Band 7 Clinical Practitioner Palliative Care

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in Birmingham is seeking a Band 7 Clinical Practitioner in Palliative Care to lead and support the delivery of high-quality palliative and end of life care. This role involves working collaboratively across community services, influencing continuous improvement in care practices, and providing leadership and guidance for community teams. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in palliative care, clinical leadership, and experience in community settings. This position offers a great opportunity for those passionate about enhancing quality of life for patients and families.

Qualifications

• Registered first level nurse or equivalent professional registration.
• Completed Independent Non-Medical Prescribing course (V300).
• Experience delivering palliative and end of life care in community settings.

Responsibilities

• Support community teams to deliver evidence based, individualized care.
• Identify training needs and facilitate local learning.
• Lead on implementation of local quality improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with system partners to enhance discharge pathways.

Skills

Advanced clinical practice skills

Management of patients with long-term conditions

Clinical examination skills

Accountability of own role in a nurse-led service

Clinical governance issues in primary care

Education

Registered first level nurse or equivalent

MSc or equivalent level knowledge/experience

Clinical supervision training and experience

Job description

Band 7 Clinical Practitioner-Palliative Care

This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

The Palliative Care Clinical Practitioner (PCCP) will support delivery of palliative and end of life care, acting as the generalist 'expert' for the locality and working collaboratively across all community services to lead and influence continuous improvement in palliative and end of lifecare. The post holder will support teams deliver the 'home first' approach, working in partnership with discharge teams/hubs across acute and community services, EICTs and specialist teams.

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Practitioner in Palliative Care will act as the generalist 'expert' for an identified locality, working collaboratively across community services and supporting teams to deliver the 'home first' approach

About us

Be Part of Our Team...

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

This is a fantastic opportunity to help lead and influence continuous improvement in palliative and end of life care across the communities we serve. We are looking to recruit an innovative and motivated senior nurse who is passionate about delivering high quality palliative and end of life care for our patients and their families.

Job responsibilities

With a focus on clinical leadership and quality improvement, the post holder will:

• Support community teams to deliver evidence based, pro-active individualised care; acting as a role model and enabling staff to develop confidence and competence in all aspects of generalist palliative and end of life care
• Identify training needs within community teams and facilitate local learning
• Lead on the implementation and ongoing review of local quality improvement initiatives
• Work in collaboration with our system partners e.g. Hospices and acute Trusts to support development, implementation and ongoing review of system wide discharge pathways relating to palliative and end of life care

The successful candidate will be a confident leader, who can influence by demonstrating excellent clinical, communication and leadership skills. They will need to work autonomously and build strong relationships across a wide range of services and teams.

Independent Non-Medical Prescribing is an essential requirement of this role and applicants must have completed this course (V300)

The role will involve direct clinical care but the post holder will not hold a clinical case load. Applicants must have experience of delivering palliative and end of life care in community settings

If you are looking for a new challenge and would like to know more we would highly recommend getting in touch by contacting Lisa Kennedy 07593355308

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered first level nurse or equivalent professional registration e.g. HCPC
• MSc or equivalent level knowledge/ experience in relevant area
• Clinical supervision training and experience
• Extended/independent nurse or specialist

Experience

• Recent primary and community / nursing/therapeutic experience
• Nurse-led management of minor illness, minor ailments and injuries
• Nurse-led triage
• Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines
• Clinical Leadership
• Audit
• Research
• Non-medical prescribing

Skills/Knowledge

• Advanced clinical practice skills
• Management of patients with long-term conditions
• Management of patients with complex needs
• Clinical examination skills
• Accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse-led service
• Local and national health policy
• Clinical governance issues in primary care
• Patient group directions and associated policy

Personal Qualities

• As per person specification

Other Job Requirements

• As per person specification

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.