Specialist Nurse - Paediatric Pain Service | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 28 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 27 February 2026 |
| Location: | Oxford, OX3 9DU |
| Company: | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7768095/321-CSS-7648294-B6 |
Summary
We are looking for a qualified registered nurse (child) to become a specialist nurse with our regional pain service for children at Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. If you would like to further your expertise in paediatric pain management and deliver excellent care to children, this role might be ideal for you. The service runs weekdays from 8am to 4pm. Please contact us to arrange an informal visit or to help with any questions you might have.
To activelyparticipatein the development and provisionofthe inpatient paediatricPainServiceacross the Trust,through evidence-based practice.The role will encompassmanagement ofall aspects of acute and chronicpainwith the potential of expandingintoout-patientservices as the role and service develops.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
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• To provide high quality, effective, individualised pain management advice to all patients that is compassionate and caring
• Toindependentlyassesspatients’care needs and develop, implement, and evaluate them with supervision ifrequired
• Toassistin the development and continuation of training/education programmes
• Toassistin the development and continuation of audit and research projects
• To deputise for the Senior Specialist Nurse (SSN)whenrequired, forexampledue to staff shortages or as part of their continued professional development.
This advert closes on Wednesday 11 Feb 2026
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