Clinical Nurse Specialist - Palliative Care

NHS; Preston; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000

Job description

Clinical Nurse Specialist - Palliative Care

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Are you passionate to make a difference for patients who are faced by complex life-limiting conditions in the acute hospital setting?

Are you prepared to join our Specialist Palliative Care Team at a regional specialist centre for oncology, major trauma, vascular, neurosurgery and renal services?

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic nurse or AHP to join the Specialist Palliative Care Team at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.

We are looking for an experienced, dynamic and highly motivated band 7 team member with excellent specialist palliative care knowledge and skills to join our existing team and support patients and families referred to the service. A band 6 development post would be considered if the successful candidate does not yet meet the criteria for a band 7 post.

Main duties of the job

The Hospital Palliative Care Team strives to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams within the hospitals to deliver best care possible for our patients and those important to them. We also work closely with our local hospice and community palliative care service as well as other Network palliative care teams in order to deliver seamless care for our patients. We are constantly seeking to improve our service to meet the diverse needs of our patients.

You will play an active role, together with the existing members of the palliative care team, in advancing specialist palliative care services and promoting excellence in palliative care and end of life care across the trust. You will be joining a multidisciplinary team which includes Clinical Nurse Specialists, Consultants in Palliative Medicine, End of Life Educator and Quality Improvement Facilitator and Lead Nurse across the trust.

Job responsibilities

As a registered nurse or AHP with substantial specialist experience of palliative and end of life care, you must be: a NMP (or working towards it/prepared to commence), IT literate, able to set your own plans and priorities, managing your workload to meet targets and timescales. You must be an excellent team worker, but also possess the experience and skills to work on your own initiative and make safe effective decisions in the absence of clinical support. Leadership skills are imperative to the role and you will be taking the lead in aspects of service development.

You will be working alongside the existing nursing and medical staff and will be required to report to the Lead Nurse in Palliative & End of Life Care. The service covers both Preston and Chorley sites, and you will be part of our seven day service.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

• Appropriate NMP/ HCPC Registration
• Post Registration Qualifications relevant to the role
• Non-medical Prescribing qualification or willing to complete once in post
• Master's Degree in relative subject
• Teaching qualification / experience
• Palliative Care Qualification

Knowledge & Experience

• Knowledge of specialist palliative care and end of life care
• Substantial specialist palliative care experience.
• Ability to implement changes within nursing practice
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance and Safeguarding and the relevance of these to practice
• Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures
• Experience of managing challenging situations and ethical dilemmas
• Knowledge and experience of research, and audit
• Leadership / Management Experience
• Experience of delivering education

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.

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£46,148 to £52,809 a year, pro rata