Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Trafford LCO for a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Trafford Community Macmillan Team.
The Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist will work as a member of the wider locality based multidisciplinary Macmillan Palliative Care Supportive Service. The post holder will support Neighbourhood teams to deliver locally driven high quality care, responsive to patient and carers' needs. This includes education of other health care professionals, training, support and advice for the multidisciplinary team. 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
* To provide palliative care to enhance quality of life for patients and carers with complex physical, psychological and emotional needs.
* Be responsible for the specialist nursing assessment and treatment of clients referred to the Trafford Macmillan Palliative Support Service.
* The Clinical Nurse Specialist will be expected to triage all referrals for the multidisciplinary team and provide palliative care advice to patients, carers, relatives and other health care professionals when supporting the triage role.
* The Clinical Nurse Specialist will be expected to visit patients who require urgent palliative care support utilising advanced communication skills and partnership working with other teams.
* Work as part of a multidisciplinary team providing in-depth multi-factorial assessments and interventions for clients with complex and non-complex cancer needs, and those with a non-cancer diagnosis.
* Manage a caseload of patients requiring palliative care input and be responsible as the main caseload holder of ensuring all grades of staff deliver high quality care. Supervise Associate Macmillan Nurse ensuring competency to support patients within the caseload. Provide supervision and clinical support to band 4 Assistant Practitioners.
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
* Current NMC Registration
* Evidence of completion of relevant courses appropriate to the clinical area.
* Evidence of Degree level study or willingness to work towards.
* Advanced Communication Skills training.
* Recognised teaching qualification or willingness to work towards.
* Non-Medical prescribing or willingness to work towards.
* Leadership/Management Qualification.
* Clinical Examination Skills level 7.
* Evidence of Master's level study or willing to work towards.
* Relevant post registration experience at Band 6 or above within cancer/palliative care/speciality.
* Experience of contributing to audit and research.
* Experience of multi-professional working.
* Experience mentoring/supervising others.
* Experience of managing change.
* Previous experience working at a Band 7 level.
Knowledge and skills
* In depth expert knowledge appropriate to speciality.
* Ability to work autonomously and as part of an effective MDT.
* Ability to plan, organise, prioritise and delegate effectively and support staff.
* Exemplar effective verbal and written communication skills.
* Ability to interpret data and utilise to improve practice.
* Working knowledge of the current NHS Cancer agenda.
* Clear understanding of key stakeholders relevant to cancer services.
* Ability to effectively communicate with the Senior Leadership Team.
Personal Attributes
* Ability to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations.
* Effective team player.
* Personally, and professionally mature.
* Remains calm and diplomatic under pressure.
* Flexible to meet the needs of the service.
* Car owner/driver essential and ability to travel as required for the role.
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.
£46,148 to £52,809 a year Per Annum (pro rata)
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