Palliative Care Nurse

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust; West Bromwich; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider seeks a dedicated Palliative Care Nurse to join their compassionate team. In this role, you will coordinate care for patients at the end of life, ensuring timely and effective responses to their needs. With a focus on professional development, you will rotate between the Palliative Care Hub and the Urgent Response Team, working closely with specialists to deliver exceptional care. This position offers the chance to make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients and their families while promoting a supportive work environment that values work-life balance. If you are passionate about palliative care and ready to take on this rewarding challenge, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits

Flexible working

Professional development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Healthy work-life balance

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience in palliative care and end of life care.
• Evidence of continued professional development and teaching qualification.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate a caseload of patients ensuring timely responses.
• Rotate between Palliative Care Hub and Urgent Response Team.

Skills

Advanced Communication

Change Management

Interpersonal Skills

Problem Solving

Leadership

Coaching

Self-management

Education

1st Level Registered General Nurse

Qualification in Palliative/End of Life Care

Teaching/Assessing Qualification

Qualified Nurse Prescriber

Tools

SystmOne

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Main area Palliative Care Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (12 hours shifts - days and nights) Job ref 381-CT-6969755

Site SWB NHS Trust Town West Bromwich Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 24/02/2025 23:59

Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.

We have three strategic objectives:

• People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff.
• Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do.
• Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives.

At Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust we are very proud of our specialist palliative care and end of life care co-ordination Hub. The CQC awarded us excellent for our service in 2017. The team consists of Specialist Palliative Consultants, Specialist Palliative Care Nurses for the Acute and Community, End of Life Care Facilitators, Urgent Response Team, Day Hospice and Macmillan Occupational Therapists. The service operates 24/7 providing care to patients in hospital and community in Sandwell and West Birmingham.

Job overview

We currently have a vacancy available for a Palliative Care Nurse. You must be a registered nurse with the appropriate qualifications and experience. The applicant for this post will be responsible for coordinating a caseload of patients and staff on a shift, to ensure that all calls from palliative and end of life care patients are responded to in a timely manner.

The post includes rotation between the Palliative Care Hub and Urgent Response Team and offers development opportunities. You will need to have a good clinical knowledge around end of life care, including symptom control and community services. The shift pattern involves rotation between day and nights, 12 hour shifts.

If you feel that you have the enthusiasm, passion and knowledge for this post then please apply.

Main duties of the job

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails

Person specification

Qualifications

• 1st Level Registered General Nurse (adults)
• Qualification in palliative / end of life care or relevant experience
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Holds a teaching /assessing qualification
• Qualified Nurse Prescriber
• Project management
• Advanced Communication

Experience

• Experience of working within a community team or acute ward.
• Experience of caring for patients at the end of life / palliative care needs
• Change management
• Experience of forging excellent relationships across professional boundaries
• Experience of working with professionals from health and other sectors including social care and the 3rd sector
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills with an ability to adopt a number of ways to influence diverse parties
• Well motivated
• Ability to exercise initiative
• Able to prioritise own workload
• Able to work effectively with a wide range of people
• Ability to influence, negotiate, facilitate, motivate and support staff, clients and carers
• Aware of own limitations
• Demonstrate self-belief, self-awareness and ability to self-manage
• Be adaptable across all care settings 24/7
• Ability to lead others and demand the respect of colleagues
• Ability to deal with complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible
• Ability to give constructive feedback
• Ability to lead and implement successful change management
• Alert management if skill mix is incorrect
• Able to supervise and support other staff
• Demonstrate good leadership and team building skills
• Proficient in reading and writing, routine note taking
• Ability to speak and understand basic English
• IT Skills
• Ability to coach
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including problem solving and counselling
• Attend and contribute to meetings
• Be able to write complex reports and formulate policies
• Use of SystmOne
• Use of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook

Knowledge

• Clear understanding of end of life care planning
• Good working knowledge of the national end of life initiatives
• Have a high level of understanding of current and future policy regarding palliative and end of life care and apply to practice

Mental effort

• Able to deal with frequent telephone enquiries
• Able to read and interpret new national guidelines and apply to practice
• Take part in team audit

Physical skills

• Able to carry out manual handling of patients in line with Trust policy
• Need to be able to travel across hospital sites within the Trust and community, and to external meetings and events
• Set up a syringe driver

Emotional effort

• Able to work in a wide range of environments
• Able to deal with difficult situations e.g. aggression
• Identifies own coping strategies
• Able to access support with difficult situations
• Able to have difficult conversations
• Be able to deal with highly emotive situations with palliative care patients/families
• Advanced communications course or equivalent

As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.