Specialist Acute Pain Nurse - Internal Only

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Acute Pain Nurse to join the pain management team based at Royal Lancaster Hospital. The post is temporary, covering maternity leave for 12 months. We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic registered nurse with experience in general surgery, theatre recovery or critical care, with knowledge of specialist pain management techniques.

The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team supported by anaesthetists and other members of the pain team. The role will involve daily ward rounds on both surgical and medical wards to review patients who require pain management. There will also be follow-up reviews of patients with epidural, patient-controlled analgesia and local anaesthetic infusions. Managing these analgesic techniques is a key requirement of this role.

The successful candidate will have strong leadership and communication skills and the ability to work autonomously as part of the multidisciplinary team committed to delivering high quality patient care.

The post holder will be involved in delivering multidisciplinary education and contributing to project work to support service improvement for patients experiencing pain. The successful applicant will be supported with clinical and managerial supervision. This diverse role offers the opportunity to expand your clinical knowledge and skills, contribute to multi-professional education and through auditand project work shape the pain service for the future.

We offer support to three main hospitals
-Furness General Hospital (FGH),Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) .

• 1st Level Registered Nurse
• Educated or working towards degree qualification
• Post registration experience in teaching or mentorship
• Post registration qualification or relevant experience in pain management or surgical nursing.
• Clinical experience working in pain clinics, surgical nursing, theatres, or ICU.
• Evidence of management and leadership experience.
• Experience working autonomously.
• Experience managing a caseload of patients with acute pain.
• Experience teaching and developing staff.
• Ability to develop expert practice.
• Evidence of service development in chronic or acute pain services.
• Change management experience.

• Experience of carrying out research / audits.
• Experience of presenting to an audience.

• Current knowledge of contemporary issues in pain management locally and nationally.
• Ability to manage and organise time effectively
• Competence in a range of IT skills
• Pain management knowledge underpinned by theory and experience.
• Understanding current NHS issues and initiatives.
• Demonstrable basic and advanced clinical skills relevant to pain management.
• Knowledge of clinical governance and its application in pain management.

• Experience in the management of epidural infusions, Patient Controlled Analgesia and local anesthetic infusions

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).