Specialist Palliative Care Team Nurse

• Carry out clinical practice that is complimentary to the Primary Healthcare team that will contribute to an improvement in the quality of life for patients.
• Use high level analytical and decision-making skills to deliver appropriate clinical care, using advanced clinical skills in assessment and/or diagnosis.
• Provide clinical and specialist advice across professional and organisational boundaries.
• Liaise closely with the multi-disciplinary team in planning care for the person with palliative care needs.
• Work closely with managerial colleagues to promote service quality within palliative care.
• Support managers and cancer leads to achieve appropriate targets for palliative care and cancer strategies, to develop locally sensitive services and support access initiatives in cancer care based on the Cancer Plan/Supportive and Palliative Care Guidance (NICE).
• Support and advise on the development of palliative care services throughout organisations advising on quality and standards of service delivery.
• Manage an active workload utilising skills to prioritise and assess care.
• Prepare and produce appropriate reports for primary care organisations and other appropriate organisations.
• Participate in the production of reports for Macmillan Cancer Support and maintain links with them both locally and nationally.
• Provide information for the minimum data set.
• Evaluate service delivery; identify areas for improvement and initiate change.
• Ensure the effective and efficient use of physical and financial resources, making recommendations regarding supplies and equipment.
• Participate in peer and clinical supervision.
• Contribute to the work of the Integrated Cancer Network and ensure the community nursing perspective is communicated to ICN members.
• Participate in the developments of nursing and other strategies promoting the key role for nurses and other strategies.
• Support the case management of identified patients.
• At all times, function as a role model for other nurses using developmental processes to succession plan for future posts.
• Supporting and advising colleagues on ethical decision-making issues in relation to end of life issues.
• Provide emotional and psychological support to the patient, family, and carers through the period of illness, in specific complex cases.
• Perform communication skills to support patients palliative/terminal care needs including complex issues such as breaking bad news and care of the dying.
• Provide high levels of communication support with the patient, carers, and colleagues to enable service provision, delivery and quality.
• Provide advice and signposting to bereavement support to known carers.
• Regularly update own knowledge and expertise in all aspects of palliative care and take responsibility for own professional development.
• Assess current skills and knowledge and provide advice, support, education and information to nurses and other colleagues in Primary Care, enabling them to offer up-to-date care by continually extending their knowledge and skills.
• Develop and participate in the delivery and provision of generalist and specialist education programmes.
• Identify essential educational requirements and work to deliver educational programmes against these including specific health targets e.g., NICE, NSF related to own area of practice.

• Kind: We are caring, supportive and respectful to everyone
• Open: We are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working
• Fair: We listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all
• One team: We work well together and with our communities

Essential

• Demonstrate knowledge of CNS role.
• Evidence of high-level communication skills both written and verbal
• Clinical and analytical skills
• Ability to self-manage and work autonomously.
• Ability to reflect on own and others practice.

Desirable

• Service development and change management.
• Conflict resolution
• Risk Assessment and management
• IT skills

Essential

• Degree or willing to work towards
• Registered general nurse or relevant professional qualification.
• Post registration experience.
• Advanced Communication skills training and/or education
• Post registration qualification in oncology/palliative care.
• Evidence of own continuing professional development

Desirable

• Educational qualification e.g. C&G 7307/ENB 998.

Essential

• Do you currently have the unrestricted right to work in the UK?
• If appointed, will you require sponsorship under a UK work visa route (now or in the future)?
• Please note that sponsorship is not available for all roles. Sponsorship will only be considered where the post meets the relevant UK immigration requirements and where the organisation determines that sponsorship is appropriate for the role.

Essential

• Ability to work in an emotive environment.
• The ability to travel independently across the Trust
• The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs.

Essential

• If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.

Essential

• Broad range of clinical experience within cancer/palliative care.
• Experience of caseload management.
• Experience of multi-professional working.

Desirable

• Community Experience
• Audit Experience