Clinical Nurse Specialist - Pain Management
| Posting date: | 22 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £35,392.00 to £42,618.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £35392.00 - £42618.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 May 2024 |
| Location: | Across East Lancashire Sites, BB2 3HH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9435-24-0284 |
Summary
Acute Pain Team participating in the ongoing development of the acute pain service and supporting the utilisation of anaesthetic and pain management techniques Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues to provide evidence-based pain management Provide advanced and competent nursing care to patients with pain problems and prescribe/recommend treatment plans following assessment and evaluation. Provide advanced and specialised advice and support to health care professionals, patients, Clinically assess patients with pain and make judgements on clinical condition and further pain management including escalation to medical colleagues where needed. Clinically assess patients receiving pain management treatment such as Patient Controlled analgesia, regional nerve blocks, local anaesthetic infusions, and make judgements on clinical condition and further pain management interventions required. Produce and maintain comprehensive documentation of pain management plans Participate and/or lead clinical audit and present the findings to relevant groups Participate in updating and introducing guidelines and standard operating procedures as is deemed appropriate to the requirements of the service in collaboration with a named consultantlead. Participate in the development and delivery of enhanced recovery programmes within the Trust Where relevant, assist and support departmental Leads/ Manager in achieving clinical, operational and corporate objectives. To establish robust working relationships with all team and service users and actively encourage and promote joint working in the pursuit of continuous service improvement Support services to achieve meeting agreed financial targets. To generate and prioritise own workload. Contribute to pain management information given at various pre-operative schools The post-holder is responsible for the clinical evaluation of new equipment and makes recommendations relevant to purchasing policies for all equipment used in pain management. The post holder liaises with relevant suppliers at a local level, organising trials of equipment and provides advise to management about future requirements for equipment and product needs.