Clinical Nurse Specialist / Clinical Paramedic Specialist

NHS; Royal Tunbridge Wells; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Royal Tunbridge Wells is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist or Clinical Paramedic Specialist to deliver compassionate and empowering care for patients with life-limiting illnesses. This role involves working within a multi-disciplinary team to support patients and families in their homes, ensuring high-quality palliative care. You will be responsible for coordinating care, providing clinical advice, and engaging in continuous professional development. The ideal candidate should be a registered nurse or paramedic with significant experience and excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• 3 years post registration experience required.
• Ability to develop rapport with a wide range of people.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver high quality care to patients with a terminal illness.
• Provide clinical advice and interventional support to other professionals.

Skills

Registered Nurse (Level 1)

Registered Paramedic (HCPC)

High level of computer literacy

Ability to motivate and inspire

Education

Evidence of ongoing Professional Development

Principles of End of Life Care masters module

Job description

Clinical Nurse Specialist / Clinical Paramedic Specialist

Clinical Nurse Specialist/Clinical Paramedic Specialist - Hospice Outreach Service

Do you want to be part of a committed and supportive multi-disciplinary team, delivering empowering and compassionate care supporting people with a life limiting illness? If so, this position is for you!

Main duties of the job

Your new role

As part of our model of care to ensure we have the right people, providing the right care in the right place and at the right time, we are offering Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) or Clinical Paramedic Specialist (CPS) roles, which are the equivalent to a Band 7, to work as part of our multi-disciplinary team within the Hospice Outreach Service in the community.

So, what does that mean? Our Hospice Outreach Team are the initial point of contact for all new community referrals and all telephone calls coming into the service. They are at the forefront of providing palliative advice and support to patients and families in the place they call home, including care homes and nursing homes. You will be part of a rota of clinicians covering our seven day a week service offering telephone support, as well as clinic and home-based assessments.

Our team care for patients who have a life limiting illness and our focus is on individualised care. We focus on improving quality of life and achieving patient centred goals. We care for people with long term conditions; including heart failure, respiratory disease, frailty and neurological conditions, as well as those with an oncological diagnosis.

About us

At the Hospice, our team strive to work alongside other community teams and specialists to optimise patient experience and improve our team knowledge and development.

Job responsibilities

Youwill co-ordinate and deliver high quality care to patients with a terminalillness. Providing support and adviceto patients in their own homes, community hospitals and care/nursing homes .

You will strive to help us todeliver Hospice advice and support to more people who need it, you will provideclinical advice and interventional support to other professionals onpalliative care issues and play asignificant role in helping patients to achieve their personal goals and preferredplace of care.

Effectively and efficientlymanage patients, ensuring the right person is seeing the right patient in theright place at the right time.

Work as part of a team toachieve referral outcome measures as stated in the Hospice in the WealdBusiness Strategy.

Attendance at palliative care meetingsheld at GP practices.

Engage in and promote the use ofEnd of Life Care tools.

Participate in the provision of high-qualityinformation to patients and those important to them regarding their disease,treatment and services available; adapting this advice to suit individual needs.

Undertake the Advanced PhysicalAssessment of patients , ensuring a holistic assessment is completed so that,as an organisation, we can offer the best possible care for the patient andthose important to them

Ensuresymptom control and End of Life Care is delivered, documented and reviewed tothe highest standard.

Ensurethat the patient is reviewed at MDT or caseload review in accordance withNICE Guidance

Participate in the provision ofa 7 day a week service including weekends and Bank Holidays. Participate inagreed methods of duty planning.

Management and Leadership

Liaiseclosely with line manger on control, distribution, and management of clinicalworkload.

Be cognizantof the Hospice in the Wealds Three-Year Strategy and Operational BusinessPlan.

Work to maintain a high level of risk awareness aboutself and patient safety

Assist in the development of policies, procedures, and guidelines tocontinuously improve ways of working.

Support and empower our volunteers and morejunior members of the workforce

Communications and Teamwork

Advise and support the multi-disciplinary team toenable them to provide high quality care, planning ahead, giving advice onpain and symptom control, advanced care planning, social and psychologicalcare, communication and use of resources.

Provide a high standard of sensitive communication withpatients and those important to them, which maintains an individuals privacyand dignity.

Auditand Research

Inconsultation with managers, ensure all work is evidence based.

Contributeto performance and activity reports and analysis to Hospice in the Wealdusing ICT/information to produce intelligence for future service provision.

Develop,in conjunction with line management, mechanisms for auditing care within theservice and implement changing practice as a result.

Participatein or support, where appropriate, nursing and/or collaborative clinicalresearch in palliative care

Trainingand Development

Activelyplan and participate in the provision of supervision/reflective practice tocolleagues to support engaging development opportunities.

Undertake Hospice mandatory training and participate inwider training and development opportunities

Actas a role model and mentor to colleagues and to be an ambassador toneighbouring health and social care providers, providing informal educationand support to staff in their provision of palliative care.

Workcollaboratively with the multi-professional team to provide training to carehomes on End of Life Care as required.

Undertakeexternal training to enhance the CNS/ CPS role as appropriate

General

Maintain professionalismthrough adherence to recognized Codes (e.g. NMC, GMC, HPC, HCPC) and workwithin the boundaries of Hospice in the Weald policies

Maintain professionaldevelopment though the Hospice Annual Review process to continuously updateand improve knowledge and competencies

Engage in the use of informationand communication technology (ICT) in the area you are working and achievethe required level of competence.

Any other duties that may bereasonably requested.

Strive for excellence always.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Level 1) or Registered Paramedic (HCPC)
• with 3 years post registration experience.
• Evidence of ongoing Professional Development.
• Principles of End of Life Care masters module.
• Ability to motivate and inspire others to achieve in a fast paced and challenging environment.
• Takes the initiative and responds flexibly to change.
• Delegates tasks appropriately.
• Ability to develop rapport with a wide range of people and to act with credibility, tact and diplomacy.
• High level of computer literacy skills including the use of mobile technology.
• Ability to interpret situations from different angles and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Forward thinking and proactive in decision making and in assessing risks and its mitigation.
• Applies personal organisation strategies to prioritise and effectively manage workload within a team environment.

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.