Associate Macmillan Palliative Care Nurse

Associate Macmillan Palliative Care Nurse

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

The Associate Macmillan Palliative Care Nurse will work as a member of the wider locality based multidisciplinary Macmillan Palliative Care Supportive Service. The post holder will support Neighbourhood teams to deliver locally driven high quality care including symptom management and psychological support, in response to patients' and carers' needs. This includes education of other health care professionals, training, support and advice for the multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a highly motivated Registered Nurse with 4 years post registration experience and extensive experience in delivering palliative care in the community. Experience of working collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team would be beneficial.

You will be responsible for teaching and providing training to staff in the community whilst supporting and supervising other staff in the clinical environment.

You will need to demonstrate excellent communication skills and complete an advanced communication skills training course.

In depth knowledge of National Policies and Procedures in Palliative Care and good caseload management skills are a key part of the role. The ability to visit patients in their own home is essential to the role.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness and driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description and Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Up to date registration with the NMC
• Health Related Degree or equivalent portfolio experience
• Experience evidenced by completion of highly specialist short courses, post-graduate training, etc or relevant
• Teaching qualification
• Member of relevant special interest group
• Completion of basic leadership course
• Post graduate courses in cancer/palliative care.

Skills/knowledge

• 4 years post registration experience
• 2 years experience in delivering palliative care
• Experience working in a community setting
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience in teaching others
• Experience in supporting and supervising others
• Car driver and access to car
• Good caseload management skills including experience of managing own caseload
• Evidence of contributing to the development of a service
• Experience of working in an inner city multi ethnic environment
• Evidence of CPD
• Organisational skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata)