Title: Advanced Clinical Nurse Specialist Palliative Care (Virtual Ward Service)
Salary: Marie Curie Clinical Pay Scale, aligned with AFC Band 7 £43,742 - £50,056 pro rata per annum
Hours/Contract: Full Time, Part Time considered
Contract Type: Fixed Term - ends 31st May 2025
Based: Bradford Hospice
Closing date: 4th August 2024
Interview date: .12th August 2024
We have a vacancy for an additional fixed term Advanced Clinical Nurse Specialist (Band 7) to join the Marie Curie REACT project based in Bradford. Our team consists of nurses, physiotherapists and doctors working in partnership with other services to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital for patients with unmet or rapidly escalating palliative care needs. Patients will be identified in the Emergency Department of the Bradford Royal Infirmary or by colleagues working in the community as having unmet symptom control/end of life care needs that can be safely and effectively managed at home with additional short-term urgent support and intervention from our REACT community team.
This is a truly career enhancing opportunity to both improve the patient and family experience, alongside reducing inequalities in access to specialist palliative care across Bradford.
You will be accountable for providing specialist palliative care nursing services to people living with a terminal illness, those important to them and health professionals. This will be demonstrated through working as an autonomous expert practitioner in palliative care, practising as a Non-Medical Prescriber, managing a caseload of patients with complex needs and providing advice, expertise and support as part of the multidisciplinary team.
As a member of the leadership team you will facilitate a sensitive, person centred and compassionate environment for patients, those important to them, staff and volunteers leading by example and professionalism. Alongside cultivating a person-centred environment, you will also be responsible for demonstrating advanced clinical knowledge of the principles and practice of palliative care, providing specialist education which is evidence based to patients, those important to them and staff and undertaking quality improvement initiatives.
Read more about our Bradford Hospice here
Marie Curie Benefits Package
1. Season ticket loan for travelling to and from work
2. Defined contribution schemes for Pension (the charity will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
3. Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
4. Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
5. Introduce a friend scheme
6. Help with childcare cost (T&C's apply)
7. Entitled to Marie Curie Blue Light Card
8. Entitled to Benefit Hub Discount Scheme
9. Life assurance – for all employees
What’s in it for you:
10. Continued access to NHS Pension Scheme (subject to eligibility)
11. Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
12. Season ticket loan
13. Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
14. Employee Assistance Programme
15. Flexible Working
16. The time to provide individual and patient-centred care.
17. Excellent on-the-job training and support from experienced experts
Qualifications, training, and education
18. Registered Nurse on NMC register (Adult)
19. Relevant Nursing Degree
20. Mentorship/ Teaching qualification
21. Postgraduate Diploma in Health-related topic
22. Working towards a Master of Nursing/ Palliative care
23. Non-Medical prescribing qualification
24. A full driving licence with access to a vehicle insured for business use and a willingness to travel
Essential Experience
25. Experience at Band 6
26. Evidence of fostering a supportive and engaging culture
27. Experience in leading a team of nurses/ healthcare professionals
For more information or an informal chat please contact Frances Mulley -
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