Enhanced Practitioner - End of Life Care

Job summary

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trustis leading a bold transformation inCommunity and Palliative End of Life Careacross the county. Our vision is simple yet powerful: to ensure people nearing the end of life experience apeaceful, dignified death in the place of their choosing.

Currently, Cornwall has one of the highest rates of hospital stays during the last 90 days of life, a clear signal that change is needed. We are creating a morepatient-centred, community-based approachthat brings compassionate care closer to home in the last year of their life or nearing the end of life.

As part of our growing service, we are:

Reducing unnecessary hospital admissions

Deliveringpersonalised care plansto support home-based care

In collaboration with theMacmillan Social Investment Fundand local partners, we're expanding services including:

A 24/7Rapid Community Response and Care Service

A dedicatedEnd of Life Care phone linefor public and professionals

Strengthened voluntary sector partnerships and our Hospital@Home virtual service

We have opportunities available across various localities within the county, offering flexibility in base location depending on service need and candidate preference with a requirement to cover Cornwall and the Isles of Scillys.

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to be a practitioner who can demonstrate a broad range of competencies who isable to adapt to a wide variety of clinical circumstances. You will be part of a community team whereyour proven ability to make high level clinical decisions will aid patient recovery. This will include directworking with Home First, and community nursing teams, in addition collaboration with GPs, CornwallCouncil, voluntary partners, secondary care, and community hospitals. This role is pivotal in supporting the implementation of the Ageing Well programme and the Embrace Community Intervention offer(CIO).

This position provides the successful clinician with a rare opportunity to help test and inform the development of advanced clinical roles within an evolving community service. Working alongside partner organisations your skills and tenacity will support the integration of existing care providers to enhance the timely delivery of care to our population in Cornwall.

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.