Community Palliative Care Specialist Nurse

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job description

Community Palliative Care Specialist Nurse

Band 7

Main area: Palliative Care

Grade: Band 7

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 434-CR6978225

Site: Florence Nightingale Hospice

Town: Aylesbury

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing date: 23/03/2025 23:59

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world-renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
• Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services.
• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services.
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family-friendly, inclusive employer.

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [e-mail] or phone [phone].

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

Due to an expansion of the community Palliative Care Nurse Specialist team, we have opportunities for exceptional individuals to join our friendly and supportive community service.

This is an exciting time to join the team as we continue to develop collaborative working with other specialist palliative care professionals, Primary Care Teams, and other sectors including hospital providers, private sector, voluntary services, social services, and any other care service providers.

We are looking for experienced, enthusiastic, and highly motivated individuals to take up the posts of Palliative Care CNS. This post is suited to a nurse with significant experience of caring for patients with life-limiting illness who possesses advanced clinical, teaching, and communication skills.

The posts will be based at Florence Nightingale Hospice or Marlow Hospital, and a car driver/owner is essential.

Main duties of the job

• To provide specialist palliative care, advice, and resources to patients with life-limiting illness and their carers, in the most appropriate setting.
• To undertake the comprehensive assessment and management of patients including those with complex presentations.
• Collaborate with other providers of palliative care to work towards providing equity of care across Buckinghamshire.
• To work as an effective team member within the specialist palliative care service, collaborating with other specialist palliative care professionals, Primary Care Teams, and other sectors.
• To provide education, advice, and support to professionals, patients, and all carers working with patients.

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension, and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities, and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect, and enable.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant, there is the option for secondment; all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [e-mail] quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person specification

Education, Qualification & Training

• Registered nurse with current NMC registration.
• Palliative care degree or working towards.
• Non-medical prescribing qualification or commitment to undertake.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Advanced Communication skills course.
• Teaching and assessing qualification.

Experience

• Experience in a palliative care setting or related specialty.
• Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams and other agencies.
• Experience of working at Band 6 level.
• Experience of teaching, audit, and research.
• Experience of community working.

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

• Ability to negotiate and liaise with other healthcare professionals.
• Advanced communication skills, written and verbal.
• Team player.
• Adaptable to changing situations and able to work with people of differing abilities.
• Ability to treat all patients and carers with empathy and cope with their distress.
• Ability to prioritise work and work autonomously.
• Self-motivated, pro-active, and innovative.

Special Circumstances

• Car owner/driver.

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations: remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues, and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the closing date.

Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Liz Monaghan

Job title: Lead Nurse - Palliative and End of Life Care

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 01296 332600