Palliative Care Staff Nurse - Huntingdon

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in Huntingdon is seeking a dedicated Palliative Care Staff Nurse to provide high-quality support and interventions in palliative care. The role emphasizes collaborative teamwork, patient assessment, and maintaining best practices in palliative care delivery. Ideal candidates will possess NMC or HCPC registration and have a strong background in holistic nursing. This position offers the opportunity to grow within specialty care while focusing on patient dignity and comfort at the end of life.

Qualifications

• Registered Professional with NMC or HCPC.
• Additional training in palliative care or other specialty is required.
• Experience in managing people within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Assess and reassess patient needs under guidance.
• Provide evidence-based nursing care at the highest standard.
• Participate in audits and assist with data collection for research.

Skills

Understanding of holistic palliative care values

Multi-disciplinary Team working

Knowledge of Mental Capacity and Care Act

Education

NMC or HCPC Registered Professional

Specialist module in palliative field

Job description

Palliative Care Staff Nurse - Huntingdon

Palliative Care can be offered to Patients when their illness can no longer be cured. This is not only for people with cancer but also other illnesses like heart failure and respiratory diseases.

Palliative Care shifts the focus from 'getting better' to 'feeling well' whilst managing an incurable illness; optimising quality of life and then supporting Patients and their families as they approach the end of their lives and are dying, focusing on dignity and comfort.

The Palliative Care Staff Nurse role will support delivery of :

High quality palliative care support and interventions across the Acute Trust and Community.

Support the delivery of training to specialist and non - specialist Colleagues across then Trust to support best practice in palliative and end of life care.

Working collaboratively with generalist colleagues to support excellent care both directly and indirectly using influencing, situated learning and role modelling

Work within in your scope of practice, seeking advice from senior expert colleagues in complex patient care and delivering the plan of delegated care to the highest standard.

The Palliative Care Staff Nurse role offers the opportunity for an enthusiastic and experienced staff nurse to develop into a more specialist field , whilst delivering high quality safe and effective palliative care support and guidance.

Main duties of the job

Working with a Clinical Nurse Specialist and Specialist Palliative Care and as part of the Multidisciplinary Team.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Assess and reassess the needs of Patients with specialist palliative care needs under the guidance of the senior Specialist Palliative Care nurse on duty. Within own scope of practice and the palliative care framework, plan, implement and evaluate individualised holistic nursing care.

Provide effective evidence-based nursing care to the highest standard delegated by the senior Specialist Palliative Care Nurse on duty.

Be confident and competent in all areas of palliative nursing practice, understanding own limitations

Participate in audit for clinical practice and assist with data collection for research.

Exercise compassionate counselling skills and act in an advisory and guiding role in all aspects of nursing care for both patients/clients and members of the team.

Play an active role in best practice and also ensuring hygiene and cleanliness including disseminating good practice; participating in audits; benchmarking; raising awareness of service users; challenging colleagues.

Ensure accurate and clear records are kept according to NMC Guidelines for Records and Record Keeping.

Comply with the NMC codes of practice and understand scope of practice when working as a staff nurse within a specialist team.

About us

Priority will be given to colleagues identified as at risk through the Trust's redeployment process.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification for more information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualification

• NMC or HCPC Registered Professional
• Additional training in palliative care or other specialty
• Specialist module in palliative field, or working toward, or willing to achieve within agreed fixed time period.
• Communication Skills Training or prepared to undertake

Skills and Knowledge

• Can demonstrate an understanding of holistic palliative care values
• Multi-disciplinary Team working
• Up to date evidence of 4 Pillars of Practice
• Managing people

Knowledge

• Holistic Palliative Assessment
• Legislation including knowledge of Mental Capacity and Care Act
• Palliative care symptom control and ability to identify palliative emergencies
• Up to date knowledge of palliative care guidance and best practice local and national initiatives
• Ethical dilemmas and how to approach them

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.

Lead Nurse - Palliative and End of life Care