Part of a small team responsible for ensuring that inpatients, with acute pain needs receive appropriate, evidence-based interventions and education, assessing patients across all specialities.

providing both formal and informal educational sessions to members of the multidisciplinary team.

Provide advice to the MDT to support acute pain management.

Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Monday, Tuesday and Friday)

This post is a fixed term post for 12 months to cover Maternity Leave.

SECONDMENT OPPORTUNITY

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be expected to manage their own caseload of inpatients with acute pain.

Provide support, advise and educate the MDT and patients with all aspects of acute pain management.

Conduct audits and implement change to improve the management of pain.

Work effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary team, be approachable and a good role model.

About us

We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:

• Cycle to Work
• Travel Scheme
• Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
• Onsite Nursery
• Buying and Selling Annual Leave
• Car Leasing
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Health and Wellbeing
• Extensive Reward Scheme
• Counselling Service
• Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
• Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.

Our values:

We understand that it's down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience - we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:

• Committed to Quality of Care
• Compassion
• Working together for patients
• Improving Lives
• Everyone Counts
• Respect and Dignity

Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Temporary position, 22.5 hours a week to cover maternity

You must be a motivated nurse, who has an interest and experience in the field of acute pain management

You will be part of a small team responsible for ensuring that inpatients, with acute pain needs receive appropriate, evidence-based interventions and education, across all specialities.

Education is a major component of this role you must be confident planning and delivering both formal and informal educational sessions to members of the multidisciplinary team.

This role offers opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking team where you will be encouraged to contribute to service development strategies

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be expected to manage their own caseload of inpatients with acute pain.

They should be someone with a genuine interest in pain, a working knowledge of the currently used analgesic techniques and substantial years' experience looking after acutely unwell patients in a surgical ward-based environment, or the equivalent.

They will need to be organised and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. They will find themselves in difficult consultations and should be able to manage these situations with sensitivity and professionalism.

It is essential they be a good team player but equally someone confident to work autonomously. The role includes independent decision making about patients' pain management plans.

They will need to work effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary team, be approachable and a good role model.

Teaching is an integral part of this role, and the post holder should have completed a recognised teaching qualification or provide evidence of teaching experience.

As a member of a small team the post holder will be expected to undertake/contribute to audit and implement change within the speciality

About us

The Inpatient Pain Service is a small, supportive and highly motivated team who work hard to provide an excellent pain service.

It is primarily a nurse-led service however, we work alongside one anaesthetic Pain lead , who provide support on weekly pain ward rounds.

As a team we have a common ethos of providing the best and safest care possible for our service users. To achieve this, we work closely with all members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure that inpatients, both with acute and complex pain needs, receive appropriate evidence-based interventions and education.

The Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist position is a role for an approachable, enthusiastic and motivated nurse who is able to work in a small team. They should be someone who wants to make a difference to both service users and colleagues.

They will also have opportunity to develop their own skills and knowledge.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• experience in pain managment

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in an acute setting and managing patient with acute pain
• Achievement of high quality patient care through evidence based practice

Desirable

• Experience of providing education and training to groups of staff or on a one to one basis
• Experience of caring for patients with epidurals and PCA's
• Experience in audit process
• Recent experience of working at Band 6 or above

essential

Essential

• Competently manage a patient group, independently.

Desirable

• Competently manage a patient group, independently

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered nurse (level 1)
• NMC Registered
• First level degree or equivalent in relevant subject
• Evidence of recent continuing professional development

Desirable

• Hold, or be working towards, a Master's degree in a nursing / leadership or related subject
• Postgraduate qualification/certificate in Teaching and Post Graduate certificate in non- medical prescribing
• Assessing

Employer details

Employer name

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Airedale General Hospital

Skipton Road, Steeton

Nr Keighley

BD20 6TD

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423-6413328