Band 6 Associate Palliative Care Nurse Specialist

Integrated Care System; Wirral; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Wirral seeks a Band 6 Associate Palliative Care Nurse Specialist to provide specialist palliative and end of life care for babies, children and young adults. This role includes collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, providing clinical leadership, and managing a diverse group of patients. Ideal candidates will have a strong clinical background and excellent communication skills. Competitive salary and professional development opportunities available.

Benefits

Commitment to professional development

Clinical Supervision and wellbeing package

Free parking

Enhanced payments for unsociable hours

Qualifications

• Extensive post-registration experience in relevant neonatal/paediatric environment.
• Understanding of specific needs of babies/children with complex/palliative care needs.
• Experience in paediatric palliative/end of life care.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on palliative and end of life care in appropriate settings.
• Act as a resource on palliative care issues for the multi-disciplinary team.
• Coordinate care for a case load of patients in a timely manner.

Skills

Complex care/palliative care

Excellent clinical skills

Ability to work in a team

Excellent communication skills

Flexible and responsive

Education

RSCN, RN (Child), RGN & RNLD

Evidence of continued professional development

Community nursing qualification

Job description

Band 6 Associate Palliative Care Nurse Specialist

These roles will be to providespecialist palliative and end of life care for babies, children and youngadults in the setting of familys choice hospice, home or hospital. You will beexpected to participate in the 24/7 on call service and available to workflexibly over a 7-day period. As a band 6 post you will have the opportunity towork alongside and gain knowledge and skills from our Specialistmultidisciplinary team and become competent in caring for a diverse group ofpatients from perinatal to young adults and every age in between.

In response to the increasing number of perinatalreferrals, we are seeking to recruit one candidate with a demonstrated interestand expertise in perinatal care.

Key skills for this job includeExperience of complex care/palliative and/or end of life care; Perinatal/neonatalexperience desirable; Excellent clinical skills, Ability to work in a smallteam; ability to work autonomously; excellent communication skills; ability tonetwork with internal and external professionals; flexible and responsive;resilient; car driver.

Main duties of the job

Main Purpose of Post:

To practise and promote specialist palliative care,encompassing a supportive and holistic approach to the baby/child/young personand their families who require palliative or end of life care in the community,hospice or hospital setting.

The post holder will maximise the use of themulti-disciplinary team within the community setting and the multi-skilled teamwithin the hospice to maintain continuity of care for the baby/child/youngperson and their family and in line with the Claire House philosophy.

This role will be a point of contact for symptommanagement, support and advice for babies/children/young people, families andclinical teams from the hospice, community and hospital setting throughout thepalliative care journey from diagnosis to death and through to bereavement.

This role will support the wider Rapid responseleadership team in the implementation of service developments regarding palliativeand end of life care services in all care settings to ensure children andfamilies receive evidenced based care of the highest possible standard.

To provide clinicalleadership, support, and guidance to junior members of the Rapid Response teamand other external professionals who are less experienced or skilled.

To practice as asupplementary and independent prescriber adhering to NMC guidelines

About us

At Claire House we arepassionate about providing the best possible care tailored to meet theindividual needs of babies, children and young people with life-limiting and life-threateningconditions, as well as providing support to their families.

Our wider multidisciplinary team provides symptom management, palliativeand end-of-life care, as well as planned and emergency short breaks both at thehospice, Liverpool day therapy unit and in the community. Dedicated family therapeuticsupport and counselling is provided for all the family on an individual orgroup basis.

Claire House is the place where you can make a real difference forchildren and families from across Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales as wellas a great place to develop your career.

We can offer you:A commitment to help you learn, develop and grow your career with uswith significant opportunities for professional development and training.Clinical Supervision and wellbeing package.Opportunity to maintain or develop advanced clinical skillsThe chance to gain knowledge and expertise in palliative and end-of-lifecare and complex health care.

You can continue with your NHS superannuation scheme or join the ClaireHouse pension scheme. Free parking available. Enhanced payments for unsociablehours.

Job responsibilities

The post holder reports to the Palliative Care Nurse Specialist and is accountable to the Integrated Care Service Lead/Nurse Consultant and Director of Clinical Services.

The post holder will have line management responsibilities for Nursing Associate posts within the Rapid response Team.

The post holder works as part of the Rapid Response on call and hospice prescribing teams if qualified NMP.

The post holder works collaboratively with Lead Clinicians, the Hospice, Specialist Palliative Care and Community Childrens Nursing Teams to ensure seamless care is provided to children and their families and to develop excellent channels of communication.

The post holder will influence palliative care through networking, education and training.

Scope of Job

To offer and provide specialist hands on palliative and end of life care in the most appropriate setting according to the choice of the baby/child/young person and family, home, hospice or hospital.

To act as a resource on palliative care issues for all members of the multi-disciplinary team providing supervision, guidance, care and support across all care settings.

To be a key point of contact for all referrals for end-of-life care in all care settings and to co-ordinate, with partner services, care provisions ensuring a timely but safe transfer to preferred place if care.

To co-ordinate the care for a case load of babies/children/young people, ensuring that all they receive safe and effective care and support to meet their identified needs in a timely manner in a setting of choice, using the Band 7 Palliative Care Nurse specialists for guidance.

To facilitate and forge external links with hospitals and community services to ensure that professionals are aware of service provisions that Claire House offer.

Dimensions and Limits of Authority

To work without supervision as an autonomous practitioner ensuring personal accountability for practice and management in accordance with NMCs code: Standards of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwives.

To work collaboratively with other multi-disciplinary professionals from health, education and social care to provide joined up and seamless care.

This post holder will take line management responsibility for identified staff within the team, including appraisals and sickness absence related issues. Appropriate advice should be sought from the Integrated Care Lead/Nurse Consultant or HR.

To provide a 24 hour on call service for telephone advice and home assessment visits using advanced clinical skills to base decisions on.

To be delegated the clinical leadership for the Rapid response team on a shift basis to ensure the safe, smooth running of the service, prioritising care using own initiative.

• Professional background as a Registered Nurse Child, adult or learning disability
• ENB 998 or equivalent
• Demonstrate clinical leadership
• Community nursing experience
• Non-medical prescriber (desirable or willing to undertake)

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• To work without supervision as an autonomous practitioner ensuring personal accountability for practice and management in accordance to NMCs code: Standards of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwives
• To offer specialist palliative and end of life care in the most appropriate setting according to the choice of the baby/child/young person and family
• To act as a resource on palliative care issues for all members of the multi-disciplinary team providing supervision, guidance, care and support.
• To work collaboratively with other multi-disciplinary professionals from health, education and social care to provide joined up and seamless care.
• To act as a key worker demonstrating core/advanced communication skills and adapting such, depending on the specific needs of the baby/child/young person and their family.
• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the clinical/emotional care for babies/children/young people with complex, palliative and end of life care needs.
• To support the Rapid Response leadership team inducting, orientating and training new and rotational staff.
• To work flexibly over a 7-day period to suit the needs of the service.
• To participate in the 24/7 on call rota for the Rapid Response Service.
• To participate in the formulation and review polices and procedures.
• To provide clinical leadership for the Rapid Response team on a shift basis to ensure the service is safe, effective and responsive, prioritising care using own initiative.

DBS level: Enhanced with child and adult barred list

Please see the Claire House website for the full job description.

Person Specification

Special Circumstances/Additional Requirements

Experience

• Extensive post-registration experience in relevant neonatal/paediatric environment
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary Team
• Understanding of specific needs of babies/children/ young people with complex or palliative care needs.
• Experience in paediatric palliative/ end of life care
• Community nursing experience
• Experience of lone working and risk assessments
• Experience of coordinating a shift and/or managing a small team
• Experience of undertaking audit
• Experience of risk assessments
• Experience of working in a hospice experience
• Knowledge/experience of working for a charity.

Qualifications

• RSCN, RN (Child), RGN & RNLD with paediatric/neonatal experience
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Evidence of complying with NMC/PREP requirements
• ENB 998, NM 3.157 or equivalent
• Clinical supervising training
• Advanced communication skills training
• Ability to study to degree level.
• Community nursing qualification
• Independent & Supplementary non-medical prescribing qualification.

Skills & Abilities

• Relate well with children, families, and other healthcare professionals.
• Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise and delegate workload.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care.
• Ability to record information in a concise, accurate and legible manner.
• Excellent interpersonal and Team working skills.
• Competent in core/advanced clinical skills
• Willing to assist in the professional development of others.
• High level of personal responsibility and accountability
• Is competent in advanced clinical care skills eg IVs, tracheostomy care, care of long-term ventilation etc.

Personal Qualities

• Supportive of colleagues
• Flexible able to cover a range of shifts in a 24-hour period
• Ability to motivate self and others
• Professional manner.
• Approachable, fair and consistent
• Honest and trustworthy.
• Resilient
• Ability to work on own initiative.

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.

Specialist Palliative Care Service Manager

£37,400 to £45,000 a yearPay review pending