Job vacancy: Clinical Nurse Specialist - Pain Management, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Across East Lancashire Sites

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Clinical Nurse Specialist - Pain Management

Band 7

Main area: Surgical and Anaesthetics Services
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday - mixture of long and short days)
Job ref: 435-S018-22-A

Site: Across East Lancashire Sites
Town: Across East Lancashire Sites
Salary: £41,659 - £47,672 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/02/2023 23:59

At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Acute Pain Team participating in the ongoing development of the acute pain service and supporting the utilisation of anaesthetic and pain management techniques

Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues to provide evidence-based pain management
Provide advanced and competent nursing care to patients with pain problems and prescribe/recommend treatment plans following assessment and evaluation.
Provide advanced and specialised advice and support to health care professionals, patients,
Clinically assess patients with pain and make judgements on clinical condition and further pain management including escalation to medical colleagues where needed.
Clinically assess patients receiving pain management treatment such as Patient Controlled analgesia, regional nerve blocks, local anaesthetic infusions, and make judgements on clinical condition and further pain management interventions required.
Produce and maintain comprehensive documentation of pain management plans
Participate and/or lead clinical audit and present the findings to relevant groups
Participate in updating and introducing guidelines and standard operating procedures as is deemed appropriate to the requirements of the service in collaboration with a named consultant
lead.
Participate in the development and delivery of enhanced recovery programmes within the Trust
Practice as non-medical prescriber in line with Trust policy and NMC guidance
Where relevant, assist and support departmental Leads/ Manager in achieving clinical, operational and corporate objectives.
To establish robust working relationships with all team and service users and actively encourage and promote joint working in the pursuit of continuous service improvement
Support services to achieve meeting agreed financial targets.
To generate and prioritise own workload.
Contribute to pain management information given at various pre-operative schools
 The post-holder is responsible for the clinical evaluation of new equipment and makes
recommendations relevant to purchasing policies for all equipment used in pain management.
The post holder liaises with relevant suppliers at a local level, organising trials of equipment and
provides advise to management about future requirements for equipment and product needs.

Person specification

Essential/Desirable

Essential criteria

Bachelors Degree or proven demonstrable equivalent experience
Significant demonstrable post registration experience in Pain management
Ability to prioritise workload, instruct and direct others, acting as a role model and leading by example
Ability to analyse and evaluate information
Non-Medical prescriber qualification

Desirable criteria

Computer literate
Masters degree or portfolio evidence
Clinical Examination/Clinical Diagnostic qualification
Experience in leading a team
Experience in developing clinical pathways or protocols

Dear Potential Applicant,

It is important you are made aware of the following as regards your application to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Please note that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post. Therefore only applicants, who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application, will be short-listed.

Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS)

If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained.

The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.

The cost of an Enhanced Disclosure will be £44.00 and for a Standard Disclosure £27.00 which includes a small handling fee.

This cost is not applicable for a Volunteer post

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The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust.

We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve.

We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background.

We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.

If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible. By telephone 01254 732075 or email admin.recruitment@elht.nhs.uk or write to Employment Services, Parkview Offices, Haslingden Road, Blackburn, BB2 3HH

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.