Clinical Nurse Specialist in Pain Management

Job overview

Band 7 CNS (or Band 6 CNS – developing role)

The Pain Management Service at The Royal Marsden Hospital is expanding, and we are delighted to offer an excellent opportunity for an experienced and motivated nurse to join our specialist team. As a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will play a pivotal role within our multidisciplinary team, providing expert assessment, management, and co-ordination of care for patients across both our Chelsea (London) and Sutton (Surrey) sites. You will support the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care in both inpatient and outpatient settings. This role offers the chance to combine advanced clinical practice with leadership. Alongside delivering high-quality patient care, you will contribute to the professional development of colleagues through formal and informal education. You will also be actively involved in driving service improvements, leading on audits, research, and initiatives that enhance the quality of care we provide for our patients.  The successful applicant will be primarily based at their preferred site; however, flexibility to work across both locations in accordance with service requirements will be expected.

For further details / informal visits contact: Roya Hejazi, Lead Nurse in Pain Management [email protected] on Ext 1715 or Yara Osman De Oliveira, Matron CCU , Outreach , resus and and Pain Team, [email protected] , 02078528860 Ext 1679

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in Pain Management plays a pivotal role in delivering and enhancing specialist pain management services across The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, supporting both inpatient and outpatient care at the Chelsea and Sutton sites. This advanced clinical role focuses on the assessment and management of acute, chronic, and complex pain in patients with cancer, including those referred to specialist clinics such as chemotherapy-induced peripheral  neuropathy, neuromodulation, and capsaicin services. As an expert practitioner, the CNS will provide direct patient care while also leading service development initiatives, promoting excellence in cancer  pain management through clinical leadership, innovation, education, and research.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification

• To serve as an expert in pain management and offer comprehensive pain services across the Trust, through evidence-based practices, educational initiatives, and the  development of policies and guidelines.
• To provide clinical leadership to nursing staff and offering expert professional guidance to various professionals, multidisciplinary teams, as well as acting as a resource to provide information and support to patients, carers and staff.
• To take responsibility for own evidence-based practice and implement and add to the body of knowledge that supports nursing practice within pain management.
• To liaise effectively with all members of the multi-disciplinary health care team to achieve a synchronised specialist service.
• To provide informal and formal teaching, for patients, staff and carers as relevant e.g. academic courses provided by The Trust/The Royal Marsden School