Palliative Care Team Lead

Royal Berkshire; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Royal Berkshire is seeking a senior leader to head the Palliative Care Team, driving service development, education, governance, quality improvement and research, and to ensure compassionate, evidence-based end-of-life care across the Trust.

The role is full-time over five days a week, with weekend and Bank Holiday working, leading a multidisciplinary team and shaping strategies in partnership with the Consultant Nurse.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with nursing degree and further qualification in palliative care.
• Experience leading a multidisciplinary team in a healthcare setting.
• Proven ability to drive governance, education and research in palliative care.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of palliative and end-of-life care across the Trust.
• Oversee education, governance, quality improvement and research activities.
• Provide clinical and operational expert advice on palliative care.
• Collaborate with the Consultant Nurse and MDT to advance strategies.
• Support staff development and staff welfare while promoting flexible working.

Skills

Management skills

Change management

Cross-organisational

Communication

Education

Registered Nurse

Degree in Nursing

Post graduate course

Advanced communication skills

Masters degree

PGCE

Job description

We are looking for a senior leader who will be responsible for leading the Palliative Care Team, driving service development, education, governance, quality improvement and research, while ensuring the delivery of compassionate, evidence-based palliative and end of life care across the organisation.

The role if fulltime over 5 days a week, and the successful candidate will be working weekends and Bank Holidays.

Main duties of the job

To improve standards of palliative and end of life care by facilitating the development of practice to ensure that patients with palliative care needs and their families/carers have a quality experience including a thorough holistic assessment and a plan of care to address their individual needs.

To operationally manage the development and implementation of a consistent and effective service and to improve outcomes in palliative care across the Trust.

To act as clinically proficient in palliative care providing specialist advice at clinical and operational level.

In liaison with the Consultant Nurse and other members of the multidisciplinary team to facilitate the development of palliative care at clinical and Trust level.

In liaison with the Consultant Nurse to support the development of staff caring for patients with palliative care needs.

With the oversight of the Consultant Nurse and Consultants in Palliative Medicine, operationally lead on the palliative and end of life education within the Trust.

To work collaboratively with the Consultant Nurse in developing and implementing palliative care strategies.

About us

Diversity makes us interesting... Inclusion is what will make us outstanding.

Inequality exists and the journey to eliminate it is not easy. Every step we take will be a purposeful step forward to deliver a truly inclusive culture where all our people are enabled to deliver outstanding care, where background is no barrier, and where everyone can be their authentic self and we truly represent our patient community.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where possible. All applicants who have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the post can opt for a guaranteed interview.

We support flexible working wherever possible, with requests considered on an individual basis taking into account service requirements, operational needs and the requirements of the role.

Job responsibilities

For more information on the Job role, please refer to the Job Desription and Person Specification attached.

Person Specification

Eduication/Qualification

• Registered Nurse
• Degree in Nursing
• Post graduate course in relevant field
• Advanced Communication Skills course
• Masters degree in related subject
• Post Graduate Certificate in Education

Skills and Knowledge

• Evidence of strong and effective management skills
• Demonstrate change management
• Effective and supportive cross organisational working
• Able to communicate difficult, complex and contentious information to a variety of audiences

Experience

• Significant post registration clinical experience that includes caring for patients with a palliative diagnosis
• Experience of managing a team
• Experience in teaching and coaching
• Research experience

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.