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 organization is seeking a part-time Community Palliative Clinical Nurse Specialist in Harrow. Join a dedicated team to provide expert, patient-focused palliative care within the community. The ideal candidate will have relevant experience, advanced communication skills and a commitment to delivering high-quality nursing care. Flexible working options and ongoing support for personal development are offered.

Benefits

A comprehensive induction into the community service

Flexible working options

Training and development support

Qualifications

• Relevant post registration experience at band 6 or above in appropriate speciality.
• Previous experience in a post involving clinical and managerial responsibilities.
• Ability to deal with complex patient care including symptom control.

Responsibilities

• Work within the community setting providing patient-focused care.
• Support community teams to deliver palliative care.
• Act as a resource for information and education.

Skills

Experience in palliative care

Advanced communication skills

Ability to manage own caseload

Analytical skills

Intermediate IT skills

Education

First level degree in related subject

Teaching and assessing qualification

Non-Medical Prescriber V300

Job description

Community Palliative Clinical Nurse Specialist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Palliative Care CNS to work within the community setting. We are looking for an experienced, autonomous, and innovative nurse to join the integrated specialist palliative care nursing team. This is a part time Band 7 community-based palliative care CNS post, working alongside, Community Nursing Services, Consultants, Therapists, and wider MDT to ensure that the service and team are providing expert high quality patient focused care to advice and support patients, families and Health Care Professionals. You will be working closely with GP's, Community Teams and Acute Trust staff. As an integral part of community nursing, you will support community teams to feel confident and competent to deliver good palliative and end of life patient centred care and providing expertise for patients with palliative care needs across the borough.

Main duties of the job

Enthusiasm, motivation, compassion, and leadership are qualities and skills considered essential for this specialist nurse role to work in a very challenging environment; you will be expected to have a commitment to and progressive work within the field of palliative care. Additionally, you must be able to demonstrate excellence in clinical practice, acting as a resource for information and education, while working alongside the other specialist services.

In return we can offer you a supportive, friendly working environment with opportunities for personal and professional development. You will be supported by the Clinical Lead.

For further information and to arrange an informal visit please contact: Lorraine Gilbert, Clinical Lead on [e-mail]

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 Job Specification for detailed Job Description and main 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 develop new ways of working
• Ability to deal with complex patient care including symptom control and psychological support
• Able to manage own caseload.

Skills and knowledge

• Ability to deal with complex patient care including symptom control and psychological support
• Able to analyse data and provide written reports.
• Intermediate IT skills in word processing and spreadsheets
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues, and policy relating to specialist area.
• Able to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
• Able to participate/undertake clinical audit & research.

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.