Clinical Nurse Specialist in Pain Management

The Integrated Pain Service is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic person to join our friendly and forward-thinking team. We require you to have extensive post registration experience , including recent clinical experience at Band 6 in an acute surgical or recovery/critical care setting, dealing with patients with PCA/epidural and local anaesthetic infusions.

You will be working autonomously and with the pain multidisciplinary team to provide specialist pain management for in-patients with acute and chronic pain.

The post holder will assess patients with pain and develop, implement and evaluate appropriate holistic pain management plans, with supervision as required.

You will also provide leadership, alongside the lead nurse and CNS team for the chronic pain, outpatient, day unit (CPU). CPU is a self-contained specialist unit comprising of a day ward, pain theatre, recovery area and outpatient clinic, based at Maidstone Hospital.

This post will require you to work across both hospital sites, Monday - Friday, excluding BH., In partnership with members of the integrated pain service, the post holder will actively participate in the provision of pain management in both the inpatient and outpatient areas in the Trust. They will ensure patients receive the highest standards of clinical care underpinned by evidenced based practice. The role encompasses all aspects of acute and chronic pain.

The post holder will assess pain patients and develop, implement and evaluate appropriate holistic pain management plans, with supervision as required.

The post holder will contribute to the development of clinical practice and standards of care within the service including the development of policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines. They will identify, assist and lead where appropriate on areas of development within the service in collaboration with members of the integrated pain service. They will assist in the development and continuation of audit and research projects. The post holder will assist, develop and provide educational programmes and training for staff and patients.

Please note that this role may often attract a high level of applications. Please note this role may close earlier than the original closing date so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible.

To fulfil this role, you will be a great team player and possess excellent communication skills. In return, we will support with your professional development and provide opportunities to develop your skills and knowledge in the field of pain management and fulfil your potential., Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.

In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.