Specialist Nurse: Pain Specialist Nurse

Providing leadership as a specialist pain nurse to assess patients, plan and implement care, and provide advice and guidance on the management of acute and chronic pain to patients, their carers and staff within all specialties who treat those in pain. Managing own caseload, receiving MDT referrals and undertaking consult led and nurse-led inpatient ward rounds. Develop and support safe systems for the appropriate management of pain in hospital and on discharge and maintain associated documentation. Supporting the implementation of National and Trust Wide policies, guidelines and standards for the management of pain. To benchmark and evidence practice through quality audit. Providing leadership, education and training, including study days/ workshops on pain management to staff, students, patients and carers across the Trust. Assisting in the smooth running of outpatient pain clinics and assisting with pain intervention procedures. Undertaking delegated responsibility for the department in the absence of the lead specialists in pain. The post holder will be based in the specialty of pain. The post holder will be an experienced nurse who uses specialist knowledge and skills to support the ongoing provision of the pain service., PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side. To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

• Identity Checks
• Professional registration and qualification checks
• Employment history and reference checks
• Occupational Health clearance
• Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
• Right to work in the UK
For further information please visit: https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation We reserve the right to close this advert early. We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview. We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed. Job description, PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side. To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
• Identity Checks
• Professional registration and qualification checks
• Employment history and reference checks
• Occupational Health clearance
• Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
• Right to work in the UK
For further information please visit: https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation We reserve the right to close this advert early. We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview. We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.

We are looking for a team player who is genuinely interested in pain and pain management, with excellent communication skills and a desire to develop into this post.,
• NMC registration
• Holds, or working towards, a degree
• Completion or commitment to undertake relevant extended role scope competencies, for the management of multimodal analgesia eg. Epidurals/PCA/local anaesthetics
Desirable
• Teaching/assessment/mentoring qualification
• Non-medical prescribing qualification or commitment to undertake
Experience Essential
• Relevant nursing experience within appropriate specialty
• Audit or research experience
Desirable
• Teaching and education experience
Practical and intellectual skills. Essential
• Ability to prioritise and manage own workload
• Able to develop others within the team
• Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills
Person Specification Qualifications Essential
• NMC registration
• Holds, or working towards, a degree
• Completion or commitment to undertake relevant extended role scope competencies, for the management of multimodal analgesia eg. Epidurals/PCA/local anaesthetics
Desirable
• Teaching/assessment/mentoring qualification
• Non-medical prescribing qualification or commitment to undertake
Experience Essential
• Relevant nursing experience within appropriate specialty
• Audit or research experience
Desirable
• Teaching and education experience
Practical and intellectual skills. Essential
• Ability to prioritise and manage own workload
• Able to develop others within the team
• Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills
  
  The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. It serves a population of around 470,000 people, a figure that can increase significantly with visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £740 million.
RCHT is responsible for the provision of services at three main sites with approximately 780 inpatient beds: Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro St Michael's Hospital in Hayle West Cornwall Hospital in Penzance We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School. Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities, and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation. The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles. This plays a vital part in attracting and retaining highly skilled teams of doctors, nurses and other health professionals who support the care of well over half a million people each year.