Main area: Growing the Friarage & Community Services
Grade: Band 8b
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 328-FCS-6949010-LJ
Employer: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: The James Cook University Hospital
Town: Middlesbrough
Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/04/2025 23:59
Nurse Consultant for Adult Palliative Care
Band 8b
Job overview
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Nurse Consultant for Adult Palliative Care. This role will be part of the Growing the Community and Friarage collaborative team working in close collaboration with the Head of Nursing, Lead Nurse for SPC and EOLC, Clinical Director, and Service Manager. Are you a clinical expert who puts the clinical and holistic needs of our patients first to ensure safe, high quality and effective care? Are you a passionate advanced practitioner with a specialist interest in Adult Palliative Care?
You will provide strong and effective clinical leadership to the specialist palliative care nursing team across the community and acute services. You will act as an expert practitioner providing advice and consultancy for the management of patients with complex specialist palliative care needs. You will work with patients & staff, evaluating existing services and providing innovative and novel models of care. You will act as an exemplary role model for expert clinical nursing practice, demonstrating high professional standards, values and attitudes with a patient-centred approach.
Within South Tees, we have an ambitious strategy to improve palliative and end of life care for the patients we serve. You will be supported in your role by senior nursing & medical staff who are committed to delivering a high-quality service alongside supporting the development of your nursing career.
Main duties of the job
This role will be at an advanced clinical level in direct delivery of high-quality palliative care making critical clinical decisions based on expert knowledge and clinical assessment skills, working across the four pillars of advanced clinical practice as set out by Health Education England (2017).
The post holder will provide clinical leadership and support within the nursing/AHP SPC teams in developing the service to improve the patient experience, supporting Palliative Medicine Consultants with day-to-day clinical activity.
The postholder will provide expert clinical care to patients with specialist palliative care needs via direct assessment and also by providing expert knowledge and assistance to clinical teams across the trust. To provide the highest standard of expert holistic care for patients through utilization of advanced clinical skills and advice in the assessment and management of patients, working autonomously and with the multi-disciplinary team to improve the quality and safety of patient care.
Working for our organisation
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers.
This programme aims to:
1. Explore leadership within the NHS
2. Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
3. Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
4. Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role
After you complete this four and a half days of training, you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3, 5, and 7.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Experience
* Significant experience working within the specialist palliative care environment
* Experience of assessment, diagnosis and care planning within a complex care setting
* Experience of working autonomously
* Experience of effectively managing a team and resources
* Experience of innovation in practice
* Experience of change management and service improvement
* Experience of leading audits and implementing these changes in practice
Qualification and Training
* Registered Adult Nurse with current NMC registration
* Advanced Communication Skills training
* Masters degree relevant to professional nursing practice
* Post graduate certificate (level 7) in a relevant field
* Physical Assessment and Disease Management Skills Course
* Evidence of ongoing professional development
* Access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.
* Leadership Qualification
* Teaching Qualification or equivalent
* Sage and Thyme Facilitator qualification
* Advanced Communication Facilitator training
* Counselling / psychological care qualification
Knowledge and Skills
* High level of interpersonal and communication skills
* Expert clinical skills and history taking
* Counselling skills
* Evidence of expertise and competency in relation to nursing practice appropriate to post
* Proven Leadership skills
* Clinical Governance knowledge
* Ability to assess, deliver, evaluate and benchmark quality of care
* Excellent organisational skills
* Ability to prioritise workloads
* Expert knowledge, clinical skills and experience in specialist palliative care field
* Ability to cope with and diffuse difficult and stressful situations
* Strategic awareness of population health needs
* Experience of response to incidents following PSIRF framework
* Thorough understanding of contemporary nursing issues
Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)
It is now the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 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. We welcome applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network; LGBT+ Network; Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions Network, Faith Network, Childless not by Choice Network and the Menopause Support Group.
As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.
The Trust encourages and supports all applicants to be fully vaccinated against both COVID19 and influenza.
Please be aware, there are occasions where some vacancies may close prior to the closing date advertised. This will only happen where sufficient applications are received AND will be made evident on the job advert.
Please note if you are successfully shortlisted, we will contact you via the email address that you have applied from so please ensure you check your emails regularly.
Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants.
IMPORTANT-Please ensure you read the 'Guidance Notes for Applicants' document attached to this advert before you start to complete your application form.
This document provides detailed advice regarding the completion of your application form.
The guidance document also provides in detail what identification and certificates you must provide at interview should you be shortlisted.
As part of our pre-employment screening process, all applicants are required to provide references from their last continuous 3 year employment and/or training/education. The referees MUST be a Line Manager/Supervisor. Applicants are requested to ensure email addresses for all referees are included on their application form. Personal references and references from colleagues are not acceptable.
Unfortunately, we are unable to respond to all applicants and those who are not contacted within six weeks of the closing date should assume that their application has been unsuccessful.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Kelly Kirtley
Job title: Head of Nursing
Email address: k.kirtley@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07467 438738
Additional information
Julie Lamb
Lead Nurse for Cancer and Palliative Care
Email: Julie.lamb5@nhs.net
Telephone: 01642 854773
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