End of Life Care Practice Facilitator (Learning Disabilities)

Job summary

Do you want to make a difference to the people of Somerset at a time of their lives when they need it most?

Are you someone with a background of working with those with learning disabilities?

We have an exciting post to suit all geographies of Somerset to help an established and highly regarded county wide End of Life care service providing outstanding care to people in their last days of life.

You will join an integrated and multidisciplinary team as an educator and facilitator of excellent care. The post holder will improve care in the last days of life through a coordinated education approach across Somerset care providers as part of the ICB funded integrated approach to End of Life care (EOLC). Improve our culture, communication and collaboration to enhance the care of those in their last days and those important to them.

The role will have a base in the West of the county, working across both acute trusts and the community countywide. It would suit anyone with an interest and skill in the subject area who lives in or near Somerset.

We are specifically seeking someone who is looking to add dedicated education hours to their existing clinical role in end of life care.

Main duties of the job

To design, deliver and evaluate the impact of education around EOLC topics to lead to overall improvement to the quality of care in the last days of life

This two days a week position will exist alongside the applicant's existing clinical role to allow them opportunity to improve end of life care within their service.

The post is open to all nursing staff working in/with recent experience of working in learning disabilitieswho are passionate about this area; it is not exclusive to NHS employed individuals

About us

Our vision at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is clear: to deliver outstanding services that meet the needs of our population. To do that, we make a total of 1.7 million patient contacts every year; focusing on prevention and early support, helping people to stay well for longer.

We're the first NHS Trust on the English mainland to take a joined-up approach to providing clinical, acute hospital, community health, mental health, learning disability and dental care services. It is what makes the Trust an exciting and dynamic environment in which to work and build a progressive career.

The Supportive and Palliative Care Team:

Core Team Purpose

We promote attention to the achievement the person is still able to make in the face of physical deterioration. We recognise the dying person's need for comfort, support, dignity and encourage them to move toward whatever degree of completion and acceptance they are able to attain in their life regarding themselves, their family, their relationship with society, and their individual conception of life's spiritual basis.