Clinical Nurse Specialist - Palliative Care

o To provide specialist nursing services for people with specialist palliative care needs, including their families.

o To accept responsibility for patients referred to the caseload, ensuring all patients have an accurate plan of care

o To accept responsibility as the named palliative care key worker, ensuring clear documentation in patient records

o To attend and ensure that appropriate palliative care patients on the caseload are discussed at the weekly MDT

o To liaise with local community, social services, paramedics and voluntary organisations in order to develop existing services

o Ensure all patients receive appropriate follow-up and relevant information is available to enable patients to make an informed choice about their treatment and future care

o To work with the Palliative Care Team to support the ongoing implementation of the 5 priorities for care of the dying person

o To be responsible for identifying and developing clinical protocols and strategies to enhance both the continuity and standard of specialist care whilst ensuring equity of access to the service

o To actively involve service users in providing feedback of their experience of the current service and suggestions for improvements

o To liaise with discharge coordinators and ward staff to ensure appropriate and timely discharge/follow-up arrangement in place for patients

To provide specialist nursing services for people with specialist palliative care needs, including their families and significant others.

To accept responsibility for patients referred to the caseload, ensuring all patients have an accurate plan of care, which reflects the assessment undertaken and incorporates the issues and recommendations made

To accept responsibility as the named palliative care key worker, ensuring clear documentation in the patients records

To co-ordinate a seamless service through the development of enhanced Multidisciplinary team (MDT) processes and communication

To attend and ensure that appropriate palliative care patients on the caseload are discussed at the weekly MDT

To liaise with local community, social services, paramedics and voluntary organisations in order to develop existing services for clients, carers and health professional

Ensure all patients receive appropriate follow-up and relevant information is available to enable patients to make an informed choice about their treatment and future care

To work with the MDT to develop, implement and evaluate integrated care pathways and systems of MDT documentation, including the care of the dying person

To work with the Palliative Care Team to support the ongoing implementation of the 5 priorities for care of the dying person

To be responsible for identifying and developing clinical protocols and strategies to enhance both the continuity and standard of specialist care whilst ensuring equity of access to the service

To actively involve service users in providing feedback of their experience of the current service and suggestions for improvements

To liaise with discharge coordinators and ward staff to ensure appropriate and timely discharge/follow-up arrangement in place for patients

To participate in relevant forums at Care Group, Trust, CCG, Cancer Network or National/International Level to represent the service perspective

To ensure all care is given in accordance with agreed protocols and guidelines

To produce and provide all patients and relatives / carers with relevant and accessible written information regarding palliative care in accordance with Trust standard

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. Transforming Healthcare is the vision at the heart of the King's Strategy - 2026 to 2031. Together, we are pursuing six strategic ambitions: delivering high-quality patient care; being a great place to work; leading pioneering research, innovation and education; building strong and successful partnerships; providing timely and efficient care; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability. Achieving these ambitions will require all of us to work as one Team King's, united by a shared commitment to our values of being caring, collaborative, inclusive and innovative. By living these values every day, we will transform healthcare for our patients, our communities and each other

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

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