Job responsibilities
. JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY
This
senior leadership post will support the delivery of high-quality palliative
and end of life care for patients and families across the Trust, in line with
NICE guidance NG142, NG31, QS12 & QS144, the Ambitions for Palliative
and End of Life Care 20212026, and the Service Specification for Palliative
and End of Life Care for Adults January 2023. The role will also play a key
part in supporting CQC inspection readiness for End of Life Care.
The
post holder will lead the Trust-wide development of palliative and end of
life care services, working closely with the Director of Nursing, Chief Nurse
team, Heads of Nursing, CSU triumvirate teams and the Lead Clinician for
Palliative and End of Life Care to ensure a strategic, coordinated approach.
The
post holder will work in partnership with colleagues across the wider health
community, including patient and public involvement organisations, Higher
Education Institutes and the voluntary sector, to deliver the priorities of
the Leeds Palliative Care Network End of Life Care Strategy.
The
role includes professional leadership for nurses and Allied Health
Professionals delivering palliative and end of life care, ensuring
evidence-based, high-quality care across patient pathways. You will also have
line management and professional accountability for the Palliative Care
Clinical Nurse Specialist team (approximately 20 WTE), including recruitment,
performance management, workforce planning, appraisals and delegated budget
responsibility.
. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF
RESPONSIBILITY
Represent the Trust on local,
regional and national committees relating to Palliative and End of Life care
Act on behalf of the Trust to lead
the preparation for EOLC CQC inspections and lead on assurance reporting
during inspections
Using expert knowledge, practice and
critical judgement skills continually seek to identify areas of care where
current practices could be changed or modified to improve patient outcomes
Undertake root cause analysis to
investigate incidents and complaints and make recommendations and share
learning relating to palliative and end of life care
To synthesise information gained
through local and national audits, complaints and local intelligence in order
to lead changes in guidance, education and care delivery to ensure high
quality care is delivered to dying patients and their families
Be responsible for setting and
monitoring standards of care in respect to the dying patient
Prepare and present regular reports
for the organisation on the development of palliative and end of life care
services
Provide visible, strong professional
leadership for palliative and end of life care specialist nurses
Provide effective leadership through
the Heads of Nursing, CSU triumvirate teams Matrons, Clinical Educators and
Clinical Nurse Specialists to ensure patients and their families receive high
quality, responsive, appropriate nursing care in appropriate environments
within all areas of responsibility
Leads on ensuring provision of end
of life care training across Nursing and AHP workforce
Provide professional advice on end
of life care and palliative care nursing to the Chief Nurse Team, Medical,
Director, Director of Nursing Corporate, Director of Quality, Lead Cancer
Clinician, AHP leads, Heads of CSUs, Matrons and Head of Patient Experience.
Working with the Chief Nurse team
and Matrons, acting as an expert nurse for palliative and end of life care,
lead the development of palliative and end of life care nursing, ensuring
that key drivers for service improvement and workforce development are
integral to the process. Ensure robust success criteria and performance
review processes are in place which identify the impact and added value of
the palliative and end of life care nursing contribution.
As part of the Palliative Care Team,
actively contribute to delivery of the Trusts End of Life Care and
Palliative Care service targets, working with Heads of CSUs, MDTs and Matrons
to ensure implementation of national End of Life Care and Palliative Care standards
and financial targets, supporting CSUs
and MDTs to maintain and improve progress where necessary
Support CSUs and MDTs in managing
the clinical governance and risk management agendas in relation to palliative
and end of life care services
Work with the Director of Quality,
Chief Nurse, Director of Nursing Corporate, Medical Director, End of Life
Care Steering group and the Lead Clinician for Palliative and End of Life to
ensure robust performance review processes are in place in relation to
palliative and end of life care standards and service targets.
Actively contribute to the
development of the Leeds Palliative Care Network and its clinical pathways,
ensuring a patient focus to the pathways and that workforce modernisation is
integral to the pathway development
Lead on the development of patient
and public involvement strategies for palliative and end of life care
services, maximising opportunities to engage with and forge partnerships with
external organisations. Ensure processes in place to evaluate success.
Lead the development of patient
information strategies for palliative and end of life care services. Ensure
systems in place to evaluate impact and added value of patient information..
Working with the Lead Palliative and
End of Life Care Clinician and Director of Quality and Nurse Director, to
ensure that new/emerging CQC and NICE/
national guidance measures are known to all MDT and CSU staff and that the
measures are implemented to ensure consistent application of best practice
for all palliative and end of life care
patients.
Working in partnership with the
Director of Nursing Corporate and the Leeds Palliative Care and other health
community partners, develop strategic direction for palliative and end of
life and nursing across the health community
Represent the Trust at the Leeds
Palliative Care Network Group Yorkshire and other relevant cancer care
groups.
Lead the work in palliative and end
of life care, working with Triumvirate teams, Matrons and clinical Educators
to ensure that they contribute to the development of palliative and end of
life services for patients and their families.
Lead on developing through research
and audit robust outcome measures that can identify added value and
contribution to the Trusts achievement the national end of life care agenda
Raise concerns with regards to risk,
danger, malpractice or wrong doing by following the LTHT Whistleblowing
policy and supporting processes.
Act in such a way that safeguards
the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times. Is
familiar with and adheres to, the LTHT safeguarding policies.
Undertake duties on other wards or
departments as and when required by service demands or patient need.
Participate in own and others
appraisals
Undertake mandatory and priority
training within the required time scales
To fulfil the requirements as
directed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council to maintain and revalidate
registration
Actively promote and use the Leeds
Improvement method to improve the quality and safety of the service
Work closely with Research and
Innovation to promote research, disseminate outcomes and findings to support
evidence-based practice.
. THE LEEDS WAY VALUES
Our
values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this
as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our
staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
All
our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
Additionally,
the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:
Commitment to collaborative team
working across disciplines, specialities, teams, groups and the Trust
Commitment to ensure the Trust plays
a full part in contributing to Leeds health community reconfiguration
programmes including tackling health inequalities
Commitment to ensure high quality
evidence-based care is delivered
