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Band 7 Clinical Practitioner - Palliative Care
NHS AfC: Band 7
Main area: Adult Community Services
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Flexible Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 820-6890231-COM
Site: Moseley Hall Hospital
Town: Birmingham, West Midlands
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/01/2025 23:59
Job overview
The Palliative Care Clinical Practitioner (PCCP) will support delivery of palliative and end of life care, acting as the generalist ‘expert’ for the locality and working collaboratively across all community services to lead and influence continuous improvement in palliative and end of life care. The post holder will support teams to deliver the ‘home first’ approach, working in partnership with discharge teams/hubs across acute and community services, EICTs, and specialist teams.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Practitioner in Palliative Care will act as the generalist ‘expert’ for an identified locality, working collaboratively across community services and supporting teams to deliver the ‘home first’ approach.
Working for our organisation
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BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics, and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre, and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
This is a fantastic opportunity to help lead and influence continuous improvement in palliative and end of life care across the communities we serve. We are looking to recruit an innovative and motivated senior nurse who is passionate about delivering high-quality palliative and end of life care for our patients and their families.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
With a focus on clinical leadership and quality improvement, the post holder will:
* Support community teams to deliver evidence-based, pro-active individualised care; acting as a role model and enabling staff to develop confidence and competence in all aspects of generalist palliative and end of life care.
* Identify training needs within community teams and facilitate local learning.
* Lead on the implementation and ongoing review of local quality improvement initiatives.
* Work in collaboration with our system partners e.g. Hospices and acute Trusts to support development, implementation, and ongoing review of system-wide discharge pathways relating to palliative and end of life care.
The successful candidate will be a confident leader, who can influence by demonstrating excellent clinical, communication, and leadership skills. They will need to work autonomously and build strong relationships across a wide range of services and teams.
Independent Non-Medical Prescribing is an essential requirement of this role and applicants must have completed this course (V300). The role will involve direct clinical care but the post holder will not hold a clinical case load. Applicants must have experience of delivering palliative and end of life care in community settings.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered first level nurse or equivalent professional registration e.g. HCPC.
* MSc or equivalent level knowledge/experience in relevant area.
* Clinical supervision training and experience.
* Extended/independent nurse or specialist.
Experience
* Recent primary and community/nursing/therapeutic experience.
* Nurse-led management of minor illness, minor ailments, and injuries.
* Nurse-led triage.
* Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines.
* Clinical Leadership.
* Audit.
* Research.
* Non-medical prescribing.
Skills/Knowledge
* Advanced clinical practice skills.
* Management of patients with long-term conditions.
* Management of patients with complex needs.
* Clinical examination skills.
* Accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse-led service.
* Local and national health policy.
* Clinical governance issues in primary care.
* Patient group directions and associated policy.
Personal Qualities
* As per person specification.
Other Job Requirements
* As per person specification.
Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme
BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long-term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much as possible.
We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage/civil partnerships.
Promoting Workforce Equality
In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.
The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.
Flexible Working
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.
In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!
Benefits of working for us:
* Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements.
* Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
* Discounts for local and national retailers.
* Dedicated well-being services for all employees.
* Flexible working where possible.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Application numbers
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.***
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