Palliative Care

Buckinghamshire Healthcare Nhs Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking two experienced RGN specialists in palliative and end-of-life care. Based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital with potential cover across Wycombe and Amersham, the role focuses on leading a hospital palliative care nursing service within a multidisciplinary team.

Essentially, you will guide care plans, mentor colleagues, and lead on key clinical areas while promoting education and high standards of patient and carer support across sites.

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
• National Advanced Communications Skills Course or training in complex communication

Responsibilities

• Jointly lead the hospital specialist palliative care nursing service within Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust as a wider member of the multi-professional palliative care team.
• Provide clinical leadership as part of a multi-professional team to deliver a service to patients and carers when specialist palliative care input is required.
• Lead on specific care areas such as respiratory, gastro, frailty, site-specific cancer, etc.
• Act as a resource to medical, nursing and other health professionals within the Trust and local community, with a focus on education and training.
• Collaborate with the specialist cancer nursing team in palliative care scenarios.
• Work across organisations within the Trust to ensure appropriate staffing and skill mix for a safe 7-day service.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Advanced communication skills

IT skills

Self-care awareness

Policy awareness

Education

CPD

Advanced Communications Course

Job description

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for 2 experienced RGN's with knowledge of managing Palliative Care and End of Life patients within Buckinghamshire NHS Trust.

The post is based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital but can involve cover on other hospital sites including Wycombe and Amersham.

Main duties of the job

• To jointly lead the hospital specialist palliative care nursing service within Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust, as a wider member of the multi-professional palliative care team.
• To demonstrate clinical leadership and participate as a member of a multi-professional team to provide a service to patients and their carers, when specialist palliative care intervention and advice is required.
• Leading on specific care such as respiratory, gastro, frailty, site specific cancer, etc.
• To be a resource to medical, nursing and other social and health professionals at Buckinghamshire Hospitals Trust and local community with a commitment to the education and training of others.
• To act as a resource to the specialist cancer nursing team, working collaboratively with them in specialist palliative care scenarios.
• This post will work collaboratively across organisations within the Trust and ensure appropriate staffing and skill mix provide safe and effective 7 day hospital palliative care nursing service

To act primarily as a resource for all those involved in the care and management of the patients who have specialist palliative care needs.

Working for our organisation

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Person specification

Education, Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria

• Evidence of continuing professional development
• National Advanced Communications Skills Course or training in complex communic

Desirable criteria

• Teaching/training qualification and/or substantial coaching/teaching experience.
• Post registration qualification in Palliative Care at Degree/Masters level or working towards.

Experience

Essential criteria

• RGN – qualified with band 6 experience.
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience of working with palliative / end of life patients and their families.
• Leadership skills and knowledge in managing a service and people

Desirable criteria

• Experience in delivering and evaluating teaching programmes/sessions to health care professionals including medical staff
• Experience of working in an acute hospital setting.

Skills, Abilities & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Understanding and up to date knowledge of issues relevant to post, palliative care and end of life care.
• Awareness of key policies and national recommendations relating to palliative and end of life care.
• Excellent interpersonal skills (including the use of advanced communication skills), to communicate sensitive information to patients and carers in a variety of settings ie phone/virtually & F2F
• Effective IT skills
• Self-aware with knowledge of self-care initiatives and wellbeing.
• Awareness of Trust policies relating to: HR Policies, Recruitment and Retention, Disciplinary Procedures and Completion of management course

Special Circumstances

Essential criteria

• Able to travel to other sites and off site as necessary

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

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