The Acute Pain Team provides their services for inpatients and all acute care sites 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. This role will incorporate cross-site cover to Singleton and Neath Port Talbot Hospital with the main base at Morriston Hospital.
The successful candidate will be required to advise the wider MDT regarding all aspects of pain management, including advice about Patient Controlled Analgesia and Epidural Analgesia, as well as other aspects of pain management. Experience 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 healthcare professionals of all levels about the 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 alongside their anaesthetic colleagues, covering both adult and paediatric inpatients. The post holder will be required to provide specialist advice in all 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. About us
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. We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone regardless of sex, religion or belief, race, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married, or 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. Job 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
Registered Nurse Current NMC registration Knowledge of service improvement Knowledge of clinical specialty i.e., Acute Pain Management Teaching qualification or equivalent experience Advanced Clinical Skills Experience
Relevant experience as Band 5 in acute setting Experience in the relevant specialty i.e., Pain Management or Surgery Experience of working in a multi-professional environment Experience of mentoring students Experience of undertaking adults in the clinical area Experience of participating in practice change Aptitudes and Abilities
Excellent communication skills i.e., oral, written, and listening Digital literacy i.e., ability to use the health board clinical systems Awareness of Professional issues and developments in Pain Management Values
Demonstrates Health Board Values Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Contract
Permanent Working pattern
Part-time Reference number
130-NMR004-0125 Job locations
Based at Morriston Hospital but role includes cross-site cover to Singleton and Neath Port Talbot
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The successful candidate will work as part of a small dedicated team of CNS and alongside their anaesthetic colleagues, covering both adult and paediatric inpatients. The post holder will be required to provide specialist advice in all 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. About us
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. We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone regardless of sex, religion or belief, race, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married, or 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. Job 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
Registered Nurse Current NMC registration Knowledge of service improvement Knowledge of clinical specialty i.e., Acute Pain Management Teaching qualification or equivalent experience Advanced Clinical Skills Experience
Relevant experience as Band 5 in acute setting Experience in the relevant specialty i.e., Pain Management or Surgery Experience of working in a multi-professional environment Experience of mentoring students Experience of undertaking adults in the clinical area Experience of participating in practice change Aptitudes and Abilities
Excellent communication skills i.e., oral, written, and listening Digital literacy i.e., ability to use the health board clinical systems Awareness of Professional issues and developments in Pain Management Values
Demonstrates Health Board Values Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Contract
Permanent Working pattern
Part-time Reference number
130-NMR004-0125 Job locations
Based at Morriston Hospital but role includes cross-site cover to Singleton and Neath Port Talbot
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