Associate Palliative Care Nurse

Transformationunitgm; Manchester; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for an Associate Palliative Care Nurse has arisen at North Manchester General Hospital. The role involves working within a supportive team to provide specialized palliative care to patients with life-threatening illnesses, emphasizing the importance of collaboration and continuous professional development.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience in palliative care.
• Post registration qualifications in cancer care and evidence of CPD.
• Teaching experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based palliative care and support to patients.
• Work collaboratively with multi-professionals across healthcare settings.
• Provide education and training to the healthcare team.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Time management

Research application

Multi-disciplinary team collaboration

Education

1st level registered Nurse

Post registration qualification in palliative care

Degree in health related subject

Teaching qualification

Job description

Employer Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site North Manchester General Hospital Town Crumpsall, Manchester Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 08/07/2025 23:59

Associate Palliative Care Nurse

Band 6

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Team at North Manchester General Hospital.

The successful candidate will be joining an established team who provide specialist palliative care expertise across the acute care setting. The team values close working relationships with medical, nursing and social health care colleagues. We have a firm commitment to the education and training of others and promoting quality and excellence in palliative and end of life care across Manchester Foundation NHS Trust.

For this Band 6 post, we are keen to appoint a team orientated, highly motivated and experienced nurse, who has specialist palliative care knowledge.

The successful post holder will have a high level of autonomy in the management of their caseload, and will need to be a skilled decision maker and able to prioritise workload.

The team provides a 7 day service and this post requires weekend working on a rota basis. In joining our team, you will be welcomed into a supportive and nurturing work environment. Your personal professional development will be actively encouraged. This includes an annual appraisal and on-going opportunities to contribute to our service development, education and audit programmes.

For a more details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

Provide evidence-based specialist palliative care, advice and support to patients with a diagnosis of cancer or other life-threatening illness, and their carers. Working collaboratively with multi-professionals across primary and secondary care and liaising with the Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Team Lead where appropriate. The service provides support seven days a week.

Provide specialist palliative care advice, education and training to all members of the multi professional team across all care settings as the service requires.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail] .

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications

• 1st level registered Nurse
• Post registration qualification in palliative care, cancer care or lifelimiting conditions/Evidence of CPD related to palliative care
• Degree / degree pathway in health related subject
• Teaching qualification eg: Preparation for Mentorship or equivalent

Experience

• Experience at B5 OR 6 with demonstrable evidence of supporting patients with cancer or life-limiting conditions in a palliative care/community/acute hospital setting
• Experience in teaching
• Experience in audit/project management

Skills

• Effective communication skills both verbal and written
• Ability to apply research findings
• Demonstrate an understanding of current cancer and palliative care issues
• Effective time management skills and the ability to prioritise own workload
• Ability to work alone as well as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Basic computer literacy
• Relevant communication skills training eg: Sage and Thyme

Work Related Circumstances

• Ability to travel between care settings
• Able to work flexibly
• Satisfactory attendance record, reliable and punctual
• Committed to own CPD and service development

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.