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Job Overview
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY ANEURIN BEVAN UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD
Are you an experienced and compassionate nurse, with a passion for improving the lives of patients in pain? We are seeking a dedicated band 7 Acute Pain Team Leader to join our Acute Pain Team at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB).
This is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role in the delivery of high quality, evidence-based care for patients with acute and complex pain across our inpatient settings within ABUHB.
Why join us?
We are a supportive and forward-thinking team, there will be opportunities for professional development and further education.
Commitment to staff wellbeing and work life balance
If you're ready to advance your career and make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients with acute pain, we want to hear from you
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be the line manager/specialist lead, accountable for their own professional actions and be responsible for leading a team to assess, develop, implement and provide pain relief to all patients, as required, daily. To demonstrate advocacy and clinical decision-making skills with a high degree of autonomy, in all aspects of patient care.
They will be responsible for a team of Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) to enable them to provide high quality, skilled care to patients undergoing elective and emergency surgery, acute admissions due to pain or blunt chest trauma. They will act, always, in such a way to be a suitable professional role model. They will ensure that all professional practice within the acute pain team, is undertaken with the guidance of the NMC Code of Conduct. Ensure team compliance to mandatory and statutory training as per ABUHB policy and guidelines. Take responsibility for health roster, sickness management and yearly PADR’s.
Share responsibility for health and safety including Datix, the production of risk assessments regarding immediate care environments. To investigate patient complaints in line with the boards policy, taking the appropriate action as required.
To work with the Acute Pain Lead (Consultant Anaesthetist) to develop policies that influence service delivery and will lead and be responsible for the implementation of any legislative changes.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience working at a band 6 or above within a pain settling
- Experience of formal/informal teaching
- Experience of working as part of the multidisciplinary
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of leading new initiatives
- Participation in clinical supervision, management of a team
Qualifications & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse holding or working towards a postgraduate
- In depth skill and knowledge of the Acute Pain Service
- Evidence of professional development
- Practise supervisor/practice assessor qualification (all Wales)
Desirable criteria
- Recognised sub speciality training
- Management module
Skills & Attributes
Essential criteria
- IT skills, to include rota setting
- Excellent communication skills
- Working knowledge of clinical governance
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of restorative clinical supervision
- Participation in health roster, sickness, PADR
Other
Essential criteria
- Able to travel
- Flexible worker to meet the needs of the service
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
