Clinical Nurse Specialist Palliative care

Whittington Health; London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 59,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care to join a highly regarded multidisciplinary team. This role involves providing essential nursing services, managing complex patient needs, and leading innovative practices in palliative care. As part of a dedicated team, you will play a crucial role in delivering seamless care and supporting both patients and their families. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a supportive environment that values diversity and professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing palliative care to patients with advanced progressive disease.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage time effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide an autonomous nursing service using advanced clinical judgment.
• Manage an agreed caseload and document all care given.

Skills

Advanced Clinical Judgment

Palliative Care Knowledge

Physical Assessment Skills

Independent Prescribing

Advanced Communication Skills

Audit and Quality Improvement

Education

RGN with minimum of 5 years post registration

1st or 2nd degree in relevant nursing subject

Job description

Clinical Nurse Specialist Palliative care

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Main area Palliative care Grade 7 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week Job ref 220-WHT-2928-A

Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Whittington Hospital 2nd floor Town London Salary £42,939 - £58,544 per annum inclusive of HCAs (Depending on experience) Salary period Yearly Closing 04/05/2025 23:59

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Job overview

Due to a member retiring we have a 0.6 WTE (22.5hrs/wk) vacancy for a Band 7 Clinical nurse Specialist in palliative care. This is an exciting time to join our team, which is a small but highly regarded multidisciplinary team which has been based within Whittington Hospital since the inception of the integrated care organisation: Whittington Health. The team covers the in-hospital palliative care needs of our patients, working closely with Islington and Haringey palliative care teams to provide seamless care before, during and after hospital admissions. We have a strong presence in all areas of the hospital and lead on education in palliative and end of life care. We received a "good" rating from the CQC for End of Life Care in April 2016.

Main duties of the job

· To provide an autonomous nursing service using advanced clinical judgment and knowledge of palliative care.

· To take responsibility for own evidence-based practice and implement and add to the body of knowledge that supports nursing practice within palliative care.

· To lead and innovate nursing practice in palliative care both within the Trust and through local networks.

· To develop all staff within the multidisciplinary team, providing support, advice, formal and informal education.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide a nursing service within palliative care by receiving direct referrals and undertaking assessments based on specialist palliative care needs not diagnosis.

To use advanced clinical judgement to plan, implement and evaluate care for patients with complex physical and psychological problems.

To manage an agreed caseload, under the supervision of the Nurse Consultant, using in depth knowledge of the patient / client group and acting as the key worker where appropriate.

To provide essential advisory and psychological care to patients referred to

the palliative care team.

To document all care given using the Trust guidelines and guidelines relevant to community palliative care providers.

To act as an expert role model in nursing care to other nurses within the

extended team.

To contribute to the development of nursing guidelines/protocols at a local/

network level.

To foster communications between patients, families, carers and health

professionals and to provide relevant support, information, education and

counselling as required and within an advocacy role.

To work within a flexible approach that is responsive to patient/client need.

For full responsibilities see job description

Person specification

Essential and desirable

• Able to work autonomously and manage time effectively
• Experience of caring for patients with advanced progressive disease
• Physical assessment skills
• Independent prescribing
• Advanced Communication skills training
• Experience of audit and quality improvement
• Knowledge of recent strategic developments in palliative care

Experience

• RGN with minimum of 5 years post registration
• Working at band 6 level or above for at least 2 years
• 1st or 2nd degree in relevant nursing subject
• Experience of teaching
• Has used clinical reflection or reflective practice in nursing

Knowledge

• Knowledge of symptom control assessments and commonly used medications and dosages
• Post registration qualification in palliative/cancer/other medical specialty at Level 6
• Opioid conversions
• Knowledge of grief models

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with theLondon Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Your application form –

• Provide only business email address for your referees – we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
• Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.

Our processes –

• Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
• If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunatelythis means you have not been successfullyshortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
• Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems – occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
• Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.

Other important information –

• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you areeligible under theUKVI points based system .
• Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
• In submitting an application form, you authorise WhittingtonHealth NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks youridentity and right to work documentation will be verifiedremotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk

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We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Robert Hammond Job title Nurse Consultant & Team Lead Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 02072883682 Additional information

Call switchboard on 0207 272 3070 and ask them to bleep palliative care.