Clinical Nurse Specialist Community Palliative Care

Clinical Nurse Specialist Community Palliative Care

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Palliative Care CNS to work within the community setting covering a 7 day service 08:00 - 20:00 .

We are looking for an experienced, autonomous, and innovative nurse to join the integrated specialist palliative care nursing team.

This is a Band 7 community-based palliative care CNS post, working alongside, Community Nursing Services, Consultants, Therapists, and wider MDT to ensure that the service and team are providing expert high quality patient focused care to advice and support patients, families and Health Care Professionals.

You will be working closely with GP's, Community Teams and Acute Trust staff. As an integral part of community nursing, you will support community teams to feel confident and competent to deliver good palliative and end of life patient centred care and providing expertise for patients with palliative care needs across the borough.

Previous applicants need not apply

Main duties of the job

Enthusiasm, motivation, compassion, and leadership are qualities and skills considered essential for this specialist nurse role to work in a very challenging environment:

You will be expected to have a commitment to and progressive work within the field of palliative care. Additionally, you must be able to demonstrate excellence in clinical practice, acting as a resource for information and education, while working alongside the other specialist services.

In return we can offer you a supportive, friendly working environment with opportunities for personal and professional development. You will be supported by the Clinical Lead.

For further information and to arrange an informal visit please contact:

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About us

Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme T&C's apply
• Flexible working options
• Training, support and development in your career

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Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job description and person specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person Specification Education/Qualification

• First level degree in related subject or evidence of work towards this
• Teaching and assessing qualification or experience
• Advanced Communication Skills Course
• Non-Medical Prescriber V300
• Qualified MSc

Experience

• Relevant post registration experience at band 6 or above in this or appropriate speciality
• Previous experience in a post involving clinical and managerial responsibilities.
• Previous experience of teaching and developing teaching materials
• Demonstrates evidence of well-developed clinical practice
• Ability to develop new ways of working
• Ability to deal with complex patient care including symptom control and psychological support
• Able to manage own caseload
• Conversant with the key principles of clinical governance

Skills and Knowledge

• Ability to develop new ways of working
• Ability to deal with complex patient care including symptom control and psychological support
• Ability to communicate unpleasant /difficult information to patients in a variety of settings with sensitivity
• Able to analyse data and provide written reports.
• Intermediate IT skills in word processing and spreadsheets
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues, and policy relating to specialist area
• Able to present information to professional groups.
• Able to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
• Able to participate/undertake clinical audit & research
• Able to influence management and overcome resistance through application of advanced communication skills

Other

• Change agent - participating in implementing changes within practice
• Recognition and management of own limitations
• Able to take a self-reflective approach to own practice
• Awareness of self as a role mode
• Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)

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.

£53,751 to £60,651 a yearper annum inclusive of HCAS (pro rata)