Are you passionate about palliative care? Do you want to work with an enthusiastic team developing your palliative care skills? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 6 nurse to join the hospital palliative care team based at the Royal Sussex County and Princess Royal Hospitals.
Main duties of the job
Working alongside the band 7 clinical nurse specialists and band 4 support workers, the post holder will provide holistic specialist clinical assessment, intervention, support, advice, and education to patients and carers with palliative and end of life care needs.
The post holder will work in close collaboration with wards, clinical and multi-disciplinary teams to ensure delivery of high quality individualised care for patients and their families requiring specialist palliative and end of life care in line with local and national guidance. In particular advising and supporting clinical teams in all aspects of end of life care. The post holder will take part in the nursing rota to provide a 7 day palliative care service between the hours of 9am - 5pm at both Royal Sussex County and Princess Royal hospitals.
About us
At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.
We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.
As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.
We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.
Candidate Information Pack: https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/resources/candidate-information-pack/
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Using expert clinical knowledge and understanding act as nurse adviser to patients, carers and staff for those with palliative care/end of life needs within the hospital setting.
2. Undertake a holistic assessment of the patients and carers needs and ensure that it is both recorded and communicated to the appropriate people.
3. Promote an optimal environment for the delivery of care for patients within the hospital setting in partnership with other health care professionals within the trust.
4. Facilitating the discharge of patients in accordance with the rapid discharge guidelines and the patients preferred place of care and death.
5. Facilitate the discussion around advance care planning and medical contingency plans where possible and appropriate.
6. Support the palliative care CNS team in the provision of data and reports that meet the required key performance indicators for the service in a timely manner.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. RGN
2. Teaching/mentorship qualification
Desirable
1. Evidence of leadership development training
2. Evidence of study in palliative/end of life care
3. Sage and Thyme/communication skills training
Knowledge
Essential
1. Evidence of supporting change management
2. Awareness of risk management and clinical governance
3. Experience at band 5 in clinical area caring for patients with end of life and palliative care needs
4. Experience in supporting patients and carers with complex physical and psychological needs
Desirable
1. Experience in supporting DNACPR, Respect and ACP discussions
Skills
Essential
1. Ability to work within a team and to influence, support and motivate others
2. Experience in multidisciplinary working
3. Ability to deal with difficult/distressing situations with varying levels of complexity
4. Ability to assess, plan, evaluate and deliver care according to changing needs
Desirable
1. Cross organisational working
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Essential
1. Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
2. Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)
Address
Royal Sussex County Hospital
Eastern Road
Brighton
BN2 5BE
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