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Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Pain management sister/charge nurse
Wakefield On-site 2-5 yrs exp Hospitals and Health Care 2,133 employees
Pain managementAcute pain assessmentChronic pain managementClinical supervisionMentoring
Requirements
Candidates must be a 1st level Registered Nurse with current NMC registration and a recognized teaching qualification. Significant post-registration experience in acute care and experience with PCA and epidural pumps is required.
Job Description
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:
Essential person specification requirements
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.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Application Guidance
We understand that more applicants are using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.
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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
Essential person specification requirements
- 1st level Registered Nurse.
- Current NMC registration.
- Recognised teaching and assessing qualification
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Application Guidance
We understand that more applicants are using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.
Application Tips
If you need help with your application, take a look at the tips on our .
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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Education
Professional Certificate
Skills
Pain managementAcute pain assessmentChronic pain managementClinical supervisionMentoringPatient assessmentTeachingAuditPractice developmentLeadershipCommunicationTime managementInterpersonal skillsResearch critiqueNetworking
About Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust provides acute, community and specialist health care services to around half a million people living in Wakefield and North Kirklees. We have three hospitals at Dewsbury, Pontefract and Wakefield (Pinderfields), and also provide care in community settings such as GP surgeries, health centres and clinics as well as in people’s own homes. Every one of our 9,000 staff play a vital role in providing quality care to the thousands of people we serve and we are proud to have a hard working, talented, and dynamic work force who strive every day to provide quality care and support to those who use our services. Our mission is to recruit, develop and retain skilled and motivated people who embody the Trust’s core values of caring, respect, high standards and improving. We do this by creating a supportive working environment - in first class facilities - where excellence and innovation is valued and celebrated; by providing excellent training and development opportunities, and by offering a comprehensive package of staff benefits to reward our employees for their hard work and commitment.
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