We are recruiting for a Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist - Palliative Care who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist working at an advanced level to be involved with the continued service developments within Cancer Services and Palliative care. This senior nurse will provide expert palliative care support to both inpatients on our unit and outpatients attending for treatment. They will work closely with allied health care professionals and members of the wider MDT.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care as an autonomous practitioner with specialist skills.
Provision of care through accepting referrals, physical assessments and support on the inpatient unit, nurse-led clinics within the outpatient setting.
Referral of patients directly to specialists in other professions
Allocation of cases to other members of the specialist team
Provide a high level of communication by liaising with all appropriate members of multi-disciplinary team and ensuring a seamless service between acute and primary care services.
Provide expert specialist education for both staff and patients
Maintain own knowledge, competence and skill level through regular clinical supervision, appraisal, personal development plans and appropriate training programmes.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Wednesday 16 Apr 2025