Community Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, Band 6
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity exists for a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care to gain experience working in a community setting (0.68 WTE). The post holder will work predominantly in the community setting with flexibility to work within the whole of the Specialist Palliative Care service as required.
The post holder will have substantial post registration experience, to include either palliative, cancer or non-cancer long term condition nursing. We will consider all transferable skills, but an ability to demonstrate a full holistic assessment and understanding of the principles of symptom control is key to this position.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for highly motivated nurses with excellent communication skills to provide advice and support to patients, their families, and health care professionals.
You will need to demonstrate an understanding of specialist palliative care and the context in which such care is delivered within the hospital and community setting. Evidence of ongoing professional development is essential, and experience of teaching is desirable.
Access to own car and driving license is essential to the role.
Job responsibilities
To work effectively as an autonomous practitioner within a multidisciplinary palliative care team promoting and maintaining quality of life for patients with cancer or other life-threatening illnesses requiring palliative care and into bereavement for relatives and carers.
To provide specialist nursing in the assessment of complex symptom and psychological problems, provide support, advice, and leadership to health care professionals in line with national and local guidelines, and ensure a cohesive, holistic, and evidence-based approach to the management of palliative patients.
Person Specification
Qualifications, Experience and Skills
* RGN with substantial post registration.
* Educated to degree level in nursing practice, working at advanced practice level.
* Experience and knowledge of symptom management.
* Enhanced communication and interpersonal skills, with well-developed negotiation, decision-making, problem-solving, and conflict resolution skills.
* Ability to work both independently and as part of the team, and is authorised to prescribe a treatment plan without a doctor's verification.
* Qualification in symptom management.
* Has established expertise and advanced clinical examination assessment and diagnostic skills in the specialty.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 a year (pro rata if part-time)
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