Job responsibilities
COMMUNITY NURSE SPECIALIST | Band 6 £36,100 - £43,470 per annum
The successful candidate duties will include:
To participate in the development of services in line with the organisational strategic direction, to assist individuals to support "Death is a part of life", "Living Well", to lead to a "Peaceful death", incorporating a "Supported bereavement" and participate in developing/maintaining an "increase in income".Anticipate delivery of BAU Monday to Friday with urgent specialist palliative care follow up and assessments only over weekends and Bank holidays.To provide coaching support to the CPCT within the development of a new model of community palliative care.To work with the CPCT Clinical Lead to develop a program of continuous quality improvement and service development to improve patient, family, carer and staff experience.To work as part of a CPCT, to provide specialist palliative care to those with a life threatening illness and theirTo use learning opportunities to enhance the knowledge and skills of health and social care colleagues.To initiate and deliver formal training programmes in collaboration with the DH Education and Research and Training & Development Teams. See our full detailed Job Description on our website for more information.HOURS OF WORK
This is a Full Time position working 37.5 hours over 5 Days, with occasional weekend work.
Due to the community based nature of the role, the post holder will need to hold a full UK driving licence with access to a vehicle.
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 serviceFantastic refer a friend schemeExcellent industry leading training and development programmes with many career development opportunitiesPension with Life AssuranceTravel and parking - We offer 45p per mile for work travel. There is unlimited free parking in Winsley.Cycle to work schemeEmployee 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 end of October.
