Specialist Nurse - Pain Management

Band 5/6

• Neurosciences & Spinal Care Services
• Band 5/6
• Permanent
• Full time - 37.5 hours per week
• 328-NSC-7474097

• The James Cook University Hospital
• Middlesbrough
• £31,049 - £46,580 per annum
• Yearly
• 16/10/2025 23:59

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate, enthusiastic, self-motivated individual to join the Pain Management Service.

Candidates will have an interest in pain management and a desire to develop their knowledge and experience to deliver high, safe, quality patient care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will need to adopt a visible and accessible approach for patients, their relatives, carers and staff. They will be able to demonstrate post registration experience and level of clinical knowledge, positive leadership skills and evidence of on-going continuous professional development.

Suitable to offer training post at B5 progressing to B6 once qualifications and competencies achieved.

The department is committed to staff development and offers a good competency based training package to enable progression from a Band 5 to Band 6 nurse in a timely manner. As the main Tertiary Centre within the Tees Valley, candidates will have the opportunity to develop their nursing skills in an exciting multi-disciplinary environment. The post holder will work within the context of a supportive, comprehensive, multi-professional, specialist team but will be required to provide advice and support to patients and carers.

The post holder will be part of a team of 2 Specialist Nurses, 2 Neuromodulation Sisters, 1 Chronic Pain Sister and 2 Health Care Assistants.

Working for our organisation

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

· Your Leadership Impact

· Leading your Team to Success

· Leading Into the Future

· Service Improvement for Beginners

· Developing your Service Improvement Skills

· Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

· Explore leadership within the NHS

· Promote Trust values and behaviours

· Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills

· Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Current NMC registration.
• Diploma or Degree in Adult Nursing.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Evidence of professional and clinical development
• A team player able to work well with others and demonstrate commitment to team objectives
• Ability to use initiative to decide within sphere of work and/or knowledge recognising where assistance is required
• Work with minimal supervision and will challenge the practice of others
• Ability to use initiative to decide within sphere of work and/or knowledge recognising where assistance is required
• Work with minimal supervision and will challenge the practice of others.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Work within the boundaries of NMC Code pf Professional
• Intermediate level information technology skills e.g., Microsoft, Office, database entry, EcaMIS
• Knowledge and experience of providing person centred care
• Understands physiological and social needs of patients and their families
• Implement the 6 Cs of practice
• Expect to plan, prioritise workload and implement evidence-based care and evaluate outcomes of treatment
• Venepuncture competency
• Ability to present written information clearly

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

• Name
• Victoria Robinson
• Job title
• Department Manager
• Email address
• v.robinson2@nhs.net
• Telephone number
• 01642 282671
• Additional information

• or ext 55086

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