The successful candidate will be joining a well-established team of Band 6 and 7 Clinical Nurse Specialists, Lead Nurse and Consultants in Palliative Medicine who provide specialist palliative care expertise across the acute and community settings. The team values close working relationships and has a firm commitment to the education and training of others.
For this post, we are keen to attract a team-oriented, experienced nurse, who ideally has worked in a specialist palliative care setting or has extensive experience in caring for palliative patients. They will possess excellent communication skills, have established emotional resilience, and be skilled decision makers.
The successful candidate will take up a position as a supervised caseload holder working within a caseload share model. They will join an established specialist team who have expertise in undertaking holistic assessments, symptom management, psychological support, and providing advice and signposting to other services for our patients and carers.
Our new team member will be joining a service that has a strong team culture, where support for each other has become a natural aspect of day-to-day working. In addition, the successful individual will enjoy close support and mentoring from all team colleagues.
Main duties of the job
To work within the integrated Wye Valley NHS Trust Specialist Palliative Care Team, being responsible to the Lead Palliative Care Macmillan CNS.
The post holder will be supported to manage a caseload, providing high-level clinical assessment and proactive clinical care across all care settings for people facing life-limiting illness.
To contribute to the achievement of corporate objectives.
This is a fixed-term Band 6 post for 30 hours per week to cover maternity leave.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster, and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward-looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff, a great place to work, a great place to develop your career, and a great place to reach your potential.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Nurse
* Relevant Diploma/Degree or equivalent
* Post registration qualification within specialty or equivalent and ability to link theory to practice or willingness to undertake on appointment
Desirable
* Teaching qualification relevant to specialty
* Counselling course (minimum 3 days Advanced Communication Skills Training)
Experience
Essential
* Relevant post registration experience at Band 5 or above with palliative care experience
* Demonstrate the ability to deliver clinical skills in practice
* Effective and sensitive handling of difficult information and situations
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential
* Leadership ability
* Time management of self
* Demonstrate an ability to problem solve highly complex situations
* Analytical and judgemental skills requiring analysis
* Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing to a wide range of people
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
St Michael's Hospice
Bartestree
Hereford
HR1 4HA
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