Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse to join the Hospice at Home team as a Nurse Coordinator.
The post older will maintain the delivery of high standards of clinical practice that hold patients and their families at the centre to ensure that they receive safe, quality care that gives them a good experience. They shall work with Macmillan to ensure the team are delivering the six principles of End of Life care.
- To assume 24-hour responsibility for a designated case-load of complex patients referred to the service for domically end of life care.
- To maintain standards of care through evaluating and implementing evidence-based practice.
- To ensure the day to day coordination of the Hospice at Home team.
- To lead and develop a team of support workers and admin.
- To delegate work appropriately according to skill mix ensuring maintenance of safety within the community.
- To ensure the 6 principles of End of Life care are embedded.
- To work with the Specialist Palliative Care team/other Community teams to ensure optimum support to the patients at the end of life who wish to be cared for at home.
- To facilitate urgent response to patient need in order that the patient can remain at home or have rapid discharge from hospital.
- To lead changes in practice and evaluate the service model.
- To offer urgent review and assessment of patients in the acute trust who require fast track palliative discharge home.
Main duties of the job
Specialist Clinical Practice
- To assess the health-related needs of patients, clients, their families and other carers and identify and initiate appropriate steps for effective care for the individuals and groups. This may mean referrals to other services/community teams.
- To assess, plan, provide and evaluate specialist clinical nursing care to meet the care needs of individual patients and carers in their own homes.
- To oversee the provision of individual patient care by personal participation in order to maintain skills as an expert practitioner.
- To analyse and evaluate personal clinical performance in a reflective manner to ensure continued personal and professional development and the maintenance of an up-to-date knowledge base.
- To prescribe appropriate items from the Nurse Prescribing Formulary when required.
- To work with Trust policies and procedures that ensure patient safety at all times
About us
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.
Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.
We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.
Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.
We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Patient & Client Care
- Facilitates and participates in problem solving processes to resolve issues relating to patient care and staff management
- Investigate patients complaints responding within the required timeframe as directed by the Clinical operational Manager.
- Supports by collaboration with other disciplines to develop practice guidelines for the Hospice at Home Service.
- Supports the development of tools to evaluate systems and processes to evidence quality of practice and patient outcomes.
- Contributes to risk management, patient safety and clinical governance in the team
- Take a lead in disseminating good practice and evidence-based practice across the wider community.
- Demonstrate delivery of evidence based clinically effective practice, ensuring awareness of current legislation, education and policy
- Facilitate patient choice around care, health outcomes and quality lifestyle
- To provide clinical leadership to the Hospice at Home team.
- To support and positively influence patient, care and public involvement in all pathway and evaluation of services
- Be accountable for ensuring risk management patient safety & clinical governance is embedded in all service lines as part of the integrated community team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Patient & Client Care
- Facilitates and participates in problem solving processes to resolve issues relating to patient care and staff management
- Investigate patients complaints responding within the required timeframe as directed by the Clinical operational Manager.
- Supports by collaboration with other disciplines to develop practice guidelines for the Hospice at Home Service.
- Supports the development of tools to evaluate systems and processes to evidence quality of practice and patient outcomes.
- Contributes to risk management, patient safety and clinical governance in the team
- Take a lead in disseminating good practice and evidence-based practice across the wider community.
- Demonstrate delivery of evidence based clinically effective practice, ensuring awareness of current legislation, education and policy
- Facilitate patient choice around care, health outcomes and quality lifestyle
- To provide clinical leadership to the Hospice at Home team.
- To support and positively influence patient, care and public involvement in all pathway and evaluation of services
- Be accountable for ensuring risk management patient safety & clinical governance is embedded in all service lines as part of the integrated community team.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
Desirable
application and face to face interview
Essential
- RGN
- Effective interpersonal skills and communication skills
- experience of community work in palliative care setting
Desirable
- Previous experience of delivering teaching session
- previous experience of managing a team
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
Desirable
application and face to face interview
Essential
- RGN
- Effective interpersonal skills and communication skills
- experience of community work in palliative care setting
Desirable
- Previous experience of delivering teaching session
- previous experience of managing a team
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.
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).
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.
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).
