We are looking for an experienced Registered Nurse with demonstrable clinical experience in Specialist Palliative Care who is able to function well in a team as well as under their own initiative and who can respond to changing service priorities.
The Specialist Palliative Care team work 9-5 seven days a week, we do however also cover AED, where we deliver Specialist Palliative Care at the front door. This service covers 8-8.30pm. You will be expected to rotate between the 2 services.
You will deliver and support high standards of clinical care both as a direct care giver and indirectly through the support and education of the wider workforce.
As our service provision is seven days a week and you must be able to work over the seven day period
· Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of evidenced-based nursing care.
· Provide expert advice and clinical practice.
· Provide specialist education and training to others.
· Work collaboratively and co-operatively clinical colleagues to develop services and quality of care delivered.
· Lead the development of clinical services within the specialist field.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
KEY DUTIES
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of evidenced-based nursing care.
• Provide expert advice and clinical practice.
• Provide specialist education and training to others.
• Work collaboratively and co-operatively clinical colleagues to develop services and quality of care delivered.
• Lead the development of clinical services within the specialist field.
CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• Maintain Professional Registration
• Adhere to relevant Code of Practice of Professional body.
• Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health care needs.
• Perform advanced clinical skills in assessment &/or diagnosis &/or treatment.
• Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records.
• Involve patients and carers/relatives in the planning and delivery of care and development of services.
• Monitor investigation results, initiating further assessment/review of treatment pathway as required.
• Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure patient needs are met, especially in relation to ongoing care needs and discharge arrangements.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers/relatives, and professionals across health and social services.
• Contribute to the health promotion agenda with the local health economy.
• To undertake the role of non-medical prescriber in line with National and Local standards and to embed quality assurance processes in such activities.
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
• To ensure records are kept tidy, stored and/or shared in accordance with good Information Governance.
TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSBILITIES
• Identify learning needs, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of education to meet identified need.
• Participate in the education of pre and post registered nurses, medical staff, AHP’s, patient and carers and participate in curriculum development where appropriate.
• Address specific health targets e.g. CHI, NICE Guidance, NSF related to own area of practice through education
• Ensure own compliance and compliance of others with regards to mandatory training and PREP requirements.
• Undertake clinical supervision of nursing colleagues on an individual or group basis.
LINE MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Provide specialist, expert clinical knowledge to clinical colleagues, patients and carers/relatives.
• Promote patient and public involvement activities in the specialist area, leading to service improvement.
• Promote people’s equality, diversity and rights.
• Evaluate service delivery against key performance targets, National Quality Measures, identify areas for improvement and initiate change.
• Collect, collate and report activity data to key stakeholders, producing regular formal reports
FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
• Ensure the effective and efficient use of physical and financial resources; make recommendations regarding medications, supplies and equipment.
RESEARCH & AUDIT
• Identify need for, participate and undertake, research, clinical audit, benchmarking and equipment trials, in order to improve effectiveness of patient care.
• Disseminate research and audit findings through presentation to professional groups and publication.
• Responsible for the development and implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to own area of work.
This advert closes on Wednesday 26 Mar 2025
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