Trafford Specialist Palliative Care Team
The Associate Macmillan Palliative Care Nurse will work as a member of the wider locality based multidisciplinary Macmillan Palliative Care Supportive Service. The team is very supportive and a full competency-based induction will be offered, supported by a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist.
The post holder will support Neighborhood teams to deliver locally driven high quality care, responsive to patient and carers' needs. The focus of the multidisciplinary approach will be to support patients and carers to live well, prevent inappropriate hospital admission and meet their preferred priorities for care.
Main duties of the job
1. Registered Nurse
2. Up to date registration with the NMC
3. Health Related Degree or equivalent portfolio experience
4. Experience evidenced by completion of specialist short courses, post-graduate training, etc. or relevant
5. Relevant post registration experience
6. Experience in delivering palliative care.
7. Experience of working collaboratively
8. Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
9. Experience of working in a community setting.
10. Experience of teaching training others
11. Experience of supporting and supervising other staff in the clinical environment
12. Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools relevant to cancer/palliative care.
13. Demonstrate the application of evidence to work in palliative care Advanced communication skills or willing to undertake 3 day National Advanced Communication Skills training
14. Understanding of the Specialist Palliative Care Nurse role and roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group)
15. Knowledge of the principles of Clinical Governance/Audit
16. In depth knowledge of National Policies and Procedures (relevant to the specialist client group)
17. Good presentation skills both written and verbal
18. Good caseload management skills including experience of managing own caseload
19. Car Driver/access to a car for work purposes
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We're looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Nurse
* Up to date registration with the NMC
* Health Related Degree or equivalent portfolio experience
* Experience evidenced by completion of highly specialist short courses, post-graduate training, etc or relevant
Desirable
* Teaching qualification
* Member of relevant special interest group
* Completion of basic leadership course
* Post graduate courses in cancer/palliative care.
Skills/knowledge
Essential
* Relevant post registration experience
* Broad range of experience in delivering palliative care
* Experience working in a community setting
* Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
* Experience in teaching others
* Experience in supporting and supervising others
* Car driver and access to car
* Good caseload management skills including experience of managing own caseload
Desirable
* Evidence of contributing to the development of a service
* Experience of working in an inner city multi ethnic environment
Personal qualities
Essential
* Evidence of CPD
* Organisational skills
Employer details
Employer name
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Macmillan Wellbeing Centre Trafford General Hospital
Moorside Road
Davyhulme, Manchester
M41 5SL
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