Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist - Chronic Pain

Job summary

This is a permanent Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) post within the Chronic Pain Outpatient Service.

You will function as an autonomous practitioner, providing advanced specialist assessment, clinical decision-making and management for patients referred to the Chronic Pain Management Service.

The CNS will work with a high degree of professional autonomy within agreed protocols and scope of practice, exercising independent judgement in the management of patients and escalating highly complex cases appropriately to the Lead Clinician.

Main duties of the job

You will independently manage a defined caseload of patients with complex and persistent pain conditions, deliver nurse-led clinics, and contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of chronic pain pathways. They will act as a clinical expert resource within the multidisciplinary team and contribute to service improvement, audit, education and quality initiatives across the service.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Job responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Louise Lucy Glavin, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 Ext. 5936. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

• oRegistered General Nurse (RGN), Level 1.
• oSignificant post-registration experience including substantial experience at Band 6 level or equivalent specialist role.
• oPost-registration qualification in Chronic Pain, Pain

Desirable

• oNon-Medical Prescribing qualification (V300) or willingness to undertake.

Skills/ Abilities

Desirable

• oExperience presenting at MDT meetings or professional forums

Experience/ Knowledge

Essential

• oProven recent experience managing patients with chronic pain or complex long-term conditions
• oExperience supervising or mentoring Band 5/6 staff or students.

Desirable

• oExperience deputising for senior clinicians or team leads