Macmillan Lead Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist

NHS; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated professional to join their Palliative Care team. This role involves providing expert clinical decision-making and leadership in a dynamic environment, ensuring outstanding patient care for those with complex needs. The successful candidate will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to enhance service delivery, develop educational programs, and lead initiatives that promote continuous improvement in patient outcomes. If you are passionate about making a difference in palliative care and have the leadership skills to inspire others, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Significant post registration experience including in clinical specialty.
• Experience in line management and leading educational sessions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and participate in research and audit within the specialist area.
• Provide a patient-centered, evidence-based specialist service.

Skills

Advanced communication skills

Leadership and management

Change management

Teaching and assessing

Negotiation skills

Computer literacy

Risk management awareness

Education

1st level degree or equivalent experience

1st level RGN - Non-medical nurse prescriber qualification

Master's degree level learning or prepared to work towards

Job description

Job summary

Uses expert levels of clinical decision making through specialist assessment and interpretation of clinical information to support patients and carers who have complex and/or changing physical symptoms, emotional or practical needs.

Overall responsibility for the care of a caseload of patients requiring specialist advice as appropriate, accept referrals from other healthcare professionals and work unsupervised.

Through demonstration of high levels of clinical expertise and practice, work collaboratively with members of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), divisional care unit and others to review and plan services which are responsive, cost effective and evidence based.

Provide strong, professional leadership working in partnership to enhance professional standards of care across the service linking in with primary, secondary and tertiary care as appropriate.

Lead and participate in research and audit within specialist area.

Instrumental in providing specialist advice and educational programmes across all disciplines internally and externally, evaluating the effectiveness.

Main duties of the job

The Palliative Care team

Contributes to the delivery of outstanding patient care by:

1. Providing a patient centred, evidence-based specialist service for patients with Palliative and End of Life care needs and those important to them at Chesterfield Royal Hospital.
2. Providing leadership, purpose and vision, as the service lead for one aspect of the Palliative Care service.
3. Developing and supporting a programme of education that enables other team members to be competent in the delivery of all aspects of the Palliative Care service.
4. Acting as a resource for all those involved in the care and management of the patients who have Palliative Care needs.
5. Promoting an innovative and progressive attitude to the continual improvement of patient care through the use of both formal and informal educational strategies with the multi-professional team, directly in clinical areas and in the classroom setting.
6. Ensuring that the service is evaluated via a programme of audit and quality assurance/monitoring.
7. Working in partnership with other service leads to provide a cohesive seamless service.
8. Taking a lead role in developing clinical practice.

About us

As colleagues, we will always be guided by our Proud to CARE values:

1. Compassion: Treating everyone with kindness - welcoming diversity and inclusion, considering individual needs; and challenging inappropriate behaviours outside of our values.
2. Ambition: Aspiring to be the best - reaching high standards, providing exceptional care and services; and achieving measurable improvements in people's health and wellbeing.
3. Respect: Valuing and appreciating everyone - listening, learning, and acting on their experiences, being open and honest; and recognising that working with others brings benefits.
4. Encouragement: Opportunities for all - supporting education and development, helping people to bring their improvement ideas to life and speak-up; and getting everyone involved in our future.

Date posted: 10 April 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year Per anum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 166-DCSC-7070553

Job locations

Chesterfield Royal Hospital, Calow, Chesterfield, S44 5BL

Job description Job responsibilities

Lead area Deliverables

Contributes to the delivery of outstanding patient care by:

1. Palliative care Inpatient: Leads on service development and the implementation of new ways of working that improve the quality of patient care i.e. providing a visual presence in ED/EMU, admission avoidance, innovation in delivery of education, sustainable 7-day services.
2. CUP: Participates in diagnostic MDT meetings and coordinates patient care in partnership with the MDT coordinator.
3. Identifies and develops clinical protocols and operational policies that are in line with National standards.

Person Specification

Essential

• 1st level degree or equivalent experience
• 1st level RGN - Non-medical nurse prescriber qualification (or willing to work towards)
• Advance communication course/qualification
• Teaching and assessing
• Significant post registration experience including in clinical speciality
• Experience in line management
• Able to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations
• Leadership and management experience
• Change management
• Sound negotiation skills, with the ability to deal with difficult or challenging situations
• Ability to deliver educational sessions to nurses and other disciplines
• Presentation skills
• Computer literacy
• Lead audit programme and subsequent improvements
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Risk management awareness

Desirable

• Master's degree level learning or prepared to work towards
• Physical examinations course
• Leadership qualification
• Evidence of study relevant to oncology and or palliative care
• In addition to direct clinical role, the post requires leadership, managerial, educational and audit/research responsibilities and there is an expectation that the post holder has advanced knowledge and skills within the specialist sphere of practice.
• Previous experience of working as a CNS
• Evidence of publication
• Led research project
• Report writing
• Developed an educational programme

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Chesterfield Royal Hospital, Calow, Chesterfield, S44 5BL

Employer's website: https://www.chesterfieldroyal.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)