Nursing Team Leader - Band 6

• To provide a high-quality specialist palliative care service to patients with a life limiting illness and to provide care and support for relatives and carers on the Inpatient Unit.
• To support the IPU Manager in team leadership, ensuring optimum care standards for patients and families.
• To develop and maintain effective relationships with all members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure collaborative working for the benefit of patient care
• To act as a role model and promote excellence in nursing practice
• Utilise your experience and specialist knowledge of palliative care to deliver appropriate symptom control, care and medication and support team members to develop these skills in practice

Essential

• Experience of life limiting disease management or palliative and end of life care
• Experience of team and ward management
• Experience of personalised care and support planning that includes advance care planning and treatment escalation planning
• Experience of multidisciplinary team working

Essential

• Current NMC Registration
• RN educated to Diploma or Degree level

Essential

• Ability to assess complex needs of patients and plan, implement and evaluate appropriate nursing interventions
• Ability to lead team by acting as nurse in charge for shifts
• Ability to motivate nursing team and take initiative when appropriate
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
• Time management skills
• Teaching skills, able to teach students, junior staff and other health care professionals