Band 6 Acute Pain CNS

Join the UHB Acute Pain CNS Team -- Full-Time Permanent Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the UHB Acute Pain Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Team as a Band 6 nurse in a full-time, permanent role.

We are seeking an experienced Band 6 nurse with a background in acute pain and surgical care, who is motivated and enthusiastic, and keen to further develop their skills within a specialist service while making a meaningful impact on patient care.

Based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the Acute Pain Team provides a weekday inpatient service (08:00--16:00), delivering expert assessment and management for patients experiencing acute and complex pain.

In this role, you will work both autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team, providing specialist assessment and management of acute and chronic pain. You will support a range of pain management interventions, including epidurals, patient-controlled analgesia (PCA), and nerve blocks, while contributing to the delivery of safe, high-quality care.

You will also act as a clinical resource, offering specialist advice, education, and support to staff, patients, families, and carers, demonstrating advanced knowledge and clinical expertise in pain management.

Applicants must hold current NMC registration and provide evidence of revalidation.

This is an excellent opportunity to further develop your clinical expertise within a supportive and dynamic team.

Main duties of the job

Provide treatment and advice within scope of practice using agreed protocols and professional guidelines across face-to-face, virtual or telephone settings.

Deliver specialist clinical care within a defined patient group as part of the multidisciplinary team, ensuring high-quality, evidence-based practice aligned to compassion and respect.

Maintain accountability for safe administration and custody of medicines in line with Trust policy, including controlled drugs, IV therapies and blood products.

Provide a seamless service from referral through assessment, diagnosis, treatment and review, with onward referral as required.

Demonstrate safe, person-centred practice using up-to-date knowledge to inform clinical decision-making.

Assess and meet communication and education needs of patients and families.

Act as a patient advocate, supporting informed decision-making.

Recognise and respond to risks impacting patient safety and wellbeing.

Support timely discharge and transfer of care.

Identify and escalate safeguarding concerns appropriately.

Support and supervise clinical procedures to optimise outcomes.

Ensure effective handover between healthcare professionals.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.