What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Nurse Specialist in Pain Management position at The Royal Marsden?
Job overview
We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced nurse to join the Royal Marsden Hospital Pain Management Team as Band 7 Pain Clinical Nurse Specialist.
As a Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will work as a core member of the multi-disciplinary team using your clinical expertise to co-ordinate high quality care and treatment of patients requiring pain services across both sites (one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey). This will include supporting both for in-patients and for outpatient clinic.
The role will include provision of formal and informal education and participation in audit and research projects. The successful applicants will be required to work across both sites .
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Nurse Specialist will be expected to demonstrate a higher level of practice in both their direct care of patients and in their ability to plan and develop services to support cancer care. Through the key skills of leadership, innovation, research and clinical expertise they will facilitate and deliver patient-centred, compassionate, safe, and effective care.
The CNS is a core member within the multidisciplinary care team (MDT) and through demonstration of these higher-level skills, will work collaboratively with clinicians and service managers to promote, develop, review, and redesign the relevant services which are responsive and tailored to patient’s needs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To sustain a high-quality specialist service for the patient, from diagnosis through all stages of the disease and actively provide optimum liaison and continuity of care.
- In collaboration with the existing Clinical Nurse Specialists, to formulate and / or revise relevant policies and to regularly review these following change / implementations.
- To work within the procedures and policies of the Trust.
- In conjunction with the existing Clinical Nurse Specialists, to develop assessment tools that will ensure an appropriate level of nursing intervention so that patients with complex needs are referred to the appropriate specialist / s.
- To lead clinical care by providing expert assessment, planning, evaluation and support skills in all aspects of pain management.
- To provide medical and surgical teams with individualised pain management plans for both acute and complex pain referrals. These plans are to encompass guidance on suitable drug administration, inclusive of dosages, as well as information on non- pharmacological management techniques.
- To conduct regular follow-ups with patients to assess the efficacy of the prescribed regimen.
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The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ candidates and candidates with disabilities.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.
Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.
Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff
At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.
The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
