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Pain Specialist Nurse

Employer
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Manchester
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 Per Annum (Pro Rata)
Closing date
17 Oct 2024
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Profession
Nurse
Grade
Band 6
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Part Time
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Registered Nurse to join the Manchester Foundation Trust (MFT) pain service. The MFT pain service is a well-established multidisciplinary team incorporating the roles of highly skilled nurses, physiotherapists, psychologists, and pain consultants across the spectrum of acute and chronic pain.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS Acute Hospital Trusts in the UK, comprising ten hospitals and a multitude of local, regional and national clinical services. The Trust is a major tertiary referral centre for medical and surgical specialties. Clinical & Scientific Services provides services to support these including the Manchester Pain Management Service. This post will incorporate cross site and cover all specialities including colorectal, gastroenterology, trauma orthopaedics, burns and plastics, vascular, orthopaedics, cardiothoracics and gynaecology.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be expected to work across the spectrum of acute and chronic pain giving support and advice to patients in both the inpatient and outpatient environment, accross differnet hospital sites within the Trust.The post holder will possess good communication skills, able to demonstrate an aptitude for working independently, as well as in a team, and have good management and clinical skills. They will participate in the development, delivery and evaluation of the Pain Service. The post holder will need to be flexible, self-motivated and committed to the challenges of maintaining our high quality standards of care for all our patients within this ever growing specialty. It is essential that any applicants have at acute care experience in a specialty related to acute or chronic pain. A non-medical prescribing qualification and evidence of teaching skills are desirable.

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 MattersMFT 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

  • Registered General Nurse
  • Educated to diploma level
  • Teaching qualification
  • Evidence of level 3 studies


Desirable

  • Pain Management qualification
  • Graduate or working towards first degree in health related subject
  • Non medical prescribing course (or willingness to undertake)


Experience

Essential

  • Experience as a band 5 practitioner level
  • Recent relevant pain management experience
  • Portfolio of evidence showing achievements in practice/speciality
  • Recent evidence of continuing professional and personal development, both clinical and managerial
  • Teaching experience


Aptitude / Leadership

Essential

  • Ability to work as part of a Multidisciplinary team as well as an autonomous practitioner
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Leadership skills
  • Evidence of excellent clinical record keeping
  • Confidence to challenge poor practice and ability to address difficult issues


Desirable

  • Undertaken a leadership programme
  • Advanced communication skills course
  • Motivational interviewing course


IM& T

Essential

  • Competent in use of IT packages such as Microsoft Word and Powerpoint
  • Good knowledge of clinical information systems


Desirable

  • Competent in databases and spreadsheets


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

MFT - Cross Site

Oxford road

Manchester

M13 9WL

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