Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
As the Community Palliative and End of Life Care Lead, you will support the Trust's end-of-life care portfolio, coordinating and leading all aspects of our end-of-life care programme in the Richmond community. In this influential role, you will bridge connections with healthcare and community partners, ensuring a seamless, compassionate experience for patients and their families. Your leadership will guide the Trust's strategy, policies, and governance framework to ensure our services remain aligned with national standards and deliver care that is safe, effective, and responsive.
Main duties of the job
1. Lead the development, maintenance, and implementation of the Trust's end-of-life care strategy, ensuring alignment with national guidelines and addressing local needs.
2. Collaborate with clinical leaders across the Trust and partner organizations to drive a high-quality, coordinated approach to palliative and end-of-life care.
3. Develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for quality assurance and performance evaluation.
4. Support the governance framework for end-of-life care by coordinating clinical audits and ensuring the risk register is current.
5. Facilitate training and professional development for clinical and support staff, fostering best practices in end-of-life care.
6. Act as the Trust's clinical leader for end-of-life care, guiding the development of policies, pathways, and initiatives to enhance patient and carer experiences.
Job responsibilities
1. Work with senior clinical leads within the Trust and local health and social care community to ensure delivery and development of the local palliative and end of life programme.
2. Maintain and develop the Trust's end of life strategy and related policies in line with national guidelines and standards and identified local need.
3. Ensure best practice is incorporated into end-of-life care plan and work with colleagues to ensure guidance and support for staff is up to date and readily available.
4. Ensure the maintenance of the governance and assurance framework for end of life care.
5. Provide trust wide clinical leadership in end-of-life care and lead the development of the Trust's response to National palliative and end of life care strategies.
6. Support the development of key strategies aligned to end of life care; dementia, long term conditions; frailty in line with national guidelines and local requirements.
7. Develop and review the palliative and end of life care and associated policies within the Trust and ensure awareness in all clinical services.
8. Ensure that a robust and efficient method of clinical activity recording, in line with National guidelines and recommendations, is in place.
9. Work with partner organisations to develop a forum to develop seamless care for patients.
10. Coordinate the reporting of performance for end-of-life care and ensure reports are timely and clear to support decision making.
Person Specification
Education/qualifications
* Registered Nurse with current registration
* NMC Teaching qualification
* Specialist palliative/end of life care qualification
Experience
* Knowledge of care and treatment in palliative and end of life care
* Evidence of incorporating research and evidence into practice
* Evidence of working in a senior nursing or managerial role
* Experience of managing organisational change
* Evidence of achieving key targets within tight timescales
* Experience of working clinically in field of palliative and end of life care
* Experience of working with a Trust Board and external organisations
Skills/Abilities
* Ability to develop and interpret complex clinical information and national guidance and tailor the information to different audiences
* Highly developed communication skills
* Ability to lead and motivate others both within and external to the Trust without direct line management responsibility
* Experience of clinical audit and the ability to interpret results and recommend changes to care delivery/processes
* Ability to prioritise workload and manage competing demands
Knowledge
* Knowledge of care and treatment interventions for end of life care and application within the care delivery setting
* Knowledge of NHS organisations
* Knowledge of national policy for end of life care
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.
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
Lead Nurse Palliative and End of Life Care
£59,490 to £66,239 a year per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata)
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