Clinical Nurse Specialist Palliative Care

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Palliative Care Specialist to provide expert nursing advice and support. The role involves working within a multidisciplinary team to deliver specialist palliative care to patients with life-limiting conditions. Candidates should have nursing qualifications and experience in palliative care. This position offers flexibility with full-time or part-time hours available.

Qualifications

• Provide specialist advice on complex pain and symptom management.
• Manage and evaluate specialist individualised management plans.
• Demonstrate high levels of expertise and initiative.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with families to convey complex and sensitive information.
• Provide support and training to the care team.
• Lead planning and development of clinical services.

Skills

Expert palliative care knowledge

Leadership skills

Strong communication

Autonomy in management

Education

Relevant nursing qualification

Job description

Overview

The Palliative Care Team provides a trust wide service offering specialist advice for adults referred with palliative care needs. This includes patients with malignant and non-malignant diagnoses. The post holder will work as an integral member of the Multidisciplinary Team within University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will acknowledge and provide the overall responsibility for the provision of specialist nursing advice and support to patients and families referred to the service. The post holder will utilize skills of clinical expertise, leadership, education, and management to ensure a seamless service for patients, carers and staff. They will work closely with the multidisciplinary team in hospital and the community to ensure a co-ordinated quality service and will be actively involved in education, audit and research. The post holder will be based on either the Bristol or Weston site, however may be required to work on either site, to meet the demands of the service. Full time and part time hours are available.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert palliative care knowledge and skills to provide specialist advice and support on complex pain and symptom management for patients with life limiting conditions, for those closest to them and for colleagues within and external to the Trust.
• Be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of specialist individualised management plans.
• Working autonomously, demonstrating high levels of expertise and initiative to manage and advise upon complex situations involving multiple teams .
• Work closely with patient their families when conveying complex, sensitive and potentially distressing information around prognosis and future care options.
• Provide specialist advice, support, education and training to the wider care team who are providing direct core level palliative care to the person.
• Support colleagues to communicate highly distressing information regarding diagnosis /prognosis to patients and families.
• Lead and participate in the planning, development and evaluation of clinical services using advanced clinical skills and knowledge., young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

About the Trust

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.