UCLH Palliative Care and Symptom Control Clinical Nurse Specialist
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Would you enjoy the challenge of working in the Hospital Palliative Care team at UCLH, where we work day to day to achieve the best symptom control, palliative care and end of life care outcomes for the people we care for? Could you imagine yourself working in the heart of the city? Are you ambitious to develop your career and would you like to be supported to do this in a thriving practice with a long tradition of 'can do'? If yes, then please contact us to find out more.
We are looking to recruit to a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist for the Inpatient Symptom Control and Palliative Care Team, for a nine month full-time fixed term contract/maternity cover (please do call to discuss this further/hours; we would consider 0.8WTE over 12 months).
As a whole service, we provide palliative care to the patients of UCLH and South Camden & Islington community.
You will work as an autonomous practitioner managing a caseload of complex palliative care patients with a variety of conditions. Supported by an experienced team of Clinical Nurse Specialists, Registrars, and Consultants, you will also have the opportunity to be involved in a wide range of teaching, staff support, projects, service improvement as well as developing your own leadership skills.
Main duties of the job
Here in Central London, the demand for specialist palliative care is increasing at a faster pace than ever before. To join us in this demanding and rewarding role you'll need to have:
* Resilience and clear motivation
* Passion for working with a wide range of people in their last years of life
* An advanced toolkit of clinical skills that makes a consistent difference to patients and their families
* An ability to motivate and influence people with personal warmth, friendliness, and compassion
* Bright and emotionally intelligent
* Strong networking skills and proven ability to build relationships with a diverse range of people
* An accountability gene that does not shirk from leading in complex situations
* Ability to develop innovation and utilize the evidence base in palliative care
* Opportunity to occasionally work across the three Palliative care teams: UCLH, South Camden Community, Islington Community
Job responsibilities
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
* To be professionally and legally accountable for all work undertaken.
* To ensure that the patient and their informal carers have an understanding of treatment protocols and give informed consent to examination and treatment interventions recommended.
* To undertake specialist-nursing assessment of clients with complex palliative care needs through subjective questioning, objective examination, and study of appropriate written material (e.g. clinical records).
* To prioritize factors involved in the patients and informal carers condition through advanced clinical reasoning.
* To identify patients, their informal carers, or children who may be at risk and vulnerable.
* To monitor, evaluate, and review clinical assessments and interventions within the multidisciplinary framework.
* To act as an expert nurse in palliative care for patients and their families.
* To independently receive and make referrals and manage a caseload of patients with complex palliative care needs.
* To work independently within a general Multi-Disciplinary Team to advise on a palliative approach.
* To develop and conduct skilled nursing interventions with palliative care patients.
* To be an expert assessor/advisor on pain and symptom management.
* To independently assess bereavement needs for informal carers and give advice.
* To work autonomously in isolated community care settings.
* To swiftly respond and lead resolution in challenging or crisis situations within palliative care.
* To act as First Contact for palliative care emergencies out of hours.
* To contribute to the development and implementation of clinical policies.
* To ensure dignity for the patients and their families at all times.
* To provide specialist contribution to health promotion and health education initiatives.
* To undertake courses to extend the scope of nursing roles.
* To maintain a continuing Professional Development portfolio.
* To ensure that clinical care is safe and continuously improving.
* To contribute to new innovative approaches to nursing within palliative care.
* To act as mentor to junior colleagues.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse
* Achieved or working towards first degree
* Current driving licence
* Non-medical prescriber and physical assessment qualification
* Recognised teaching qualification
Skills and knowledge
* Ability to work individually and as a team member
* Basic computer literacy
* Ability to negotiate with a variety of clinical professionals, patients, and their families
* Ability to prioritise workload and manage time effectively
* Ability to solve problems and take action to address issues
* Experience of delivering evidence-based practice
* Excellent verbal and written communication
* Experience of working with integrated care pathways
* Contemporary and relevant clinical knowledge and expertise
* Ability to supervise and develop people
Experience
* Extensive years post-registration, in appropriate specialty
* Experience of case or ward management
* Experience of teaching clinical staff and patients and families
* Demonstrate ability to initiate, evaluate and sustain change management
* Experience of caring for patients in their own home
Audit and Research
* Previous experience of audit, standard setting and quality issues
* Ability to incorporate research into practice and to motivate others
* Experience of user involvement in service planning and delivery
Professional Requirements
* Take responsibility for and demonstrate evidence of own professional development
* Maintenance of professional registration
* Demonstrate commitment to development of palliative and EOLC
* Understanding of equal opportunities
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.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
£54,320 to £60,981 a year per annum HCAS inclusive
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