Clinical Nurse Specialist Palliative Care

Job summary

We are offering an exciting opportunity to join the established and dynamic Specialist Palliative Care Team. This post will be based within the existing Community Specialist Palliative Care Team offering ongoing support, working alongside staff to ensure that people with specialist palliative care needs are in receipt of the care they require to achieve the best quality of life possible. We are seeking an enthusiastic, committed and motivated nurse with experience in palliative and end of life care to join our team. This post holder will support the delivery of clinically effective, efficient and high-quality care to people with complex specialist palliative care needs, ensuring that this care is both evidence based and reflects current best practice.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for delivering expert specialist palliative nursing advice, tosupport and facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients with complex palliative care needs. The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) will demonstrate high levels of decision making, monitoring and improving standards of care through supervision of practice, clinical audit, research, teaching and by providing support to professional colleagues. The post holder will participate in a rota providing a seven day service.

The post holder will have responsibility for ensuring that her/his specialist service is reflective of the Trust Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and will support the Clinical Lead in achieving all appropriate KPI's and outcomes for Specialist Palliative Care.

The post holder will provide professional advice and leadership acting as a resource tomembers of the multi-professional team providing core level palliative care.

About us

At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of "excellent health care, improved health for all". We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.

As part of the NHS People Promise, your wellbeing is our priority, and we are committed to ensuring our employees achieve a healthy work-life balance supported by ourflexible working optionsand by making reasonable adjustments where possible. We believe no-one should have to sacrifice family, friends, or their personal interests for work. We are a modern employer able to attract and retain high quality staff through our commitment to the NHS People Promise.

As an employer, we foster an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to contribute their best. We want to ensure that our workforce is representative of the population we serve. More information -inclusive practice people promise.

Dudley Group offer many opportunities for our staff to develop and grow within their roles through our Learning & OD Team. These include topics such as communication, wellbeing, team development, cultural competency, and values.

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