Bank Community Palliative Clinical Nurse Specialist,

Integrated Care System; London Borough of Harrow; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

A community health service in London is seeking a Bank Community Palliative Clinical Nurse Specialist to empower patients with advanced illnesses by providing skilled palliative care. The role involves working closely with a multi-disciplinary team to improve the quality of life for patients and ensure high standards of care. The ideal candidate will possess strong clinical and communication skills, with the ability to manage complex case loads.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Training and development support

Car lease scheme for Band 5 and up

Qualifications

• Relevant post registration experience at band 6 or above in this or appropriate speciality.
• Ability to manage own caseload.
• Demonstrates evidence of well-developed clinical practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert advice on pain, symptom control and ongoing management of patients.
• Act as a specialist resource for advice, support and information to patients and staff.
• Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team to elevate care standards.

Skills

Ability to deal with complex patient care including symptom control and psychological support

Advanced communication skills

Ability to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care

Education

First level degree in related subject

Teaching and assessing qualification

Non-Medical Prescriber V300

Qualified MSc

Job description

Bank Community Palliative Clinical Nurse Specialist,

The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in Palliative Care will work to empower people with advanced progressive illnesses and those who support them to maximise their individual quality of life and death by enabling the provision of skilled palliative care.

Key Working Relationships

Specialist Palliative Care services in Harrow and NWL, particularly at St Luke's Hospice, acute based Palliative Care and Macmillan services, General practitioners, adult community service providers including other specialist teams and district nursing, social services.

Main duties of the job

The CNS in Palliative Care works as a member of Harrow Community services within Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust. The team is comprised of a nurse team leader, 6.3 WTE clinical nurse specialists, (one in a development role) one full time specialist palliative care occupational therapist, 3 part time consultants in Palliative Medicine and 1.2 WTE team administrators.

Acting as a specialist resource to provide advice, support and information to patients, families and staff, the CNS plays a key role in raising clinical standards in the provision of palliative care services in the community. The CNS will act as a role model and exercise leadership to influence and develop the practice of nurses, medical and social care personnel in palliative and end of life care.

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In collaboration with the Palliative Care Consultants and other members of the specialist multi-disciplinary team (MDT) the post holder will provide expert advice on pain, symptom control and the ongoing management of patients with specialist palliative care needs.

The post holder will work within the Harrow Community Palliative Care Service, serving the residents of the borough of Harrow, which has over 240,000 residents. Harrow is one of the most ethnically diverse boroughs in England and Wales (Office of National Statistic) with over 60% of the population being from minority ethnic group

About us

Just as we care about our patients' well-being, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
• Flexible working options
• Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Job responsibilities

**Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.**

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

• First level degree in related subject or evidence of work towards this
• Teaching and assessing qualification or experience.
• Advanced Communication Skills Course
• Level 2 psychology training.
• Non-Medical Prescriber V300
• Qualified MSc

Experience

• Relevant post registration experience at band 6 or above in this or appropriate speciality
• Previous experience in a post involving clinical and managerial responsibilities.
• Previous experience of teaching and developing teaching materials
• Demonstrates evidence of well-developed clinical practice
• Ability to deal with complex patient care including symptom control and psychological support
• Able to manage own caseload
• Conversant with the key principles of clinical governance

Skills and Knowledge

• Ability to deal with complex patient care including symptom control and psychological support
• Ability to communicate unpleasant /difficult information to patients in a variety of settings with sensitivity.
• Able to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues, and policy relating to specialist area.
• Able to influence management and overcome resistance through application of advanced communication skills.

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.

£26.30 an hourWeekly pay will include: Basic pay + HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay