Clinical Nurse Specialist for Pain Management

Job overview

We currently have a vacancy which has become available for a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and reliable Clinical Nurse Specialist within the Pain Management Service. Our Integrated Pain structure allows us to meet the needs of both staff and patients, ensuring that is fit for the future for both acute and persistent pain needs.

We are looking for an individual to join our team who will be able to assist in covering all aspects of pain management within the Trust. You will be required to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team   including being able to work autonomously, making decisions at times under pressure.

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to organise your own workload utilising skills to manage challenging situations providing clinical support and guidance in a professional manner.  Teaching is a large part of the specialist role, so you will be expected to be able to plan and deliver education packages across both sites to various multidisciplinary teams. It is essential that you can communicate effectively and confidently to create strong professional relationships with various members of multidisciplinary teams within the hospital environment, patients/relatives as well as external agencies.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

The post holder will work closely with all the members of the multi professional team to ensure patients receive seamless integrated pain management care in both inpatient and outpatient settings and have the opportunity to develop areas of interest and work across these services as they gain experience in this specialism.

The post holder will be involved in the outpatient clinic activity and working collaboratively with the wider organisation and community services. The post holder will be involved in a number of outpatient pain clinics including our pain consultants, multidisciplinary team and nurse led.  Our service provides and is involved in the following treatment pathways which the post holder will play an active role:

Medication optimisation, including opioid reduction.

Self-acupuncture course, the post holder will have the opportunity to promote, develop and assess patients for acupuncture as part of their role.

Post pain procedures clinical reviews; including radio frequency and spinal cord stimulation assessment / education.

Pain management programme (PMP)

Develop and work innovatively to ensure the pain service is fit for the future.

The post holder will also be involved in the provision of a 7-day pain service to the wards, critical care unit and other areas, including surgical, medical, emergency department, care of the elderly, women, and children services for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, working alongside the other nursing members and Pain Consultants of the team across multiple sites.  Primary responsibility of the post holder will be clinical review of postsurgical and major trauma patients including but not limited to:

Daily review of patients with epidural analgesia delivery systems

Daily review of patients with continuous local anaesthetic delivery systems

Daily review of patients with patient-controlled analgesia delivery systems

Help and advice to the wards for other pain problems, reviewing more complex and persistent pain issues with the pain consultants and senior nursing team members.

In addition, all staff are expected to act in accordance with the values and behaviours of the Trust.