County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest integrated care providers in England, serving a population of around 600,000 people. We are a high performing organisation with a track record of success and have been rated as Outstanding by the CQC for our Palliative and End of Life Care. This Band 6 post offers an exciting development opportunity for a suitably qualified and experienced Nurse to work within the Specialist Palliative Care in the Community setting.
The post covers core hours of 09:00-17:00 and works across a seven day period, weekends and bank holidays are rostered across the team as per CDDFT policy.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will provide a consistent high quality specialist palliative care service for patients and families, with significant post registration experience including recent experience in palliative care.
As a Palliative Care Nurse Specialist, the post holder will:
1. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for patients and carers.
2. Provide specialist advice.
3. Provide day to day supervision and/or clinical supervision to others.
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will provide a consistent high quality specialist palliative care service for patients and families. They must:
1. Have a positive impact on care and confidently deal with difficult situations with sensitivity and compassion.
2. Be committed to developing themselves and their practice.
3. Work collaboratively as part of a team and build effective relationships within the role.
Person Specification
Special Skills & Knowledge
Essential
* Communicates complex sensitive, confidential information concerning patients/clients displaying empathy, persuasion, and reassurance.
* Demonstrates skills for assessing and interpreting complex needs of patients/clients.
* Plans provision of care for patients/clients, e.g. clinics, health education.
* Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates clinical care of patients/clients.
* Provides specialist advice to patients/clients/carers.
* Develops and implements specialist programmes of care.
* Imparts unwelcome news, care of palliative and end of life/safeguarding issues.
* Follows policies, makes comments on proposals for change.
* Implements policies and proposes changes to working practices or procedures in own work area.
* Supervises work of others, provides clinical supervision of staff, students, and training to others.
* Works within codes of practice and professional guidelines.
* Leads specialist area or team, may manage a caseload in the community.
* Occasional participation in R&D activity.
* Physical Skills: Driving, carries out immunisations, restraint of patients/clients using approved techniques, dexterity and accuracy required for intravenous injections, syringe pumps, infusion, insertion of catheters, and removal of sutures.
Qualifications
Essential
* Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent level of demonstrable professional knowledge/experience.
* Supplemented by diploma level specialist training, experience, and short courses.
Desirable
* Non-Medical Prescribing.
Experience
Essential
* Experience working as a Nurse.
Special Requirements
Essential
* Able to travel across Trust sites to meet the requirements of the post.
* Ability to work hours flexibly when service needs require.
Desirable
* Demonstrates a proactive approach to palliative and end of life care.
Statutory Registration
Essential
* Active 1st Level NMC Registration.
Employer details
Employer name
County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Greenhouse
Amos Drive, Annfield Plain
Stanley
DH9 7XN
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