Clinical Nurse Specialist - Palliative Care
Band 7
Main area: Palliative Care
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 350-CC6830405-B
Site: Willowbrook Hospice
Town: Prescot
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 13/04/2025 23:59
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Community Specialist Palliative Care Team in St Helens and Knowsley. We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic nurse with advanced evidence-based Palliative Care Skills, along with a V300 prescribing qualification and proven advanced communication skills.
Main duties of the job
To provide professional leadership, advice, and support in palliative care for health professionals, patients, and carers to enhance the quality of life for people with life-limiting illness requiring palliative care, including complex physical, psychological, and emotional needs.
The role requires an understanding of current initiatives in Palliative and end-of-life care. The successful candidate will work as part of a specialist team consisting of clinical nurse specialists, providing holistic needs assessment for patients, advice, and support for health professionals providing palliative and end-of-life care in the community setting.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To work as a Clinical Nurse Specialist within the Community Specialist Palliative Care Team across St Helens and Knowsley geographical area, supporting patients to be symptom managed in their usual place of residence.
Person specification
Skills
* Evidence of influencing, motivating, and negotiating with others to achieve change in relation to care.
* Aware of current national and local agenda in NHS and Social Care.
* Ability to communicate complex, sensitive information and advice on healthcare to patients/clients, carers, and colleagues.
* IT literate
* Ability to work under pressure and manage a diverse workload.
* Excellent communication, organisational, and interpersonal skills.
* Ability to network with multidisciplinary colleagues.
Knowledge/Experience
* Demonstrable post-registration/qualification experience.
* Experience of management and clinical leadership.
* Experience of successful multi-agency working.
Qualifications
* Degree or equivalent qualification.
* Evidence of CPD/Short courses.
* Registration with relevant professional body.
* Appropriate prescriber (V300).
Values
* Accountability
* Support
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification.
The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration.
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