East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for dynamic, compassionate and highly motivated individuals to join our palliative care team as Clinical Nurse Specialists.
You will join the team of Macmillan Palliative Care Nurse Specialists who have a Trust wide role in providing specialist nursing knowledge, expertise and support to this patient group.
You should have proven post registration experience, some at band 6 level and evidence of relevant post-registration study. Experience of caring for patients with an illness that is not responsive to curative treatment is essential. You must also possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and have the ability to work on your own initiative as well as part of a multidisciplinary team. An ability to organise and prioritise your own workload is essential.
You will benefit from the support and educational opportunities offered by Macmillan Cancer Support.
Main duties of the job
1. To have continuing responsibility for the provision of specialist information and support for a Trust wide caseload of palliative care patients.
2. To have continuing responsibility for the development of the palliative care nursing service to ensure that it meets national recommendations and directives for patients with an illness that is not responsive to curative treatment.
3. To have continuing responsibility for assisting in the development of Trust wide processes and systems for palliative and end of life care.
4. To provide specialist palliative care knowledge, advice, information and education to patients, carers, health care professionals and relevant stakeholders.
5. To contribute toward the development and implementation of an educational programme across East Suffolk and North Essex Trust (ESNEFT).
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Job responsibilities
For full details of the role and responsibilities please see attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge
* Knowledge of symptom control and psychosocial aspects of non-curative disease.
* Awareness of national issues affecting palliative care provision.
* Knowledge of complex discharge planning.
* Knowledge of clinical audit and research process.
Experience
* Experience of caring for patients with an illness that is not responsive to curative treatment.
* Proven experience at Band 6 or band 7 level.
* Experience of working as a Nurse Specialist.
Qualifications
* RGN.
* Teaching and assessing in clinical practice qualification or equivalent.
* Evidence of relevant post registration study.
* Relevant degree level study or working towards.
* Nurse prescribing course.
* MSc level or working towards.
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.
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Macmillan Palliative and EOL Care Team Lead
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