Job summary
This role will incorporate cross site cover to Singleton and Neath Port Talbot Hospital with main base at Morriston Hospital.
The Acute Pain Team provide their services for inpatients and all acute care site within the Health Board. We are looking to recruit a highly motivated, dedicated and experienced Registered Nurse with a keen interest in acute pain to join our established team.
The successful candidate will be required to advise the wider MDT with regards to all aspects of pain management, including advice about Patient Controlled Analgesia and Epidural Analgesia as well as other aspects of pain management. Experienced in caring for patients with Epidural, PCA's and other advanced pain management techniques is desirable.
The role requires the successful candidate to work directly with postoperative patients observing and monitoring their pain relief and will also involve providing teaching to ward based nurses and other health care professionals of all levels about safe care of patients with these advanced techniques.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work as part of a small dedicated team of CNS and along side their anaesthetic colleagues covering both adult in paediatric inpatients. The post holder will be required to provide specialist advice in all aspects of aspects of acute pain management across all acute hospital sites within the Health Board.
Crucial aspects of the post are to ensure safety and efficiency of complex pain management techniques, act as a credible resource for information on all aspects of acute pain as well as provision of teaching. Previous relevant experience of caring for patients with acute pain needs is essential, along with experience of managing patients with PCA's and Epidurals.
The role requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a willingness to work at an enhanced level and the ability to practice autonomously. The successful candidate will have a good level of experience and practice within ideally the surgical directorate, as our patients are predominantly post-operative patients.
About us
We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.
As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.
You might be a nurse ordoctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - wehave a job for you.
There are also apprenticeships, work placementsand volunteering roles available.
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Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show thatour commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.
If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery,with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for a detailed outline of the job requirements. This is available for you bilingually, in English and Welsh.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for a detailed outline of the job requirements. This is available for you bilingually, in English and Welsh.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Current NMC registration
- Specialist post registration qualification or equivalent experience i.e., Acute Pain Management
- Knowledge of service improvement
- Knowledge of clinical speciality i.e, Acute Pain Management
Desirable
- Teaching qualification or equivalent experience
- Advanced Clinical Skills
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience as Band 5 in acute setting
- Experience in the relevant speciality i.e., Pain Management or Surgery
- Experience of working in a multi-professional environment
- Experience of mentoring students
- Experience of undertaking adults in the clinical area
Desirable
- Experience of participating in practice change
Aptitudes and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills i.e., oral, written and listening
- Digital literacy i.e., ability to use the health board clinical systems
- Awareness of Professional issues and developments in Pain Management
Values
Essential
- Demonstrates Health Board Values
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Current NMC registration
- Specialist post registration qualification or equivalent experience i.e., Acute Pain Management
- Knowledge of service improvement
- Knowledge of clinical speciality i.e, Acute Pain Management
Desirable
- Teaching qualification or equivalent experience
- Advanced Clinical Skills
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience as Band 5 in acute setting
- Experience in the relevant speciality i.e., Pain Management or Surgery
- Experience of working in a multi-professional environment
- Experience of mentoring students
- Experience of undertaking adults in the clinical area
Desirable
- Experience of participating in practice change
Aptitudes and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills i.e., oral, written and listening
- Digital literacy i.e., ability to use the health board clinical systems
- Awareness of Professional issues and developments in Pain Management
Values
Essential
- Demonstrates Health Board Values
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
