Clinical Lead Community Palliative Care

Dorothy House Hospice

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Job summary

This is a Full Time position working 37.5 hours over five days, these hours will be worked across Monday to Friday.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a dynamic Registered Nurse leader who is motivated, forward thinking and has clinical experience in palliative and end of life care to lead our Community Palliative Care team in the East Somerset area.

About us

Providing outstanding care as rated by CQC, Dorothy House provides compassionate, supportive and holistic care for people in our community with a life-limiting illness. Our focus is on quality of life, helping patients to live well and die well.

Date posted

27 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

WEBREC1000267

Job locations

Winsley, Bradford-on-Avon BA15 2LE

Winsley

BA15 2LE


Job description

Job responsibilities

CLINICAL LEAD - COMMUNITY PALLIATIVE CARE | Band 7 £43,742 - £50,056 per annum

As the Clinical Lead for the Community Palliative Care team, you will:

  • Contribute to the delivery of the shared vision and strategy of the Patient and Family Services Directorate in order to deliver the Everyday Everyone Strategy and associated key Organisation Objectives.
  • Lead and inspire a culture of continuous quality improvement and service development of new models of Community Palliative Care Teams.
  • Demonstrate leadership of the organisational values and enable palliative care teams to embed a culture of work that reflects these values.
  • Coach teams to develop matrix approach both internally within Dorothy House services and externally with other partner organisations and groups within the community to maximise service provision for people with end of life conditions.
  • Lead and support teams to develop strong working relationships with partnership organisations to enhance knowledge and practice in palliative care for Care Homes and other areas.
  • Provide nursing leadership in specialist palliative care through advice, support and education to the Community Palliative Care Teams (CPCT) and other health professionals.
  • Manage a limited caseload providing specialist palliative care to those with a life threatening illness and their families in partnership with health and social care colleagues

    • See our full detailed Job Description on our website for more information.

    ABOUT THE BENEFITS

    Dorothy House is an incredible place to work, these are just a few of our benefits that we offer to our staff:

  • Generous holiday allowance for all roles, increasing with length of service
  • Fantastic refer a friend scheme
  • Excellent industry leading training and development programmes with many career development opportunities
  • Pension with Life Assurance
  • Travel and parking - We offer 45p per mile for work travel. There is unlimited free parking in Winsley.
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Employee Counselling and Mindful Employer Charter - providing our staff with information, advice and support for those experiencing stress, anxiety, depression or any other mental health conditions.
  • Simply Health - Providing insurance against certain everyday healthcare costs such as dental and optical treatments.

    • If this sounds like your ideal job, then we'd love to see your application. Please note that our vacancies can close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. We therefore encourage early submission of your application.

    NEXT STEPS

    Interviews will be conducted at the beginning of May.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    CLINICAL LEAD - COMMUNITY PALLIATIVE CARE | Band 7 £43,742 - £50,056 per annum

    As the Clinical Lead for the Community Palliative Care team, you will:

  • Contribute to the delivery of the shared vision and strategy of the Patient and Family Services Directorate in order to deliver the Everyday Everyone Strategy and associated key Organisation Objectives.
  • Lead and inspire a culture of continuous quality improvement and service development of new models of Community Palliative Care Teams.
  • Demonstrate leadership of the organisational values and enable palliative care teams to embed a culture of work that reflects these values.
  • Coach teams to develop matrix approach both internally within Dorothy House services and externally with other partner organisations and groups within the community to maximise service provision for people with end of life conditions.
  • Lead and support teams to develop strong working relationships with partnership organisations to enhance knowledge and practice in palliative care for Care Homes and other areas.
  • Provide nursing leadership in specialist palliative care through advice, support and education to the Community Palliative Care Teams (CPCT) and other health professionals.
  • Manage a limited caseload providing specialist palliative care to those with a life threatening illness and their families in partnership with health and social care colleagues

    • See our full detailed Job Description on our website for more information.

    ABOUT THE BENEFITS

    Dorothy House is an incredible place to work, these are just a few of our benefits that we offer to our staff:

  • Generous holiday allowance for all roles, increasing with length of service
  • Fantastic refer a friend scheme
  • Excellent industry leading training and development programmes with many career development opportunities
  • Pension with Life Assurance
  • Travel and parking - We offer 45p per mile for work travel. There is unlimited free parking in Winsley.
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Employee Counselling and Mindful Employer Charter - providing our staff with information, advice and support for those experiencing stress, anxiety, depression or any other mental health conditions.
  • Simply Health - Providing insurance against certain everyday healthcare costs such as dental and optical treatments.

    • If this sounds like your ideal job, then we'd love to see your application. Please note that our vacancies can close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. We therefore encourage early submission of your application.

    NEXT STEPS

    Interviews will be conducted at the beginning of May.

    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

    • - Registered Nurse
    • - Postgraduate or equivalent level of knowledge in a relevant subject
    • - Teaching and assessing qualification
    • - Independent Prescriber or working towards qualification
    • - Clinical experience in specialist palliative care
    • - Management/ leadership skills experience
    • - Clinical assessment and analytical skills

    Desirable

    • - Community qualification

    Experience

    Essential

    • - Self-motivated and able to work as part of a team including the Multi-disciplinary Team
    • - Ability to analyse data and research in practice
    • - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
    • - Confident in use of IT systems including patient systems
    • - Car driver essential to support the ability to deliver patient services across a geographical patch

    Desirable

    • - Relevant community experience
    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

    • - Registered Nurse
    • - Postgraduate or equivalent level of knowledge in a relevant subject
    • - Teaching and assessing qualification
    • - Independent Prescriber or working towards qualification
    • - Clinical experience in specialist palliative care
    • - Management/ leadership skills experience
    • - Clinical assessment and analytical skills

    Desirable

    • - Community qualification

    Experience

    Essential

    • - Self-motivated and able to work as part of a team including the Multi-disciplinary Team
    • - Ability to analyse data and research in practice
    • - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
    • - Confident in use of IT systems including patient systems
    • - Car driver essential to support the ability to deliver patient services across a geographical patch

    Desirable

    • - Relevant community experience

    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.

    UK Registration

    Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

    Additional information

    UK Registration

    Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

    Employer details

    Employer name

    Dorothy House Hospice

    Address

    Winsley, Bradford-on-Avon BA15 2LE

    Winsley

    BA15 2LE


    Employer's website

    https://www.dorothyhouse.org.uk (Opens in a new tab)

    Employer details

    Employer name

    Dorothy House Hospice

    Address

    Winsley, Bradford-on-Avon BA15 2LE

    Winsley

    BA15 2LE


    Employer's website

    https://www.dorothyhouse.org.uk (Opens in a new tab)

    For questions about the job, contact:

    HR Administrator

    Roxanne Martin

    roxanne.martin@dorothyhouse-hospice.org.uk

    01225722988

    Date posted

    27 March 2024

    Pay scheme

    Agenda for change

    Band

    Band 7

    Salary

    £43,742 to £50,056 a year

    Contract

    Permanent

    Working pattern

    Full-time

    Reference number

    WEBREC1000267

    Job locations

    Winsley, Bradford-on-Avon BA15 2LE

    Winsley

    BA15 2LE


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