Palliative Care Nurse - Community & Home-Based

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust in Norwich is seeking an experienced Associate Specialist Palliative Care Nurse (AfC Band 6) to provide expert community and home-based palliative care across North, South and Central Norfolk.

The role covers triage, community visiting and a telephone advice line for professionals, patients and carers, with multidisciplinary team support and opportunities for audit, education and research.

Qualifications

• Experienced nurse in palliative care settings.
• Experience with triage, home visiting and palliative care advice lines.
• Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams and coordinate care.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic specialist palliative care nursing assessments for patients and carers with complex needs.
• Manage own supervised clinical caseload in homes and outpatient settings.
• Engage in the development of nursing practice and participate in audits and education.

Skills

Palliative care

Nurse leadership

Clinical triage

Home nursing

Job description

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust in Norwich is seeking an experienced Associate Specialist Palliative Care Nurse (AfC Band 6) to provide expert community and home-based palliative care across North, South and Central Norfolk.

The role covers triage, community visiting and a telephone advice line for professionals, patients and carers, with multidisciplinary team support and opportunities for audit, education and research.