A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, enthusiastic and experienced nurse with a passion for Palliative and End of Life care to join our Acute Macmillan Specialist Palliative and End of Life Care Team for a 9 month full time fixed term contract. The post is advertised as Band 7, however we would consider offering a Band 6 opportunity if there was an appropriate candidate that did not necessarily hold all the required criteria. Weekend working would be required on a rota basis.
The team are based at Scunthorpe General Hospital and provide highly specialist palliative care advice and support to patients, their loved ones, and health care professionals on our in-patient wards. The team works closely with the Consultant in Palliative Medicine, End of Life Care Team and Community based Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Team as well as collaborating with all teams involved in the patients' care.
As a palliative care nurse specialist you will require excellent communication skills, effective leadership skills and advanced decision making skills.
The post holder will provide specialist advice and a supportive role for those affected by cancer and other life threatening illnesses during the palliative stages of the disease process. This process involves direct support to the patient, relatives and carers as well as providing this specialist advice to other professionals. This will include, but is not exhaustive of, complex symptom management and advanced care planning discussions. The role also involves education, research and training to enhance standards of palliative care.
The post holder will be required to develop and maintain a good work relationship with all staff and liaise closely with clinicians, nursing staff, administrative support and patient administration staff at all levels throughout the Trust and other affiliated services. This service is now working 7 days a week and the successful candidate would be expected to work weekends on a rota basis.
NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
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This advert closes on Thursday 20 Feb 2025