Palliative Care Nurse (non medical) Consultant

Job responsibilities

Job Summary

The post holder will be a clinical expert in the field of Palliative Care and will be expected to fulfil the 4 domains of consultant level practice, as set out in NHS Englands Multi-professional consultant-level practice capability and impact framework (2020) working across the Fylde Coast.

They will practice at an advanced clinical level and exercise high levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care.

The role is intended to be split 50/50 between: -

Direct autonomous Clinical Practice, potentially working across Palliative Care services (inpatient, community, and hospital liaison teams) on the Fylde Coast. They may have direct clinical responsibility for a patient cohort and will be expected to provide leadership and support for other Clinicians.

Provide leadership, education, and Clinical Supervision for a team of Advanced Clinical Practitioners working clinically within the service (there are currently 5 directly clinical ACPs within the service).

LEVEL OF PRACTICE EXPECTED - for further info see, multi-professional consultant-level practice capability and impact framework (NHS England, 2020)

Expert Practice

Help firmly establish values-based professional practice across pathways, services, organisations, and system, working with individuals, families, carers, communities and others.

Strategic and enabling Leadership.

Provide values-based leadership across the care pathway, services, and systems in complex and changing situations.

Research and innovation

Develop a knowledge-rich and inquiry culture across the service and system that contributes to research outputs and has a positive effect on development, quality innovation, increasing capacity and capability and making systems more effective.

Consultancy approaches for putting in place and sustaining expertise across the system.

Establish expertise across the system by using consultancy approaches and opportunities that have maximum impact on practice, services, communities, and populations, and which add to and sustain workforce capacity and capability.

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

- To provide senior clinical leadership to the nursing and clinical staff of the palliative care service

- Advise and co-lead on the future planning of strategic directions and service developments in relation to the palliative care service.

- Participate in clinical supervision as a supervisor and supervisee.

- Liaise with health and social care professionals both internal and external to the Hospice, acting as a source of specialist palliative care advice.

- Contribute to the delivery of education to all staff groups.

- Act as Clinical Supervisor to the Clinical Advanced Clinical Practitioners within the organisation, who are qualified or in training; ensure they are supported and meet the competency framework as set out.

- Be available to Clinically support Doctors in training (including GP trainees)

- Participate in weekly Specialist Palliative Care Multi-disciplinary team meetings.

- Attend relevant meetings internal and external to the Hospice and participate in the development of policies, procedures and standards pertaining to the clinical activity of the Hospice.

- Liaise with partners, such as Blackpool Teaching Hospitals, Lancaster University and Hospices UK, to facilitate effective and appropriate research, actively involving self in the University Hospice model.

- Work collaboratively with the Palliative Medicine Medical Consultants across the Fylde Coast to ensure delivery, continuity, and development of specialist palliative care.

- On appointment, as a minimum, should be working towards joining the Palliative Care 2nd on-call rota for the Fylde Coast.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of managing complex patients with palliative care needs
• Significant evidence of delivering teaching programmes to staff groups
• Evidence of working at a Senior level within Palliative Care
• Experience of leading service design development and redesign
• Evidence of involvement in local & national networks
• Significant experience of leading, training and developing staff

Desirable

• Evidence of Clinically Leading a service
• Evidence of published papers and publications in peer reviewed journals
• Lead/chair national networks relating to Specialty

Skills, Knowledge and Competencies

Essential

• Evidence of excellent autonomous clinical practice including independent decision making and problem solving
• Able to prescribe all core end of life drugs on the Fylde coast and
• All common dugs utilised in palliative care.
• Demonstrate the ability to work in highly demanding environment.
• Ability to work in an MDT environment.
• Evidence of high-level diplomacy and negotiation skills
• Able to demonstrate imaginative and effective use of resources.
• Lead on the implementation of audit/research recommendations
• Evidence of significant involvement in change management
• Competent in use of IT packages

Audit and Research

Essential

• Ability and evidence of involvement in research projects

Desirable

• Evidence of leading research projects
• Published in peer reviewed journals.
• Contribution to academic programmes

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse on NMC Register or Registered AHP on HCPC Register
• MSc in Advanced Practice
• Non-medical prescriber (for at least 5 years)
• Active professional portfolio in specialty

Desirable

• Leadership qualification
• Specialty Qualification
• Working towards relevant Doctorate

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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