Brent Community Team Clinical Nurse Specialist

• Job Purpose and scope

• Demonstrate leadership through clinical expertise, delivering high standards of personalised care by acting as a key worker identifying needs through a holistic needs assessment and co-creating a care and support plan with people living with cancer and other life limiting illnesses.
• Provides a recognisable experience by ensuring people living with cancer /limited life expectancy are aware they are interacting with a specialist professional and know the full range of resources and services available through, navigating and coordinating where necessary.

• Works in collaboration with services across the cancer/and other disease pathways, to implement plans and tomonitortheireffectiveness in improving service delivery and meeting the needs of people living with cancer and other palliative diagnosis.
• Leads by example, contributes to the delivery of specialist education and training to other professionals involved in patient care; promotes best practice; supports and coaches less experienced colleagues to achieve high quality, personalised care for people living with cancer and other life limiting illnesses.
• Supports in demonstrating the impact of the post, contributing to progress reviews and regularly capturing and returning outcome and performance metrics.
• Act as a role model, demonstrating high standards of care and providing clinical leadership to others.
• Promotes a culture that supports and enables self-management.
• Supports St Lukes strategy and vision by leading the development, management and promotion of services, ensuring the delivery of high quality, cost effective care.

Essential

• Ability to communicate effectively and sensitively
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Effective time management skills
• Ability to manage conflict
• Ability to demonstrate organisational skills
• Ability to manage time
• Excellent written, and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work in a confident and professional manner
• Self aware, reflective and proactive identifying and meeting own development needs
• Ability to practice safely and autonomously
• Be resourceful flexible and resilient.
• Demonstrate the ability to innovate and motivate others

Essential

• Knowledge of palliative care and symptom management and the ability to use in care planning
• Experience of working at Band 6 or above
• Experience of leading and managing
• Experience of working as part of a multi professional team
• Experience of mentorship and teaching
• Evidence of Holistic assessment skills and clear decision making skills
• IT skills
• Education/ presentation skills
• A working knowledge of clinical governance and evidence based practice

Desirable

• Experience in Oncology / Dementia / chronic conditions and or palliative care
• Specialist knowledge of palliative care and symptom management
• Experience of clinical supervision
• Experience of Community Nursing
• Awareness of the use of clinical supervision in practice
• Experience of working as a Specialist Palliative Care CNS
• Experience of audit and research

Essential

• NMC Registration RGN/RN Level 1
• Degree/Masters level of study in Health related topic (or willing to work towards)
• Post registration qualification in palliative care and or oncology / dementia / (or willing to work towards appropriate levels )
• Independent Nurse Prescribing (or willing to work towards)

Desirable

• MSC in related Health Topic
• Teaching Qualification
• Leadership training course
• Advanced communication skills training

Essential

• Car owner/driver
• Willingness to work to meet the demands of the service