Palliative Care Nurse

We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated nurse who is passionate about palliative and end of life care to join the hospital based Palliative Care team. You will play an active part in clinical practice, education, research/audit and the implementation of national guidelines.

Applications for this post are invited from nurses who have experience in Palliative and EOLC care. You should also have a degree/or working towards this, a palliative care qualification and excellent communication skills. You should be committed to continuing education.

We offer a friendly and challenging working environment with a strong commitment to personal professional development.

Main duties of the job

• Advise and provide specialist palliative care for those patients recognised throughout the Trust as requiring palliative or terminal care as a result of a malignant or non-malignant progressive disease.
• To increase the standards of palliative and end of life care across the Trust through the provision of direct patient care, educating other health care professionals and developing services.
• The successful applicant will work as part of a well-established dynamic multi disciplinary team who provide specialist advice and support to patients, their relatives and all members of the health care teams with the hospital. The service is offered to patients with both malignant and non-malignant disease.
• You will be responsible for managing a caseload of patients with specialist needs. The team provides a 7 day specialist palliative care visiting service within the hospital.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

Job responsibilities

• Act in a consultancy role as an expert in palliative care, offering specialist advice, guidance and supervision to clinical staff, patients and carers referring to a Band 7 CNS as necessary
• Demonstrate patient centred approach to the assessment planning
• Implementation and evaluation of care for palliative care patients through the use of a holistic assessment approach
• Provide excellent symptom management to patients and refer complex cases to the appropriate specialist practitioner
• Work collaboratively with the Palliative Medical Consultants and other members of the palliative care team to promote a multi-disciplinary approach to care across the Trust
• Lead on palliative care discharges and fast track patients to their preferred place of care in a timely fashion to reduce length of stay and avoid re‑admissions. Communicate with all health care professionals involved to promote a seamless service for patients and their families.

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further information

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered general nurse level 1
• Current NMC Registration
• Evidence of continuous professional developmet

Experience

• Demonstrates good communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written
• Experience in leadership
• Awareness of palliative and EOLC guidance
• Ability to work independently and as a team member
• Leadership course
• Experience of change management

Skills & Knowledge

• Multi professional working
• Training and education of other health care professionals
• Analytical and assessment skills
• Previous palliative care experience
• Ability to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations

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.

£40,617 to £48,778 a yearper annum incl HCAS