Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Pain management sister/charge nurse
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Please contact Sister Alison Elphee via alison.elphee@nhs.net or 01977 747200.
About The Role
The pain management service has been well established within Mid Yorkshire Teaching Trust (MYTT) for over 25 years. It is a multi-disciplinary team delivering pain management to patients within MYTT. Out-patient services and day case treatments are provided at Pontefract Hospital and the Surgical Hub at Dewsbury District Hospital. Acute and complex pain management service is provided for in-patients at Pinderfields Hospital. This is a cross-Trust post. We are a small friendly team that value each other and the contributions we all make. We are passionate about providing excellent quality, safe and effective pain management for the patients within our service.
You will be part of the pain management team actively contributing to assessing, developing, implementing and evaluating plans of acute or chronic pain management for patients within MYTT. Other duties include teaching, practice development, audit and networking. This will involve working closely with other registered nurses and clinical support workers within the team, as well as consultants, physiotherapists, administration and clerical staff.
Main duties
As a pain management sister/charge nurse, your day-to-day responsibilities include:
- Working alongside consultants in pain treatment sessions at Pontefract Hospital and The Surgical Hub at Dewsbury (this will involve wearing lead PPE for up to 3 hours at a time)
- Conducting review clinics for pain out-patients
- Supervising Clinical Support Workers in the Pain Clinic
- Supervising/mentoring students on placement within the pain team
- Assessing patients referred with acute pain issues at Pinderfields Hospital
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- 1st level Registered Nurse.
- Current NMC registration.
- Recognised teaching and assessing qualification
Experience
Significant post-registration experience, ideally with experience in an acute area.
- Experience of caring for patients with pain management pumps such as PCA and epidural.
- Evidence of participating in the development of patient care.
Knowledge and Awareness
- Acute pain assessment and interventions, in particular analgesic drugs, PCA and epidural pumps.
- Current NHS publications relating to pain management.
- Ability to critique research and apply findings appropriately
- Demonstrate knowledge of teaching methods.
- Evidence of networking locally, regionally and nationally.
Skills And Abilities
- Manage time effectively and be able to prioritise workload.
- High level of communication skills in dealing with patients, relatives and colleagues.
- Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrates leadership skills.
- Ability to motivate self and others.
- Evidence of effecting change in working practices.
- Works on own initiative.
Be part of MY team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
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Our Benefits
- Access to the NHS pension plan
- Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
- Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
- Extensive benefits and support, including:
- Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
- Home electronics scheme
- Cycle to work scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
- Car lease salary sacrifice scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
- Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
- Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
- Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
- Career progression, training and support
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