Community Specialist Palliative Care Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide specialist palliative care advice and support to patients, carers and all health care professionals using specialist knowledge to address issues around palliative care including treatment, pain and symptom management, psycho-social needs and ethical dilemmas liaising with other Specialist Palliative Care Nurses as appropriate.

Establish and maintain highly effective communication with patients, carers, and professional across health and social care in order to develop therapeutic relationships within which sensitive, distressing and complex issues at times will require addressing.

Act as an advocate for the patient/family and / or carers when necessary. Work flexibly and unsocial hours to meet the demands of the service.

Assist patients towards self-care as appropriate and educate carers to enable them to support the patient at home and /or in hospital.

Supervise, educate and support staff of a lower band and/ or those without specialist skills to provide excellent standards of care for patients requiring palliative and end of life care.

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

If you are an International Nurse without a current NMC PIN, please do not apply for this role. To find out more about the current international nursing opportunities available to you here at the NCA, please contactInternationalNursing.OSCE@nca.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Essential and desriable

Essential

• Registered General Nurse
• Independent /Supplementary prescriber ( willingness to undertake)
• Palliative care experience
• car owner and driver
• Post registration qualification in palliative care or relevant courses / study days
• previous Band 6 experience

Desirable

• To have undertaken the psychology level 2 training, or willingness to undertake
• Excellent interpersonal skills (verbal and written) and communication skills to liaise with all disciplines both on the telephone, in person and in writing
• Positive attitude towards change and its implementation
• Literate in order to transfer information onto a computer system and standard departmental documents
• oIT keyboard skills

Skills

Essential

• Care Driver

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Specialist palliative care Team

Oldham

Oldham

OL4 1DE

Employer's website

https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)