Job summary
- Main area
- Pain management (Nurse or AHP role)
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Part time to a minimum of 30 hours would be considered)
- Job ref
- 846-7175192-TS
- Employer
- Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kent wide, to be confirmed at interview
- Town
- To be confirmed at interview
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/06/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 10/06/2025
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Specialist or Clinical Specialist AHP
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
The Community Chronic Pain Service is a multidisciplinary team of expert chronic pain clinicians. We support people with persistent pain to develop self-management strategies, enabling them to live well. This post is suitable for a Clinical Nurse Specialist or an Allied Health Professional with an interest in pain management.
Our aim is to help individuals develop the skills needed to improve their quality of life and reduce their dependency on healthcare services and medication.
This service is delivered in a variety of settings, face to face clinics, group settings and virtually.
As well as community clinics you will deliver care within the secure (prison) environment. We deliver our award-winning Pain Management Service in all of the Kent prisons therefore travel will be an
essential part of this post.
Main duties of the job
- Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating holistic care in relation to care planning/pathways
- Developing integrated care programmes in partnership with service users, commissioners and key stakeholders.
- Ensuring a supervision framework is in place for staff under their care and support in the development of relevant competencies across staff groups
- Actively working as a member of the integrated team to ensure high quality care is provided to service users.
- Maintaining own specialist area of competence, and leading on the competency frameworks for others
- Having the ability to synthesise information in order to present proposals effectively to decision makers (including Directors and Senior Executives) in ways which facilitate their understanding and
influence pathways - Making recommendations to decision makers in order to drive forward innovative solutions to achieve business objectives, service improvement strategies and financial efficiencies linked to packages of prescribed care or identified projects
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
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As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC or HCPC registered
- Health related degree and evidence of relevant post graduate development at Level 6
- Evidence of Post Graduate Specialist qualifications relevant to area of practice
- Non-medical prescriber or willingness to work towards
Desirable criteria
- PTLLS/DTLLS, PGCE or Certificate in Education
- MSc or working towards Master level study
- Management or supervisory qualification/programme of study
- Member of relevant special interest groups
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive clinical experience in area of practice working at band 6/7 level
- Experience of developing policy and service development plans and experience of change management
- Practical experience in managing health related projects/complex caseloads
- Supporting others (mentor / educator / supervisor ) experience
Desirable criteria
- Pain Management experience
- Leading/managing teams
- Delivering clinical care in a group setting
Specialist knowledge and expertise
Essential criteria
- Understanding multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary working
- Understanding of National Service Frameworks and NICE guidance relevant to care setting and its application across health care services
- Evidence of continued relevant professional development and implementation in practice within the last 12 months
- Understanding key issues and developments in pain management
Desirable criteria
- Counselling skills
- Motivational interviewing
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Time management skills
- Working with different people across organisations
- Communicating complex insensitive information
- Influencing and negotiating skills
- IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Leading
- Managing change
Personal attributes
Essential criteria
- Hold a full valid UK Driving Licence and have access to a car
Ability to manage
Essential criteria
- Implement local and national agenda under guidance
- Prioritise care in accordance with policies and procedures
- Ability to motivate and organise others
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dawn Thundow
- Job title
- Clinical service manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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