Palliative & Anticipatory Care Specialist

Oxford Health NHS Trust; Witney; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare trust in Witney is seeking a dedicated Palliative & Anticipatory Care Specialist to lead high standards of palliative care. This role requires strong leadership, a collaborative spirit, and significant experience in community nursing. The successful candidate will ensure holistic and compassionate care for patients facing terminal conditions. This role offers competitive benefits and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Excellent opportunities for career progression

Access to tailored learning and development

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS Discount

Competitive pension scheme

Qualifications

• Ability to demonstrate adaptable approach with multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience delivering change through partnership working.
• Capable of auditing care programs.

Responsibilities

• Provide anticipatory care for palliative conditions in community settings.
• Manage and plan care for patients with complex palliative needs.
• Work with primary care to deliver coordinated palliative care.

Skills

Experience in community nursing

Strong leadership and communication skills

Collaborative approach to multidisciplinary teams

Understanding of palliative care complexities

Education

Registered General Nurse

Post graduate degree in palliative/end of life care

Evidence of advanced assessment qualification

Non-medical prescriber qualification

Management/Leadership course

Recognised teaching qualification

Job description

Palliative & Anticipatory Care Specialist

Are you a compassionate and experienced nurse leader with a passion for palliative and anticipatory care? Do you thrive in supporting patients and their families through some of the most challenging times in their lives? If so, we would love to hear from you.

We are seeking a dedicated Clinical Nurse Leader to champion high standards of palliative and anticipatory care within our community. This role is ideal for someone who is enthusiastic about educating and empowering the workforce to deliver exceptional care at the end of life.

End of life and palliative care is a key priority within the NHS, and we are committed to getting it right. We are looking for a nurse who brings:

• A wealth of experience in community nursing
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• A collaborative approach to working within multidisciplinary teams
• A deep understanding of the complexities of palliative care

You will work closely with district nursing and community therapy teams to ensure patients receive holistic, compassionate, and coordinated care.

Join us in making a meaningful difference in the lives of patients and families when they need it most.

Main duties of the job

• Clinically this role involves providing anticipatory care for those with palliative conditions and additional support in community settings for palliative patients with psycho‑social complexity through autonomous clinical practice.
• To be ultimately accountable for managing and planning care for patients with complex palliative and end of life needs in the community, escalating needs in a timely manner.
• To work with primary care and partner agencies to ensure palliative patients are identified, anticipatory care is delivered and onward care is secured to reduce the need for secondary care intervention.
• Play an active part in service improvements for Palliative and End of Life Care and management of people with complex needs in the Trust.
• This includes contributing to Trust wide palliative and end of life pathway development, monitoring pathway implementation and auditing patient outcomes in relation to End of Life Care initiatives.

About us

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the "candidate guide to making an application" and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust‑wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Job responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements/Experience

• Can demonstrate an adaptable approach to working with a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of delivering change and partnership working.
• Experience of devising and delivering education and training to a range of different professionals.
• Evidence of operational management and clinical leadership
• Ability to identify and direct a programme of audit
• Experience of taking a leading role in service development
• Previous Community Services experience

Qualifications - Academic/Skills/Professional

• Registered General Nurse
• Post graduate degree, certificate or diploma in palliative/end of life care
• Evidence of advanced assessment and history taking qualification (or willingness to achieve this/working towards).
• Non-medical prescriber (or willingness to achieve/working towards)
• Management/Leadership course
• Recognised teaching qualification

Contractual Requirements or other requirements

• Full and valid driving licence and access to a car for work purposes.

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.

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