Job summary
Specialist Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist - Better Care Funded post for Care Homes
(Part time - 30 hours hrs per week)
An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Band 7 Better Care Funded - Training for Care home Specialist nurse within the palliative care team. The post will is designed to provide specialist palliative care knowledge and support to patient's carers and health and social care professionals in the community and care homes
The multi disciplinary team is forever developing and is committed to providing gold standard care to patients within our community.
This is a rare opportunity to join our dynamic team working collaboratively with other professionals to deliver a demandingbut rewarding service.
Must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner whilst working as part of the Community Specialist Palliative Care Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) in partnership with other specialist palliative care providers within the South Tees Locality.
The post holder will work closely with and within the multi-organisational, multi-professional arena with statutory and non-statutory organisations including some cross boundary work within the North of England Strategic Clinical Network (NESCN), the Acute Sector, Social Care, Hospices, Care Homes and Teesside University.
Delivering palliative and End of Life education to care homes in Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland.
The Specialist Nurse will provide high quality specialist palliative care (direct and indirect) and advice to patients, carers and professionals in line with Macmillan's four Levels of Intervention for the population of Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland.
Clinical leadership and support will be provided by the Lead Cancer Nurse, Specialist Palliative Care Consultant, Nurse Consultant and MDT lead.
About us
We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
o Your Leadership Impacto Leading your Team to Successo Leading Into the Futureo Service Improvement for Beginnerso Developing your Service Improvement Skillso Lean Practitioner
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
o Explore leadership within the NHSo Promote Trust values and behaviourso Develop your leadership effectiveness and skillso Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Registered General Nurse, with current NMC registration
- Degree/ Diploma, specialist training to masters level
- Post basic qualification in palliative care at degree level or above
- Mentors & assessors qualification
- Evidence of successful completion of relevant clinical courses including independent prescribing (or willing to complete within the first year)
- Recognised teaching qualification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Advanced clinical, managerial and leadership skills in palliative care
- Proven listening and counselling skills with the ability to manage complex situations and appropriately deliver sensitive and difficult outcomes
- Ability to clinically lead and influence others
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
- Managing a caseload of complex patients
- Able to use skills of history taking and physical assessment to direct patient care
- Ability to formulate, implement and evaluate plans of care in order to meet the complex needs of palliative care patients
- Proven listening and counselling skills with the ability to manage complex situations and appropriately deliver sensitive and difficult outcomes
- Ability to clinically lead and influence others Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
Experience
Essential
- Relevant and up to date post registration experience at band 6 or above within palliative care
- Evidence of ongoing CPD in specialist palliative care
- Experience of student supervision
- Experience of developing and delivering teaching sessions
- Experience of working autonomously within palliative care
- Experience of delivering patient advocacy
- Experience of audit and evidence-based care
- Experience of cross boundary working in partnership and collaboration with health, social and voluntary sectors
- Proven leadership skills in some aspect of service development
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Registered General Nurse, with current NMC registration
- Degree/ Diploma, specialist training to masters level
- Post basic qualification in palliative care at degree level or above
- Mentors & assessors qualification
- Evidence of successful completion of relevant clinical courses including independent prescribing (or willing to complete within the first year)
- Recognised teaching qualification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Advanced clinical, managerial and leadership skills in palliative care
- Proven listening and counselling skills with the ability to manage complex situations and appropriately deliver sensitive and difficult outcomes
- Ability to clinically lead and influence others
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
- Managing a caseload of complex patients
- Able to use skills of history taking and physical assessment to direct patient care
- Ability to formulate, implement and evaluate plans of care in order to meet the complex needs of palliative care patients
- Proven listening and counselling skills with the ability to manage complex situations and appropriately deliver sensitive and difficult outcomes
- Ability to clinically lead and influence others Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
Experience
Essential
- Relevant and up to date post registration experience at band 6 or above within palliative care
- Evidence of ongoing CPD in specialist palliative care
- Experience of student supervision
- Experience of developing and delivering teaching sessions
- Experience of working autonomously within palliative care
- Experience of delivering patient advocacy
- Experience of audit and evidence-based care
- Experience of cross boundary working in partnership and collaboration with health, social and voluntary sectors
- Proven leadership skills in some aspect of service development
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).
