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Main duties of the job
Are you passionate about palliative care nursing? This is an exciting opportunitytogaintheknowledge and skills required to become aCommunity Clinical Nurse Specialist in PEOLC.You will join our talented team, working alongside specialists in PalliativeCare, to help make a positive difference in the Community.
About us
Working as part of a supportive and integrated clinical team,covering East Surrey and West Sussex, you will make a difference to local patients and their families by offering expert advice and care seven days a week including face to face scheduled visits and telephone support with occasional out of hours visits. Working alongside primary care network colleagues you will deliver specialist palliative care to people at the end of life, youll have shared clinical responsibility for patients referred to the hospice, supported by our community manager and the medical team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Youll have the passion to always improve and advance and be happy to participate in a rota system with your team colleagues to provide 7 days a week cover. This makes sure there is always someone available on our telephone line to support our patients and their families. Youll also contribute to a positive working environment with an emphasis on teamwork and cooperation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Youll have the passion to always improve and advance and be happy to participate in a rota system with your team colleagues to provide 7 days a week cover. This makes sure there is always someone available on our telephone line to support our patients and their families. Youll also contribute to a positive working environment with an emphasis on teamwork and cooperation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First degree in nursing (CV)
- Evidence of working within palliative care or similar (I)
- Experience of working as a Registered Nurse with current NMC registration and evidence of recent CPD (I)
- Clean UK Driving Licence and use of own vehicle
Desirable
- Leadership experience (I)
- Physical assessment skills (or willingness to undertake) (I)
- Independent prescriber (or willingness to undertake). (I)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of caring for dying people (Ap)
- Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills with good command of spoken English and numeracy skills. (Ap and test)
- Understanding of clinical governance including patient safety (I)
- Confident in use of electronic records
- Able to confidently use computer packages such as PowerPoint, Word etc
Desirable
- Experience of audit, standard setting and/or clinical governance
- Knowledge of symptom control towards the end of life (I)
- Demonstrate understanding of current professional nursing issues relating to palliative and end of life care
- Community Nursing experience
Attitude and Behaviours
Essential
- Commitment to develop into a clinical nurse specialist within given timescales and against the standards required
- Demonstrates a passion to become a Clinical Nurse Specialist in palliative and end of life care within a time bound period
- Emotional resilience to manage excessive exposure to those with life limiting illnesses and families in distress
- Desire to develop clinical and leadership skills, including promoting collaborative working.
- Attends supervision
- Caring, kind, empathetic and compassionate.
Desirable
- Ability to use initiative, work autonomously and prioritise workload.
- Awareness of the need for sensitivity, compassion and confidentiality and ability to cope with sensitive issues.
- Ability to make decisions in complex situations across a range of situations
- Confident decision maker
- Positive change agent, enthusiastic, assertive and positive attitude
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First degree in nursing (CV)
- Evidence of working within palliative care or similar (I)
- Experience of working as a Registered Nurse with current NMC registration and evidence of recent CPD (I)
- Clean UK Driving Licence and use of own vehicle
Desirable
- Leadership experience (I)
- Physical assessment skills (or willingness to undertake) (I)
- Independent prescriber (or willingness to undertake). (I)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of caring for dying people (Ap)
- Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills with good command of spoken English and numeracy skills. (Ap and test)
- Understanding of clinical governance including patient safety (I)
- Confident in use of electronic records
- Able to confidently use computer packages such as PowerPoint, Word etc
Desirable
- Experience of audit, standard setting and/or clinical governance
- Knowledge of symptom control towards the end of life (I)
- Demonstrate understanding of current professional nursing issues relating to palliative and end of life care
- Community Nursing experience
Attitude and Behaviours
Essential
- Commitment to develop into a clinical nurse specialist within given timescales and against the standards required
- Demonstrates a passion to become a Clinical Nurse Specialist in palliative and end of life care within a time bound period
- Emotional resilience to manage excessive exposure to those with life limiting illnesses and families in distress
- Desire to develop clinical and leadership skills, including promoting collaborative working.
- Attends supervision
- Caring, kind, empathetic and compassionate.
Desirable
- Ability to use initiative, work autonomously and prioritise workload.
- Awareness of the need for sensitivity, compassion and confidentiality and ability to cope with sensitive issues.
- Ability to make decisions in complex situations across a range of situations
- Confident decision maker
- Positive change agent, enthusiastic, assertive and positive attitude
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
