Clinical Nurse Specialist in Pain Management

The Royal MarsdenChelsea

1 day ago

Job type

Full-time

Job description

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 .

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Essential criteria

1 st level RGN registration

Evidence of ongoing professional development

Degree level study (or equivalent)

Teaching, assessing and mentoring qualification.

Evidence of degree level studies in specific pain related subjects / qualification in oncology.

Desirable criteria

Advanced physical assessment course / Independent nurse prescriber.

Relevant MSc level of learning or working towards / Evidence of research in pain management / Publications.

Experience

Essential criteria

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

Desirable criteria

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.

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.

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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.