Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist Inpatient Pain Team

Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist Inpatient Pain Team

We are seeking a dynamic and forward-thinking Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Inpatient Pain Team.

This pivotal role requires an excellent understanding of acute pain and acute-on-chronic pain management, supported with extensive recent and relevant experience in the field.

As the Lead for the team, you will provide leadership and clinical responsibility for the Inpatient Pain Service, ensuring delivery of a high-quality, patient-focused clinical service in line with national standards of care. You will actively support and mentor the Band 6 Clinical Pain Nurse Specialists within the team, fostering professional development and excellence.

The successful candidate will have an active and visible role in:

• Service development and improvement
• Education and training delivery
• Clinical audit and qualityმას assurance

You will act as a source of expertise, advice, and knowledge for patients, carers, and healthcare professionals, while championing best practice and innovation in pain management.

• Deliver high-quality, evidence-based pain management care to all inpatients at TRFT.
• Provide expert clinical advice, education, and leadership within the pain team.
• Act as a key resource for patients, carers, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Support and guide Band 6 Clinical Pain Nurse Specialists.
• Lead on the development and implementation of nursing standards for pain management.

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving our local population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act the right way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities of Rotherham.

As a Trust we are on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart of everything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are the second most improved Trust in England for the question “would you recommend the Trust as a place to work?” and were one of the most improved for staff engagement overall.

But don’t just take our મેચ for each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations for our Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people and recognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives of patients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making.

All of our colleagues are key to our journey, and we are continuing to improving our services by upholding the Trust’s values of Ambitious, Caring and Together. If you are passionate about making a difference, then please apply to join us on our journey to excellence.

Please see attached the job description and person specification for the full details about the role and the responsibilities.

• Ambitious Caring Together
• Compassion, Achievement, Relationships, Encouragement
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• Sound negotiation skills, with the ability to deal with difficult or challenging situations
• Ability to deliver educational sessions to nurses and other disciplines
• Lead audit programme and subsequent improvements
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Evidence of publication
• Led research project
• Developed an educational programme

• 1st level degree and equivalent experience
• Non-medical nurse prescriber qualification (or willing to work towards)
• Advance communication course/qualification
• Masters degree level learning or prepared to work towards
• Physical examinations course
• Teaching and assessing

• Positive attitude, self‑motivated
• Ability to work under pressure, organise own workload and prioritise
• Adaptable to meet service needs
• Innovative and dynamic
• Ability to use personal judgement to support and elevate issues across the team and service delivery

• Significant post registration experience including in clinical speciality
• Experience in line management
• Able to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations
• Leadership and management experience
• Change management
• Previous experience of working as a CNS
• Previous involvement with relevant stakeholders within Cancer Services

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation ofتمبر 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.

£47,810 to £54,710 a year Pro rata, per annum