Job summary
An exciting opportunity has risen to join the pain service at St Richards, Worthing and Southlands Hospitals where the team will support you in developing into an autonomous clinical nurse specialist in pain management.
We are looking for an experienced staff nurse who has worked within the acute sector and has a proven track record of being dynamic and highly motivated. We are looking for someone who welcome opportunities for further develop their clinical skills and take on further academic studying.
The post holder will be working at Southlands, Worthing and St Richards hospital sites throughout the week. The Trust do offer a staff bus for transport between sites.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will develop into an advanced specialist nurse providing clinical expertise, professional advice, support, guidance and education to patients, carers and staff on pain management issues. Following training the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) will be expected to practice autonomously, provide expert and holistic nursing care, support and empower all healthcare professionals and patients, by providing leadership, delegating responsibility, authority, and accountability on pain management issues by provision of education, specialist advice and clinical expertise. Education is a significant component of the Clinical Nurse Specialist's role. Will offer a positive attitude to the continual improvement of the service underpinned by research, evidence-based practice and audit. Consequently, support the Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist in development of the service provision. The post holder must agree to undertake the non-medical prescribing course when deemed appropriate.
About us
At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.
We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in ourWellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.
As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.
We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.
Candidate Information Pack: https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/resources/candidate-information-pack/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description and person specifications for details related to the role and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description and person specifications for details related to the role and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse level 1 and Diploma in nursing.
Desirable
- Educated to degree level
- None medical prescribing qualification
Teaching qualification & experience
Essential
- Recognised teaching qualification within nursing.
- Teaching record including pre and post registration nurses. Proven ability to teach clinical skills and experience in formal teaching. Evidence of Supervision of qualified staff
Desirable
- Teaching record including pre and post registration doctors/students
Comprehensive assessment skills
Essential
- Evidence of comprehensive assessment skills (medical history taking, physical examination)
IT skills
Essential
- Excellent IT skill - ability to produce high quality power point presentations and comprehensive use of Word.
Desirable
- Confident in using excel and experienced in using Patient Track Live, Affinity, EPMA and order using Oracle.
Management skills
Essential
- Deputised for ward manager/sister. Evidence of managing change. Evidence of contribution to develop guidelines and conduct audits.
Desirable
- Formally deputised for ward manager/sister
- Experience in writing guidelines/polices
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience in acute setting with experience as team leader. With clear evidence of commitment to CPD. Good knowledge of current issues in professional practice related to acute/chronic pain management.
Desirable
- Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
Team working
Essential
- Evidence of working collaborative
Communication skills
Essential
- Demonstrate written and verbally communication in a clear and logical fashion. Evidence of excellent communication skills to promote effective communication with patients, relatives, careers and wider MDT. Ability to overcome or manage any barriers to communication
Professional demeanour
Essential
- Able to remain calm under pressure. Ability to deal with complex and emotional situations, make decisions under pressure, innovative problem solving and awareness of own limitations.
- Enquiring and non-judgemental approach to patients and staff. Including ability to recognise own and others work related stress and pressures and take appropriate action.
- Contribute to the development of a safe, pleasant, and friendly non-threatening working environment for staff and patients alike. With good understanding of the importance of acknowledgement and reward in valuing staff.
- Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Essential
- Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
- Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role)
Research
Essential
- Ability to apply research findings to clinical problems.
Desirable
- Ability to critically review research
Dealing with difficult situations
Essential
- Be able to deal with highly complex and very sensitive issues, which require excellent communication skills and empathy.
Time management
Essential
- Possess the ability to organise, prioritise own time and workload on a day-to-day basis often with changing priorities with complex and demanding workload. Including evidence of ability to meet deadlines.
Knowledge base
Essential
- Good knowledge base related to pharmacology and physiology. Including Knowledge of current research related to acute/chronic pain management.
Financial
Essential
- Awareness of financial constraints and need for effective use of resources.
Interpersonal skills
Essential
- Demonstrates interpersonal and influencing skills . With evidence of managing change.
Knowldge of pain service
Essential
- Good understanding of what a pain service does, the type of patients that are seen and some of the issues that are dealt with.
Practice
Essential
- Demonstrate high standards of practice and specialist clinical skills. Including experience in dealing with acute and chronic pain management.
Desirable
- Knowledge of dealing with elderly frail patients and the impact this has on pain management plans
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse level 1 and Diploma in nursing.
Desirable
- Educated to degree level
- None medical prescribing qualification
Teaching qualification & experience
Essential
- Recognised teaching qualification within nursing.
- Teaching record including pre and post registration nurses. Proven ability to teach clinical skills and experience in formal teaching. Evidence of Supervision of qualified staff
Desirable
- Teaching record including pre and post registration doctors/students
Comprehensive assessment skills
Essential
- Evidence of comprehensive assessment skills (medical history taking, physical examination)
IT skills
Essential
- Excellent IT skill - ability to produce high quality power point presentations and comprehensive use of Word.
Desirable
- Confident in using excel and experienced in using Patient Track Live, Affinity, EPMA and order using Oracle.
Management skills
Essential
- Deputised for ward manager/sister. Evidence of managing change. Evidence of contribution to develop guidelines and conduct audits.
Desirable
- Formally deputised for ward manager/sister
- Experience in writing guidelines/polices
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience in acute setting with experience as team leader. With clear evidence of commitment to CPD. Good knowledge of current issues in professional practice related to acute/chronic pain management.
Desirable
- Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
Team working
Essential
- Evidence of working collaborative
Communication skills
Essential
- Demonstrate written and verbally communication in a clear and logical fashion. Evidence of excellent communication skills to promote effective communication with patients, relatives, careers and wider MDT. Ability to overcome or manage any barriers to communication
Professional demeanour
Essential
- Able to remain calm under pressure. Ability to deal with complex and emotional situations, make decisions under pressure, innovative problem solving and awareness of own limitations.
- Enquiring and non-judgemental approach to patients and staff. Including ability to recognise own and others work related stress and pressures and take appropriate action.
- Contribute to the development of a safe, pleasant, and friendly non-threatening working environment for staff and patients alike. With good understanding of the importance of acknowledgement and reward in valuing staff.
- Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Essential
- Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
- Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role)
Research
Essential
- Ability to apply research findings to clinical problems.
Desirable
- Ability to critically review research
Dealing with difficult situations
Essential
- Be able to deal with highly complex and very sensitive issues, which require excellent communication skills and empathy.
Time management
Essential
- Possess the ability to organise, prioritise own time and workload on a day-to-day basis often with changing priorities with complex and demanding workload. Including evidence of ability to meet deadlines.
Knowledge base
Essential
- Good knowledge base related to pharmacology and physiology. Including Knowledge of current research related to acute/chronic pain management.
Financial
Essential
- Awareness of financial constraints and need for effective use of resources.
Interpersonal skills
Essential
- Demonstrates interpersonal and influencing skills . With evidence of managing change.
Knowldge of pain service
Essential
- Good understanding of what a pain service does, the type of patients that are seen and some of the issues that are dealt with.
Practice
Essential
- Demonstrate high standards of practice and specialist clinical skills. Including experience in dealing with acute and chronic pain management.
Desirable
- Knowledge of dealing with elderly frail patients and the impact this has on pain management plans
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
