Team Lead in Palliative and End of Life Care

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a dedicated Palliative Care Team Leader to enhance the quality of care for patients with complex needs. This exciting role involves managing a diverse caseload, collaborating with various healthcare teams, and providing essential education and support to families. The organization is committed to innovation and excellence, striving to create a compassionate environment that values diversity and inclusion. If you are passionate about making a difference in palliative care and are ready to lead a dynamic team, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in palliative care with a focus on patient support.
• Ability to manage complex caseloads and collaborate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of patients with complex palliative needs.
• Collaborate with ward staff for rapid discharge and end-of-life care.

Skills

Palliative Care Experience

Patient Management

Collaboration with Healthcare Teams

Education and Training

Education

Nursing Qualification

Specialist Palliative Care Training

Job description

We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join our Palliative Care Specialist Team in one of the country’s largest acute NHS Trusts as the team leader.

The post will be based within the existing Specialist Palliative Care Team, offering ongoing support and working alongside staff to ensure that people with specialist palliative care needs receive the care they require to achieve the best quality of life possible. The post will be based at The Royal London in Whitechapel; there may be some rotation and cross-site working.

This post requires a highly skilled individual with extensive relevant palliative care experience to support the delivery of clinically effective, efficient, and high-quality care to people with complex specialist palliative care needs, ensuring that this care is evidence-based and reflects current best practices.

Using specialist palliative skills and knowledge, you will manage a caseload of patients and their families/carers with complex needs related to living with a life-challenging illness.

This role involves contributing to a networked service to facilitate access to assessment, advance care planning, and treatment for a specific cohort of patients and their families with complex palliative care needs. You will work in partnership with generic ward staff and specialist community teams, especially for those being rapidly discharged home for terminal care.

You will act as a specialist resource across the whole system, influencing patient care through a team approach by providing specialist education and training to multi-professional staff/students, statutory and voluntary agencies. Additionally, you will undertake research, audits, and service development within palliative and end-of-life care.

This post will also proactively support a move towards 7-day working within the existing CNS team, with main hours covering weekends and bank holidays.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country and a leading healthcare provider in Britain.

The group is entering an exciting new era on its journey to becoming an outstanding organization with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted itself out of special measures, there is now a strong focus on continuous improvement across all services.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, providing safe and compassionate care in east London and beyond. We aim to deliver high standards of harm-free care and ensure patients receive care in the right place at the right time. We are committed to being an outstanding place to work, where our WeCare values guide our teamwork and culture.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic candidates, as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

For further details or informal visits, please contact:

Name: Lisa Michna
Job title: Senior Nurse
Email: [e-mail]