Advance Care Planning (ACP) Specialist Nurse

NHS; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Harrogate is seeking an Advance Care Planning Specialist Nurse to work with patients needing palliative care. The role involves supporting patients and families in developing advance care plans and ensuring sensitive communication with healthcare providers. The ideal candidate is a Registered Nurse with significant palliative care experience and excellent communication skills. This fixed-term contract offers a supportive environment, opportunities for growth, and various benefits including enhanced family leave and an 8% employer pension contribution.

Benefits

8% employer pension contribution

Enhanced family leave and pay

Generous annual leave

Staff discount on online shop

Shopping and lifestyle discounts platform

Qualifications

• Significant palliative care experience in acute/community settings.
• Experience in advance care planning.
• Qualifications or training in palliative/end-of-life care.

Responsibilities

• Support patients and families to develop advance care plans.
• Collaborate closely with GPs, specialist teams, and hospices.
• Communicate sensitively around future care decisions.

Skills

Excellent communication

Organisational skills

Record-keeping skills

Ability to work independently

Ability to collaborate in a multi-disciplinary team

Education

Degree in Nursing

Registered Nurse with current NMC PIN

Tools

Knowledge of SystmOne

Job description

Advance Care Planning (ACP) Specialist Nurse

Advance Care Planning (ACP) Specialist Nurse

Fixed-Term Contract until July 2027

Location: Crimple House, Harrogate

Hours: 27.5 hours per week

Do you want to be part of an organisation that makes a real difference to our local communities? Our family of services including Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just B and Saint Michaels Hospice provide vital support to people when they need it most. Our vision is of a community where everyone gets the care they need, want and deserve You can help make that a reality.

We are an independent charity powered by local communities. Every day, we help to improve quality of life for people living with terminal illness, bereavement and mental health concerns, because our belief is that no one should suffer. Our incredible teams work together to make this happen.

Main duties of the job

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to join ourAdvanced Care Planning Service, working in partnership with the NHS to support patients with palliative care needs.

You will work autonomously to support patients and families to develop advance care plans, including advance statements, treatment escalation plans, ReSPECT documents and emergency healthcare plans. The role involves sensitive communication around future care, including preferred place of death, and close collaboration with GPs, specialist teams, hospitals, care homes and hospice services.

Registered Nurse with current NMC PIN

Degree in Nursing

Significant palliative care experience (acute/community)

Experience in advance care planning

Excellent communication, organisational and record-keeping skills

Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Access to own transport

Qualifications or training in palliative/end-of-life care

Knowledge of advance care planning tools and SystmOne

About us

How we look after you

We put people first in all that we do, which includes our own team

Wellbeing and resilience support with a dedicated team by your side

Flexible and hybrid working for many roles

A supportive and caring environment

Opportunities to grow, develop and progress, with culture of lifelong learning

Benefits include 8% employer pension contribution, enhanced family leave and pay, generous annual leave, staff discount on our online shop, shopping and lifestyle discounts platform.

Job responsibilities

SaintMichaels Hospice was delighted to launch a new person-centered advance careplanning (ACP) service in July 2024 for people who have been identified as havinga palliative diagnosis. The Advance Care Planning Nurse Specialist is a newrole which through working as part of a Clinical Team will increase the qualityand experience of care provided for patients with a palliative diagnosis andtheir families through the provision of integrated care and reducinginequalities.

See attached job description attached for further details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current NMC PIN and a degree in nursing.
• Significant palliative care experiences in acute/ community care.
• Evidence of experience in advance care planning.
• Knowledge of advance care planning.
• Qualification in mentorship/ teaching certificate.
• Advanced communication skills/ communication skills training.
• Diploma/ degree in end of life care/ palliative care.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.