist field
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- 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.
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kim Skelton
- Job title
- Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist- Pain Management
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01438 285016
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