Job summary
*INTERNAL MPFT APPLICANTS ONLY*
Do you want to help patients at the end of their life?
Do you want the satisfaction of a job well done?
Do you want to develop you knowledge and skills in palliative and end of life care?
This is an ideal time to be part of and influence the development of palliative care within Staffordshire, working in close collaboration with our system partners.
The Palliative Care Coordination Centre is piloting an expanded End of Life Home Care Pathway and as part of this work we would looking for a Band 6 Palliative Care Lead (Development) with an interest and experience in Palliative Care.
The role will be supporting the Pathway on triage and patient assessments, but there will also be many opportunities as part of the role to develop into the skills and knowledge to apply for a Band 7 position when one becomes available.
As a service, we have a commitment to building an inclusive, varied workplace that welcomes people of all backgrounds.
The services operates 7 days a week 365 days a year with core contracted hours of operation between 9am and 6pm. This post is based at Bradwell Hospital in Newcastle under Lyme, but some time will be spent at Norton Cane Health Centre with some travelling across the County.
Don't delay, take a chance, give us a call, you won't regret it.
It will be extremely advantageous to speak to us before you apply, as we are not a traditional palliative care team.
Main duties of the job
As a member of the Palliative and End of Life Care Team the post holder will work under the direct or indirect supervision of the Palliative Care Leads and be accountable to the Nurse Consultants. As a band 6 professional you will be expected to work in line with your achieved competence framework with minimal direct supervision on a day to day basis but with the knowledge that senior clinical staff will be available to support the development of new competencies and to debrief and provide advice and information through challenging situations relating to the speciality.
This developmental role is designed to equip the clinician with the skills, knowledge and experience through a structured development programme that will be agreed through the MPFT clinical supervision and appraisal process. This will be designed around the role progression requirements and the individuals existing skill knowledge and experience. This programme will ensure you get the opportunities to attend the relevant courses and gain the appropriate skills and competencies to be successfully progress to a band 7 role in the team. There is an expectation that this development will vary depending on the existing skills and progression of the postholder. This may take up to approximately 2 years (but not guaranteed) dependent on individual progress towards agreed goals and the availability of vacant band 7 posts.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, milage paid at business rate s
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- To act as an advisor in palliative and end of life care, maximizing the potential of community services and enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of discharge pathways and processes to meet the modern NHS agenda, through developing the knowledge, skills and competence of team members.
- Work in partnership with a range of medical staff, community nursing, allied healthcare professionals, specialist palliative care providers, social care and other agencies in the implementation of patient care to facilitate integrated, effective working between the MPFT workforce and the wider health/social care team.
- To participate in complex skilled nursing activities directly related to the assessment, planning and evaluation of patient care. including those with complex medical/nursing needs, in order to support and empower MPFT staff, under the direct or indirect supervision of the Palliative Care Leads and be accountable to the Nurse Consultants.
- Collaborate with Palliative Care Leads / senior clinical colleagues and medical practitioners to lead the implementation of care and treatment plans reflecting patient / carer needs and preferences for Palliative and End of Life Care.
- Utilise knowledge of medicines management and decision making skills in relation to this.
- Develop clinically effective and therapeutic working relationships with patients and relatives using advanced communication skills, to enable patient and family to make informed decisions, participate in care planning and discuss complex and contentious sensitive information related to end of life issues.
- To build relationships across professional and organisational boundaries across the health economy, breaking down barriers and enhancing the patient experience.
- Support nursing practice within palliative care and understand opportunities to influence local strategy.
- Role model, teach and support teams to utilise validated tools to promote provision of high quality palliative and end of life care services.
- To support programs of clinical audit consistent with MPFTs governance framework and national palliative and end of life care quality standards.
- To support and contribute to multidisciplinary palliative care clinical meetings across a variety of care settings.
- To participate in peer support, education and clinical mentorship with other members of the palliative and end of life care team. To participate in regular supervision during the development role and give verbal reports to the Nurse Consultants and undertake regular evaluation of the role. To work with the Team and identify individual needs to allow the development of the clinician into a palliative leadership role.
- To maintain an up to date level of research and evidence based professional knowledge and competence.
- Support the development of the service by ensuring patient and public engagement.
- Participate in service development through undertaking need assessments and mapping activities to identify service gaps and service development opportunities.
- To ensure that the service is safe, caring, responsive, effective and well led through promoting best practice, investigating and learning from incidents, utilising research and audit findings.
- To support with the delivery and evaluation of a range of education programs for students and multidisciplinary colleagues consistent with the workforce training needs analysis and education strategy.
- To support the development of competency frameworks and education packages to underpin standards and policies to achieve a consistent approach to palliative and end of life care across MPFT.
- To support and participate in the training and development of staff, and where appropriate colleagues from the voluntary and independent sector, as well as students, carers and patients.
- To promote personal, professional, and clinical expertise through regular supervision, evaluation and continual professional development.
- To support a range of colleagues with the identification of patients with palliative or end of life care needs, irrespective of diagnosis or location and utilising recognised tools and metrics to inform practice and decision making.
- See attached JD
Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- To act as an advisor in palliative and end of life care, maximizing the potential of community services and enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of discharge pathways and processes to meet the modern NHS agenda, through developing the knowledge, skills and competence of team members.
- Work in partnership with a range of medical staff, community nursing, allied healthcare professionals, specialist palliative care providers, social care and other agencies in the implementation of patient care to facilitate integrated, effective working between the MPFT workforce and the wider health/social care team.
- To participate in complex skilled nursing activities directly related to the assessment, planning and evaluation of patient care. including those with complex medical/nursing needs, in order to support and empower MPFT staff, under the direct or indirect supervision of the Palliative Care Leads and be accountable to the Nurse Consultants.
- Collaborate with Palliative Care Leads / senior clinical colleagues and medical practitioners to lead the implementation of care and treatment plans reflecting patient / carer needs and preferences for Palliative and End of Life Care.
- Utilise knowledge of medicines management and decision making skills in relation to this.
- Develop clinically effective and therapeutic working relationships with patients and relatives using advanced communication skills, to enable patient and family to make informed decisions, participate in care planning and discuss complex and contentious sensitive information related to end of life issues.
- To build relationships across professional and organisational boundaries across the health economy, breaking down barriers and enhancing the patient experience.
- Support nursing practice within palliative care and understand opportunities to influence local strategy.
- Role model, teach and support teams to utilise validated tools to promote provision of high quality palliative and end of life care services.
- To support programs of clinical audit consistent with MPFTs governance framework and national palliative and end of life care quality standards.
- To support and contribute to multidisciplinary palliative care clinical meetings across a variety of care settings.
- To participate in peer support, education and clinical mentorship with other members of the palliative and end of life care team. To participate in regular supervision during the development role and give verbal reports to the Nurse Consultants and undertake regular evaluation of the role. To work with the Team and identify individual needs to allow the development of the clinician into a palliative leadership role.
- To maintain an up to date level of research and evidence based professional knowledge and competence.
- Support the development of the service by ensuring patient and public engagement.
- Participate in service development through undertaking need assessments and mapping activities to identify service gaps and service development opportunities.
- To ensure that the service is safe, caring, responsive, effective and well led through promoting best practice, investigating and learning from incidents, utilising research and audit findings.
- To support with the delivery and evaluation of a range of education programs for students and multidisciplinary colleagues consistent with the workforce training needs analysis and education strategy.
- To support the development of competency frameworks and education packages to underpin standards and policies to achieve a consistent approach to palliative and end of life care across MPFT.
- To support and participate in the training and development of staff, and where appropriate colleagues from the voluntary and independent sector, as well as students, carers and patients.
- To promote personal, professional, and clinical expertise through regular supervision, evaluation and continual professional development.
- To support a range of colleagues with the identification of patients with palliative or end of life care needs, irrespective of diagnosis or location and utilising recognised tools and metrics to inform practice and decision making.
- See attached JD
Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- RGN/RN Degree level qualification
- Palliative Care course OR relevant significant palliative care experience as an RGN/RN.
- Palliative Care course OR relevant significant palliative care experience as an RGN/RN.
Desirable
- Leadership Qualification/study
- Independent prescribing
- Health Assessment Qualification
Essential
Essential
- RGN/RN Degree level qualification
- Palliative Care course OR relevant significant palliative care experience as an RGN/RN.
- Demonstrate a commitment to further training and development commensurate with the grade
Desirable
- Leadership Qualification/study
- Independent prescribing
- Health Assessment Qualification
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- RGN/RN Degree level qualification
- Palliative Care course OR relevant significant palliative care experience as an RGN/RN.
- Palliative Care course OR relevant significant palliative care experience as an RGN/RN.
Desirable
- Leadership Qualification/study
- Independent prescribing
- Health Assessment Qualification
Essential
Essential
- RGN/RN Degree level qualification
- Palliative Care course OR relevant significant palliative care experience as an RGN/RN.
- Demonstrate a commitment to further training and development commensurate with the grade
Desirable
- Leadership Qualification/study
- Independent prescribing
- Health Assessment Qualification
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Oak Ward, Bradwell Hospital
Talke Road, Bradwell
Newcastle under Lyme
ST5 7NJ
Employer's website
https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
