It's an exciting time to join Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. We are recruiting for a band 6 Pain Nurse Specialist to join our dynamic Paediatric Pain team that sits within the Division of, Paediatric Critical Care, Anaesthetics and Complex Medicine (Paediatric Oncology, Haematology, Stem Cell Transplant and Gene Therapy). This is an amazing opportunity to join the team as a pain nurse specialist providing clinical and professional leadership, strategic development, and quality improvement.

We're looking for a motivated and passionate individual to bring enthusiasm and excellence to our team which provides a broad range of high-quality, specialist services to our patients and supporting the team to be the best that they can be. The post holder will report to the Lead Nurse, providing visible leadership across a clinical service setting, monitoring and maintaining professional high standards.

The post holder will be expected to provide clinical expertise and knowledge, demonstrating a sound understanding of the issues related to the identification, assessment, treatment and management of the client group.

Main duties of the job

Permanent - Band 6 Children's Pain Nurse

The Children's Pain Team are looking for a committed individual to join the team on a permanent basis.

We are looking for someone who has a passion for improving Pain Management by accurately assessing pain, adopting a holistic approach whilst utilising both pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain strategies.

The successful applicant will need to be motivated and enthusiastic with good leadership and excellent communication skills.

The position will develop and expand existing teaching skills.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of �2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant professional qualification
• Evidence of teaching/training experience and/or formal educational qualification
• Evidence of level 3 studies

Desirable

• RSCN or RN (child)
• Graduate or working towards first level degree (paediatric/pain)
• Non-medical prescribing course (or willingness to undertake)

IM & T

Essential

• Aware of applications of IT packages such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
• Good knowledge of clinical information systems

Experience

Essential

• Substantial experience within the paediatric clinical setting
• Portfolio of evidence showing achievements in practice/speciality
• Recent evidence of continuing professional and personal development, both clinical and managerial.
• Evidence of delivering teaching programmes to staff groups

Desirable

• Relevant pain management qualification

Aptitude / Leadership

Essential

• Evidence of proven clinical record
• Maintained development of clinical leadership skills
• Evidence of diplomacy and negotiation skills
• Able to demonstrate imaginative and effective use of resources
• Able to articulate personal development needs
• Demonstrates knowledge of audit/research recommendations
• Excellent communication and leadership skills

Desirable

• Undertaken a leadership programme

Audit and research

Essential

• Demonstrates ability and knowledge on how to undertake audit and feedback to clinicians
• Demonstrates knowledge of research based practice

Desirable

• Completed course/module in research methods

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

RMCH

Oxford Road

Manchester

M13 9WL

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

349-MCH-6554492*