Chronic Pain Service/ Pain Management - Kidderminster, United Kingdom - Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
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Job Title Specialist Nurse Chronic Pain Management.

Band 7 Managerially reports to Line Manager Matron Directorate Manager Clinical Director of Anaesthetics Clinically Accountable to Consultant in Chronic Pain management Professionally Accountable to Matron Critical Care Key Relationships To maintain effective communication with members of the multidisciplinary pain team, anaesthetic services and palliative care, orthopaedic and pain teams across the trust.

To liaise closely and maintain good working relationships with Theatres, Physiotherapy department, X-ray department, Psychology department, Out - patient department, health records and support staff.

To communicate effectively as a mentor for newly appointed specialist nurse working within the chronic pain specialty, promoting professionalism and undertake clinical work to maintain their professional competence.

To maintain close links and build good working relationships with Medical and nursing staff and other health professionals. To liaise closely and maintain good working relationships with referring General Practitioners and G.P unit, and community nursing staff. To maintain close links with mental health trust. Staff Management Outpatient department, clinic nurse.

Theatre staff.

Budgetary management Manage budget allocation in conjunction with specialty manager demonstrating budgetary awareness, and the efficient and effective utilization of resources.

Countywide working Excellent communication links with chronic / acute pain team across the county. To communicate effectively as a mentor for newly appointed specialist nurse working within the chronic pain specialty.

Takes direct referral from consultants.

To work as a highly specialist practitioner autonomously taking direct referrals from consultants for new trials of modulated electro analgesia devises.

Takes direct referral from GPs.

To work as a highly specialist nurse autonomously taking referrals direct from general practitioners for new trials of modulated electro analgesia and follow-up.

no direct supervision and independent decision-making.

To work as a highly specialist practitioner autonomously providing nurse led clinics reviewing follow-up patients decision making and implementing treatment of electro analgesia, acupuncture, medication advice, adding patients directly to consultants waiting list for invasive treatments and providing specialist advice and counselling to patients and carers, also via telephone help line.

Prescribes treatment plans within protocol or management plan Yes. Has referral/admission and/or discharge rights Yes.

Teaches informally i.e.

one to one/ward based teaching Participates in the teaching and education of all grades of staff to provide supervision and support as necessary.

Has on call commitments No Communication & Relationship skills Receives multidimensional complex problems involving pain management, emotional, psychosocial issues with patients / carers suffering with chronic pain syndromes requiring lengthy consecutive consultations i.e.

counselling, reassurance, frequently requiring negotiation, motivation, and education promoting patient interaction within an empathic relationship.

Knowledge, training & experience. Current live registration on relevant part of NMC register. RGN Level 1. Principles of Pain Management course.

Teaching & Assessing course Counselling course. Acupuncture course. To participate in all mandatory annual training. To provide formal mentorship for newly appointed specialist nurse working within the chronic pain specialty.

Analytical & judgmental skills.

To use highly advanced judgmental skills and a comprehensive knowledge of pain management treatments and interventions to formulate a specialist individual treatment plan based on evidence based practice, constantly evaluate its effectiveness and modify as it is necessary.

l Planning & organizational skills. On daily basis priorities, organize and manage own clinical workload effectively and efficiently.

Co-ordinate activities with other departments regarding multidisciplinary pain clinic, i.e. theatres, x-ray, physiotherapy and clinical psychology department. Actively organize and contribute to departmental multidisciplinary pain meetings / case conferences. To play active part in the future development of multidisciplinary pain clinic.

Physical skills. The post requires physical skills, which have been obtained through training i.e. acupuncture, electro nerve modulation. Preparation of specialized equipment i.e.

Radio frequency lessoning machine, pressurized tourniquet. Responsibility for patient / client care. To work as a highly specialist practitioner autonomously within the nurse led clinic and multidisciplinary pain setting assessing, planning, delivering, co
- coordinating, and evaluating care for patient and carers, providing specialist advise and counselling. Responsibility for policy/service development ,Service development, aspires to develop protocols f
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