Job summary
We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic nurse to join a new collaborative project involving the Integrated Community Team and Specialist Palliative Care. The project involves close working between the two services and oversight is provided by the Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board (NICB). The post holder will be based within the Live handover offices at Lotus House providing expert Palliative Care advice and support to professionals working within the Integrated Community team. These staff may well be with patients in the community who have specialist palliative care needs, you will be the one offering support, advice, symptom control and expertise in how to manage the patients situation within the environment they are in. Expertise in supporting families and offering guidance on how to manage deteriorating patients is fundamental to this role, the intention being to manage patients in their own homes and reduce the number of patients transferred to hospital inappropriately. You will have excellent access to clinical and psychological supervision, relevant training, peer support and appraisal to underpin and develop you in your role.
This post is initially a 12 month fixed term/secondment opportunity, in that time the post holder is expected to work closely with Service Managers and Heads of Service to identify how this post should progress and whether any amendments are required to the job description before recruiting substantively
Main duties of the job
The Live Handover Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (PCCNS) will join an Integrated Community Team supported by Specialist Palliative Care teams that work in the community across Northamptonshire. The PCCNS will act as an expert resource and influence patient care by:
Providing palliative care advice and resources to patients with cancer and other life-limiting illness in the most appropriate setting or supporting NHFT staff to do so.
Telephone triaging of referrals requiring specialist palliative care advice/support
Working as an effective team member of the integrated community team including the specialist palliative care team, collaborating with other specialist palliative care professionals, primary healthcare teams and care providers.
The PCCNS will have highly specialist knowledge and skills and the ability to impart these skills eloquently and efficiently in short telephone conversations
The PCCNS will work collaboratively between the integrated community team and Specialist Palliative Care, and be able to communicate progress to both teams and Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board (NICB)
About us
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly welcome.
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Adult) /Current NMC Registration
- Masters level qualification or equivalent level of knowledge
- Recognised qualification in palliative care, or working towards
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- Demonstrates recent advanced clinical knowledge of palliative and end of life carecommitment to and recent evidence of further education and personal development
- Completion of V300 Non-medical prescribing
- Advanced Communication skills course
Desirable
- Advanced symptom management course
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Evidence of a high level of palliative care knowledge both cancer and non-cancer and its application to practice setting
- Evidence of well-developed critical decision making skills which is evidence-based
- Sound knowledge and participation in research, measuring patient outcomes, audit
- Demonstrates current knowledge of national and local policies and drivers
- Led on audit/project management/service developements
Desirable
- Recent community experience
- Experience of telephone triage e.g. rapid response, 24 hour support line
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to provide clinical advice, triage referrals ensuring an effective and timely response
- Ability to assess and monitor a patients holistic needs primarily through a virtual process e.g. telephone
- High level of clinical skills relevant to specialty with a sound understanding of reversible causes
- Experience of working within a pressurised environment
- Computer literate being able to write and maintain accurate documentation
Desirable
- Experience of working within a highly pressurized environment and complex management of palliative care patients over the telephone
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Adult) /Current NMC Registration
- Masters level qualification or equivalent level of knowledge
- Recognised qualification in palliative care, or working towards
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- Demonstrates recent advanced clinical knowledge of palliative and end of life carecommitment to and recent evidence of further education and personal development
- Completion of V300 Non-medical prescribing
- Advanced Communication skills course
Desirable
- Advanced symptom management course
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Evidence of a high level of palliative care knowledge both cancer and non-cancer and its application to practice setting
- Evidence of well-developed critical decision making skills which is evidence-based
- Sound knowledge and participation in research, measuring patient outcomes, audit
- Demonstrates current knowledge of national and local policies and drivers
- Led on audit/project management/service developements
Desirable
- Recent community experience
- Experience of telephone triage e.g. rapid response, 24 hour support line
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to provide clinical advice, triage referrals ensuring an effective and timely response
- Ability to assess and monitor a patients holistic needs primarily through a virtual process e.g. telephone
- High level of clinical skills relevant to specialty with a sound understanding of reversible causes
- Experience of working within a pressurised environment
- Computer literate being able to write and maintain accurate documentation
Desirable
- Experience of working within a highly pressurized environment and complex management of palliative care patients over the telephone
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
