Main area: Palliative Care
Grade Band: 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Worked over 3 days, 09:00-17:00, Monday-Friday with flexible days off)
Job ref: 287-AMED-310-24
Employer: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Woodlands Hospice, Aintree Hospital
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 Pro Rate Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 12/02/2025 17:00
Ambulatory Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist
Band 6
Job overview
We are seeking a dynamic Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the Ambulatory Specialist Palliative Care Team, based within Woodlands Hospice. Candidates must have previous palliative care experience and training specific to the role.
You will be part of a team of Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialists, working closely with the Specialist Palliative Care multi-disciplinary team, and wider teams from the Hospital, Hospice and Community, caring for palliative patients. Your role will involve management of your own caseload of palliative care patients in the community, known to the Ambulatory Specialist Palliative Care Service, and supporting these patients via Nurse-Led Clinics.
The post holder will be based within the Integrated Mersey Palliative Care Team (IMPaCT) Department at Woodlands Hospice, working as part of an integrated team of CNSs from hospital, community and hospice settings, triaging referrals and requests of advice and support from our shared patient caseload.
Previous experience and knowledge of palliative pain and symptom control and management, holistic assessment and patient-centred planning and delivery of care are essential for this role. Advanced Communication Skills and Advance Care Planning training and experience are also desirable.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Nurse Specialist will act as the clinical expert and professional resource to the generalist multi-professional team caring for these patients in the community, and to palliative patients and their carers.
The CNS will participate in the rota as the Ambulatory Specialist Palliative Care Team triage coordinator within the IMPaCT Hub, triaging referrals for ambulatory services, and coordinating and responding to requests for advice and support from patients, their carers, and other healthcare professionals caring for these patients.
The post holder will carry responsibility for a defined caseload, offering specialist advice including setting standards of care, the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. The CNS will conduct and coordinate independent holistic assessments, and nurse-led follow-up clinics for this caseload, using all available media, including face to face in the department, attend anywhere, telephone, and on occasion, in the patient's own home.
The post holder will contribute to achieving the objectives of the clinical Palliative Care & Acute Oncology corporate objectives and work within the clinical governance framework.
The post holder will also be required to support the Hospice at Home service as a Band 6 Clinical Coordinator in cases of absence. This may include participating in their on-call rota, covering the service remotely 09:00-17:00 at weekends and on bank holidays.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of requirements for this role, please see attached job description and person specification. If you would like to discuss your previous experience and suitability for this role or arrange an informal visit, please contact our clinical admin team on 0151 529 2637 to arrange to speak to Jennifer Warren, Ambulatory Specialist Palliative Care CNS Team Leader.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse / Midwife
* Post-basic specialist Qualification relevant to speciality
* Evidence of continued professional development
* ECDL
Experience
* Extensive clinical experience
* Participation in research
* Evidence of leading and facilitating change
Knowledge and Skills
* Teaching / assessment skills
* Organisation and negotiation skills
* Ability to motivate self and others
* Evidence of audit and change management ability
* Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team
Other
* Diplomatic
* Assertive and confident
* Recognition of own limitations
* Able to travel between sites
* Flexibility
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment.
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.
Name: Jennifer Warren
Job title: Team Leader Ambulatory Specialist Palliative Care
Email address: [emailprotected]
Telephone number: 01515292637
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