Associate Specialist Palliative Care Nurse

Job summary

Join Our Team: Palliative Care Specialist Opportunity

We are seeking a dedicated professional to provide evidence-based palliative care, advice, and support to patients diagnosed with cancer or other life-limiting illnesses, along with their caregivers. In this role, you will be accountable for your own professional actions without direct supervision.

The post will also include providing education to registered nurses in care homes to support EOL care in these facilities

Key Responsibilities:

Plan and deliver education to residential and nursing homes to maximise care to palliative patients

• Deliver high-quality palliative care as part of a seven-day service, collaborating with nursing, medical, and AHP colleagues across departmental and organisational boundaries
• Provide guidance on a variety of clinical and ethical issues, promoting palliative care education among various professional disciplines
• Support clinical audits within your area of practice, contributing to the process of Clinical Governance for the Trust

If you are passionate about improving the quality of life for patients and their families during challenging times, we invite you to apply and join our compassionate team.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a dedicated and compassionate Community Palliative Care Nurse to join our team, managing a caseload of patients and their families or caregivers with palliative care needs. You will assess, develop, and implement individualised care programs tailored to the unique needs of each patient. You will deliver education to care home staff to support palliative care.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with registered nurses in care homes to educate in palliative and end of life care
• Manage a caseload of patients and their families or carers with palliative care needs, assessing, developing, and implementing comprehensive care programs
• Provide expert palliative care advice and support to patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals, utilising your specialist knowledge to , pain and symptom management, psychosocial needs, and ethical dilemmas. Collaborate with other Palliative Care Nurses as necessary
• Assist patients in achieving self-care when appropriate and educate caregivers to enable them to provide effective support at home
• Establish and maintain highly effective communication with patients, caregivers, and professionals across health and social care, developing therapeutic relationships to navigate sensitive, distressing, and complex issues
• Act as an advocate for patients, families, and caregivers when necessary, ensuring that their needs and wishes are prioritised.
• Work flexibly and during unsocial hours to meet the demands of the service

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.