Phyllis Tuckwell provides supportive and end of life care for people living with an advanced or terminal illness. Phyllis Tuckwell is based in Farnham, Camberley and Guildford and serves a population of 550,000 across West Surrey and NE Hampshire.
We have an opportunity for a Clinical Nurse Specialist working within one of three localities with flexibility to work across our catchment to respond to patient needs. The three localities are: Guildford, Waverley, Surrey Heath and Farnham or North East Hampshire.
Salary: £49,400 WTE based on 37.5 hours per week
Full and part time opportunities available
Full time hours: worked across 4 days of 9.5 hours or 5 days of 7.5 hours on a seven day rota.
Part time hours: worked across 2 or 3 days of 9.5 hours or 4 days of 7.5 hours on a seven day rota.
Location: Farnham or The Beacon Centre at Guildford.
We are looking for an experienced senior nurse with expertise in palliative and end of life care, clinical leadership and partnership working, to join our community team to provide specialist palliative care to patients, their families, and carers in the community.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Nurse Specialist role will be responsive to need, demonstrating advanced communication skills, advance care planning, symptom management knowledge, caseload management, as well as critical thinking and decision-making skills.
The role will include working in our Advice and Referral Team which provides a single point of access for referrals, advice, and support for multidisciplinary team working around the patient.
The successful candidate will work as part of a multi-professional team and will provide responsive care as well as proactively working alongside patients and families to support them to live well. They will embrace opportunities to advance clinical practice, be willing to share their skills and knowledge by educating others and be committed to continuously improving services. A commitment to further develop own knowledge and clinical skills to improve patient care is essential including a willingness to undertake MSc modules in Advanced Clinical Practice.
About us
Phyllis Tuckwell offers:
* Continuation of NHS Pension or Phyllis Tuckwell Group Personal Pension Plan
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Comprehensive education and training with personal development opportunities
* Clinical Supervision and support
* A motivated and compassionate team whose passion is to make a difference
* Multidisciplinary working within a forward-thinking and supportive organisation
If you are unable to apply online, application forms are available from HR on 01252 729408 or email Recruitment@pth.org.uk
Closing date for receipt of completed applications: 20th December 2024
Interviews will be held week commencing 6th January 2025
This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Phyllis Tuckwell is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, with the principles of fairness and equality at its core. We are an equal opportunities employer, who values and respects our employees' unique knowledge, skills and experiences. We warmly welcome applications from all sections of the community. All appointments are made following a fair and equitable process, based on merit, job requirements and business need.
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Job responsibilities
POST: Clinical Nurse Specialist
ACCOUNTABLE TO: Community Services Manager
JOB PURPOSE:
To provide planned and, as needed responsive, skilled, holistic assessment for patients with advanced illness. To utilise advanced communication, physical and psychological assessment, and decision-making skills. To optimise symptom management, enable access to advance care planning discussions and provide emotional support to the patient and those closest to them. To work as a member of the multi-professional Phyllis Tuckwell Community team ensuring the patient has access to relevant colleagues and they receive person-centred care according to the needs and preferences.
To act as a resource to external health and social care professionals involved in providing palliative care and within Phyllis Tuckwell (PT) through sharing expertise and information, providing advice and education and advancing practice.
To proactively support the referral pathway into PT clinical services, ensuring that referrals are prioritised and responded to in a timely way, that critical thinking and case load management underpins decisions about patient and family need, and that there is joined up care and partnership working wrapped around the patient and their family or carer.
Person Specification
Using information and systems
* Be in possession of basic digital technology skills: word, e-mail, PowerPoint, digital record keeping and internet usage.
Managing Work
* Able to carry out effective and appropriate advanced clinical and holistic assessment and evaluation
* Able to identify need for, initiate and implement change
* Able to demonstrate evidence of leadership qualities
* Ability to make autonomous decisions demonstrating decision making, critical thinking, proactive caseload management
* Able to work effectively in an emotionally demanding environment under pressure
Qualifications
* Degree module (level 7 MSc) / working towards, or willing to undertake in palliative care / advanced clinical practice.
Relationships and Communications
* Evidence of the ability to facilitate learning and teach on one-to-one basis and to groups
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* Ability to support identify own and teams stressors and seek appropriate support to ensure wellbeing
Experience
* Has extensive palliative / end of life care, or long-term conditions experience
* Community experience / knowledge
* Knowledge of current health care, nursing, palliative care policy and provision
* Clinical leadership skills, with demonstrable experience in senior clinical leadership role
Team Working
* Ability to work as part of a team and independently
* Have experience of multidisciplinary team working and with external partners.
* Awareness of importance of diversity and inclusion in team working
Governance and Risk Management
* Understanding of clinical governance, risk management, health and safety, quality assurance and improvement.
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.
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