Nurse Consultant in Specialist Palliative Care

Job summary

We have a rare and exciting vacancy for a committed and passionate Nurse Consultant to join us, rated outstanding by the CQC, as we continue to shape, develop and deliver quality specialist palliative and end of life care in Lincolnshire. Our consultant led 11 bedded inpatient unit in Lincoln cares for around 250-300 patients a year, and 4 multidisciplinary community teams delivering care across the county to around 3000 patients.

The postholder will:

• lead the provision and development of expert innovative and evidence-based nursing and clinical care within the Hospice, at both an organisational and strategic level, working closely with all senior clinicians
• act as an expert and collaborative advanced practitioner who can provide advice, education and support for patients, families, and members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team
• work autonomously as part of the specialist Multidisciplinary team; their practice will be framed within the four pillars of advanced clinical practice: clinical practice, leadership & management, education & research. They will manage and support the specialist nurse team including advanced clinical practitioners
• be required to build close, effective and sustainable working relationships with a range of professionals involved in providing and commissioning specialist palliative and end of life care
• liaise/network with national nurse consultant, palliative care peers and colleagues for organisational, professional and personal development

Main duties of the job

Qualifications and Experience:

Applications are welcome from candidates with up-to-date credible experience in palliative and end of life care with a Masters degree in specialist or advanced clinical practice, and who are Non-Medical Prescribers.

We live and work by our values at the Hospice: aiming high, being courageous, working better together, having heart and doing it right; these are crucial for our next Nurse Consultant to be able to demonstrate, along with commitment, visibility and a can do approach.

For the right candidate, a development role into this post can be considered.

Base: to be agreed, the sucessful candidate can choose from our bases in Lincoln, Louth, Boston or Grantham.

Interview Date: 18 or 21 March

For assistance with your application contact: recruitment@stbarnabashospice.co.uk

About us

Please Note:

• To be considered for our roles, applicants must already hold the right to work in the UK as we are unable to offer sponsorship. Please do not apply without this in place.
• St Barnabas Hospice is an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe in treating everyone with dignity and respect and welcome applications from all sectors of the community.
• We reserve the right to extend, withdraw or close vacancies where necessary.
• If selected for interview you will be contacted via the email account used to register. Please check your spam folder.

We are St Barnabas Hospice!

Lincolnshire's Leading provider of palliative, end-of-life nursing care to adults living with a life-limiting or terminal illness. Ranking in the top 100 best companies to work for in the UK.

What's Our Vision?

A world where dying with dignity, compassion and having choices is a fundamental part of life.

We're on a Mission!

To ensure all individuals facing the end of their life in Lincolnshire receive dignified, compassionate care when they require it and where they ask for it.

Benefits available to qualifying new employees:

• Please see the separate benefit document to see what's on offer.

Pension Options:

• Option 1 - Continuation of NHS pension (If applicable)
• Option 2 - Join our generous contributory Pension Scheme, 7% of your monthly salary paid, together with a 3.5% personal contribution by you. (option to increase your contributions to be double matched by the Trust, up to a limit of 9%)

Employer details

Employer name

St Barnabas Hospice

Address

Pilgrim Hospital

Sibsey Road

Boston

Lincolnshire

PE21 9QS

Employer's website

https://stbarnabashospice.co.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

St Barnabas Hospice

Address

Pilgrim Hospital

Sibsey Road

Boston

Lincolnshire

PE21 9QS

Employer's website

https://stbarnabashospice.co.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

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