Job overview
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY SWANSEA BAY UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD.
This role will incorporate cross site cover to Singleton and Neath Port Talbot Hospital with main base at Morriston Hospital.
The Acute Pain Team provide their services for inpatients and all acute care site within the Health Board. We are looking to recruit a highly motivated, dedicated and experienced Registered Nurse with a keen interest in acute pain to join our established team.
The successful candidate will be required to advise the wider MDT with regards to all aspects of pain management, including advice about Patient Controlled Analgesia and Epidural Analgesia as well as other aspects of pain management. Experienced in caring for patients with Epidural, PCA’s and other advanced pain management techniques is desirable.
The role requires the successful candidate to work directly with postoperative patients observing and monitoring their pain relief and will also involve providing teaching to ward based nurses and other health care professionals of all levels about safe care of patients with these advanced techniques.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work as part of a small dedicated team of CNS and along side their anaesthetic colleagues covering both adult in paediatric inpatients. The post holder will be required to provide specialist advice in all aspects of aspects of acute pain management across all acute hospital sites within the Health Board.
Crucial aspects of the post are to ensure safety and efficiency of complex pain management techniques, act as a credible resource for information on all aspects of acute pain as well as provision of teaching. Previous relevant experience of caring for patients with acute pain needs is essential, along with experience of managing patients with PCA’s and Epidurals.
The role requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a willingness to work at an enhanced level and the ability to practice autonomously. The successful candidate will have a good level of experience and practice within ideally the surgical directorate, as our patients are predominantly post-operative patients.
Working for our organisation
We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.
As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.
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We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.
Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for a detailed outline of the job requirements. This is available for you bilingually, in English and Welsh.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
1. Registered Nurse
2. Current NMC registration
3. Specialist post registration qualification or equivalent experience i.e., Acute Pain Management
4. Knowledge of service improvement
5. Knowledge of clinical speciality i.e, Acute Pain Management
Desirable criteria
6. Teaching qualification or equivalent experience
7. Advanced Clinical Skills
Experience
Essential criteria
8. Relevant experience as Band 5 in acute setting
9. Experience in the relevant speciality i.e., Pain Management or Surgery
10. Experience of working in a multi-professional environment
11. Experience of mentoring students
12. Experience of undertaking adults in the clinical area
Desirable criteria
13. Experience of participating in practice change
Aptitudes and Abilities
Essential criteria
14. Excellent communication skills i.e., oral, written and listening
15. Digital literacy i.e., ability to use the health board clinical systems
16. Awareness of Professional issues and developments in Pain Management
Values
Essential criteria
17. Demonstrates Health Board Values
Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable