Clinical Nurse Specialist

• Providing expert advice and care to patients and their families, both through scheduled face-to-face visits and telephone support
• Working as part of a supportive and integrated clinical team, covering Brighton & Hove and surrounding area
• Delivering specialist palliative care in collaboration with primary care network colleagues
• Sharing clinical responsibility for patients referred to the hospice, supported by our community manager and medical team

• Provide expertise and advanced skills to facilitate and promote the individualised

• Assess, review, support and ensure the safe and effective case management of

• Offer continuing support and advice to family and carers and provide palliative and

• Link with staff across all providers to promote fully integrated team working.
• Participate in the promotion of patient-centred care, establishing and maintaining a

• Advocate for people as they approach their end of life, ensuring that their voice is

• Ensure that care is planned around the patient and family and individualised to meet

• Receive and lead handover of patient information and status with relevant

• Provide support, information and advice to the patients diagnosed with advanced

• Support the patient in identifying realistic and achievable goals within the context of

• Provide an environment that encourages the patient to play an active part in their

• Act as an advocate for the patient when necessary.
• Participate in bereavement support when appropriate.
• Participate fully as a member of the Multi-Disciplinary Team
• Attend Gold Standard Framework (GSF) meetings

• Lead, engage and empower other staff and provide a range of formal and informal

• Support the development of team members through induction, appraisals and

• Deliver agreed targets, plan and hold regular meetings to inform, update and to

• Carry out audits on all areas to maintain standards, which include spot checks in

• Utilise Information Technology and ensure guidelines are followed when sharing

• Maintain a high professional standard in accordance with NMC Code of Professional

• If registered as a non-medical independent prescriber, prescribe in accordance

• Attend and be a member of the relevant quality and /or health and safety forums

• Access managerial support and supervision.
• Work in accordance with Southern Hospice Group policies, procedures and values.
• Contribute to a range of policy developments, governance and service

• Work flexibly, contributing to improved ways of working and the development of the

• Manage longer term initiatives and improvement projects, as required.
• Engage technology and optimise ways of working to improve efficiency.
• Actively contribute to team and individual development, embracing opportunities to

• Ensure positive representation in all interactions, working in partnership with other

• Promote a culture which respects and values diversity and supports

• Ensure care within practice is consistent with the principles of the Mental Capacity

• Contribute to the development and delivery of Southern Hospice Group education

• Effectively and safely use financial and physical resources

• Retain accurate, contemporaneous records that ensures safety, continuity of patient

Essential

• Advanced Communication skills training or equivalent experience dealing with bad news. Complex casework and collaborating with
• others. Significant post registration and specialist palliative care experience is essential for this role within a charity/ hospice/ hospital or community setting. Experience of working in a community
• environment. Experience of managing a caseload of patients
• independently and managing a diverse caseload. Management experience including staff and budgets. Experience of leading on service development projects. Experience in providing multi professional education

Essential

• Registered Nurse. Degree in a subject relevant to palliative care
• or equivalent specialist palliative care experience in the community. Advanced Physical Assessment module or willingness to undertake. Independent Prescriber or willingness to undertake. Willingness to undertake further learning as appropriate.