End of Life Care Facilitator

Job summary

To work with the Speciaslist End of Life team to deliever a high quality person centred approach to service delivery which always considers people's safety, privacy and dignity using specialist clinical knowledge that is evidence based. To positively support, influence and improve the quality of the clinical environment by the provision of research, audit, and education to facilitate improvements in patient care and organisational development. To provide specialist advice, support, supervision and continuous professional development activities. To plan, implement and review evidence based improvement programmes in a range of settings to drive continuous quality improvement in the delivery of high quality and safe care for patients and service users

Main duties of the job

The key responsibilities of this role include a clinical focus on specialist professional end of life advice, education, and guidance to others through the maintenance of personal professional development and evidence-based learning. Continuous development and proficiency to educate and support development of clinical skills, procedures, and interventions to others, plan, deliver and evaluate learning programmes and study days. Take appropriate action to improve quality standards through clinical audit, incident reviews and responding and supporting the management of complaints, whilst also challenging poor practice and take appropriate action making full use of current support systems.

To inspire and demonstrate leadership qualities through delivery of specialist clinical knowledge and skills to ensure safe delivery of care. demonstrating of personal qualities, continuous service improvements, and setting direction. Disseminate evidence-based practice and audit findings through local and/or regional presentation to professional groups. Participate in the process of influencing policy making, procedures, protocols and clinical guidelines, internally and externally, necessary to support the service.

Take responsibility for implementing policies and proposing changes to practices, procedures for own area and those which impact beyond own area. Support the management of change through strategic thinking, negotiating skills, self-awareness and effective communication

About us

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of theirlives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a widerange of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or verygood experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference.Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urbanlocations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots ofways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testamentto our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe inequal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, whereeveryone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be thebest version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, andteach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better everyday through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.