Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist: Palliative & Symptom Care

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident scheme

Job summary

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist for the hospital Symptom Control and Palliative Care team at UCLH in Central London.

You will work autonomously within an MDT to manage inpatient symptom control and palliative care needs, with on-call duties across South Camden and Islington Community Palliative Care Team and the UCLH Trust. This is a full-time post with a seven-day rota.

Responsibilities

• Act as an expert clinician for patients and carers with complex symptom control and palliative needs within UCLH.
• Independently manage a caseload of patients with complex needs, including receiving and making referrals.
• Be included on a triage rota for incoming referrals, calls and supporting with complex discharges. Assess referrals, establish priorities, provide specialist advice, and coordinate handover/allocation of referrals
• Provide palliative care advice within general multidisciplinary teams.
• Deliver skilled assessment and communication addressing advance care planning, psychosocial and spiritual assessment and end-of-life decision-making within an ethical framework.
• Serve as an expert advisor on pain and symptom management, and collaborate with professionals to enhance their palliative care skills.
• Independently assess and support bereavement needs, making appropriate referrals.
• Provide education (formal and informal) to staff
• Provide support to carers and families
• Use in-depth knowledge of multidisciplinary roles and external agencies to ensure optimal referral and care pathways.
• Be part of 7 day rota 0900-1700 (one CNS on site in hospital Sat/Sun/BH, therefore approx. 1 weekend day working per month depending on total staffing numbers). On-Call rota 7 days 1700 - 2000.

Job description

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist for the hospital Symptom Control and Palliative Care team at UCLH in Central London.

You will work autonomously within an MDT to manage inpatient symptom control and palliative care needs, with on-call duties across South Camden and Islington Community Palliative Care Team and the UCLH Trust. This is a full-time post with a seven-day rota.