Clinical Nurse Specialist - Paediatric Pain Team | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 30 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 per annum (pro rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 August 2025 |
| Location: | Manchester, M13 9WL |
| Company: | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7377365/349-MCH-7377365 |
Summary
It’s an exciting time to join Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. We are recruiting 2 band 6 Pain Nurse Specialists to join our dynamic team as we implement a 7 day pain service. The Paediatric Pain team sits within the Division of, Paediatric Critical Care, Anaesthetics and Complex Medicine (Paediatric Oncology, Haematology, Stem Cell Transplant and Gene Therapy). This is an amazing opportunity to join the team as a pain nurse specialist providing clinical and professional leadership, strategic development, and quality improvement.
We’re looking for motivated and passionate individuals to bring enthusiasm and excellence to our team which provides a broad range of high-quality, specialist services to our patients and supporting the team to be the best that they can be. The post holders will report to the Lead Nurse, providing visible leadership across a clinical service setting, monitoring and maintaining professional high standards.
The post holders will be expected to provide clinical expertise and knowledge, demonstrating a sound understanding of the issues related to the identification, assessment, treatment and management of the client group.
There is a requirement for weekend working to cover the 7 day pain service
Permanent - Band 6 Children’s Pain Nurse
The Children’s Pain Team are looking for committed individuals to join the team on a permanent basis.
We are looking for someone who has a passion for improving Pain Management by accurately assessing pain, adopting a holistic approach whilst utilising both pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain strategies.
The successful applicant will need to be motivated and enthusiastic with good leadership and excellent communication skills.
The position will develop and expand existing teaching skills.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Wednesday 13 Aug 2025
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