Ambulatory Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist

The Clinical Nurse Specialist will act as the clinical expert andprofessional resource to the generalist multi-professional team caring for these patients in the community, and to palliative patients and their carers.

The CNS will participate in the rota as the Ambulatory Specialist Palliative Care Team triage coordinator within the IMPaCT Hub, triaging referrals for ambulatory services, and coordinating and responding to requests for advice and support from patients, their carers, and other healthcare professionals caring for these patients.

The post holder will carry responsibility a defined case load, offering specialist advice include setting standards of care, the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. The CNS will conduct and coordinate independent holistic assessments, and nurse-led follow up clinics for this caseload, using all available media, including face to face in the department, attend anywhere, telephone, and on occasion, in the patient's own home.

The post holder will contribute to achieving the objectives of the clinical Palliative Care & Acute Oncology corporate objectives and work within the clinical governance framework.

The post holder will also be required to support the Hospice at Home service as a Band 6 Clinical Coordinator in cases of absence. This may include participating in their on call Rota, covering the service remotely 09:00-17:00 at weekends and on bank holidays.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Qualifications

Essential: - Registered Nurse / Midwife; - Post-basic specialist Qualification relevant to speciality; - Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable: - Recordable specialist qualification; - Independent Nurse Prescribing; - ECDL

Experience

Essential: - Post registration experience; - Extensive clinical experience; - Involvement in audit

Desirable: - Participation in research; - Evidence of leading and facilitating change

Knowledge

Essential: - In depth specialist knowledge

Skills

Other

Essential: - Diplomatic; - Assertive and confident; - Recognition of own limitations; - Able to travel between sites; - Flexibility