An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Supportive and Palliative Care team.
The post holder will play a key role in the delivery of Supportive & Palliative Care in WUTH by working alongside a skilled, multidisciplinary team to ensure patients in hospital with life-limiting illness have the best possible experience of care, and good coordination of care at the point of hospital discharge. The post holder will also play a key role in caring for patients in the last days of life (including support for those close to them), and in supporting staff to deliver care for dying patients in keeping with local protocols and recognised best practice.
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full duties of the role. Please contact the department for additional information.
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.
We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.
We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.
The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Maguire Job title: Matron - Supportive and Palliative Care Email address: emma.maguire1@nhs.net Telephone number: 0151 678 511
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