Job summary
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Main duties of the job
Are you passionate about palliative care nursing?
Do you thrive on teamwork? Would you enjoy a varied role where you can
immediately see the positive difference you make to the people you care for? If
youre answering yes, then St Catherines Hospice would love to hear from you.
Were looking for an experienced,
initiative-taking nurse specialist to join our talented team of specialist
palliative and end of life care Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS).
Working as part of an integrated team of clinicians, you'll contribute to the overall care of patients and families with complex needs referred to St Catherines within the community setting. Specialising in the advisory and Care Coordinator component of this support you will have shared clinical responsibility for the patients with the Hospice Medical Team.
About us
When you join St Catherines, youll be joining a supportive
team all working towards abig ambition: to help everyone face death informed,
supported and pain free. If that sounds like something youd find fulfilling please apply today.
Employees at St Catherines Hospice can enjoy a variety of benefits
including:
25 days holiday, increasing with length of service to 30 days + public holidays
Option to buy or sell up to 1 week of annual leave
Day off for volunteering
Day off for moving house
Blue Light Card
Cycle to work scheme
Eye test vouchers
Generous Pension Up to 9% employer contributions or honour of NHS
pension
Enhanced maternity/adoption pay
Life Assurance 4x basic salary
Pay enhancement of unsocial hours
Flu Vaccinations
Counselling Offering
Discounted Gym
Schwartz rounds
Wellbeing Supervision (aka clinical supervision)
Free parking
Career pathway and progression
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working as part of an integrated team of clinicians, you'll contribute to the overall care of patients and families with complex needs referred to St Catherines within the community setting. Specialising in the advisory and Care Coordinator component of this support you will have shared clinical responsibility for the patients with the Hospice Medical Team.
This key senior role demands expertise in specialist palliative care. You will have responsibility, with the Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT), for assessing, care planning, implementation and evaluation whilst delivering responsive, compassionate and effective patient centred care to those referred to the Hospice. The community team aligns closely with external colleagues within the Primary Care Networks integrating with the many different teams.
As a team member you will contribute to a positive supportive working environment with an emphasis on team work and cooperation. You will participate in a rota system providing a 7 day a week face to face and telephone service for patients and their families. This may include visiting out of hours in exceptional circumstances.
Working collaboratively with the Community Manager, the Director of Care Services and other hospice leads and managers, you'll help develop and deliver strategic objectives.
When required, the postholder will also provide support and work with patients and families on the ward and the Living Well Centre/Nurse-led clinics/community engagement projects.
It is anticipated that the work plan will be 20% management and teaching, 80% clinical (patient facing)
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working as part of an integrated team of clinicians, you'll contribute to the overall care of patients and families with complex needs referred to St Catherines within the community setting. Specialising in the advisory and Care Coordinator component of this support you will have shared clinical responsibility for the patients with the Hospice Medical Team.
This key senior role demands expertise in specialist palliative care. You will have responsibility, with the Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT), for assessing, care planning, implementation and evaluation whilst delivering responsive, compassionate and effective patient centred care to those referred to the Hospice. The community team aligns closely with external colleagues within the Primary Care Networks integrating with the many different teams.
As a team member you will contribute to a positive supportive working environment with an emphasis on team work and cooperation. You will participate in a rota system providing a 7 day a week face to face and telephone service for patients and their families. This may include visiting out of hours in exceptional circumstances.
Working collaboratively with the Community Manager, the Director of Care Services and other hospice leads and managers, you'll help develop and deliver strategic objectives.
When required, the postholder will also provide support and work with patients and families on the ward and the Living Well Centre/Nurse-led clinics/community engagement projects.
It is anticipated that the work plan will be 20% management and teaching, 80% clinical (patient facing)
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience and expertise in palliative care
- Advanced physical and risk assessment skills
- Comprehensive and demonstrable individualised assessment, care planning with advance care planning experience
- Demonstrable advanced communication skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of community and extended teams
- Sound community awareness
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively communicate in writing, in person and by telephone
- Listening negotiation and influencing skills
- Experience of developing and teaching others both formal and informal
- Demonstrable mentorship skills
- Demonstrable computer literacy
- Demonstrable knowledge and awareness of quality and governance
Desirable
- People management experience including performance management, workforce planning and recruitment
- Experience of ensuring continuous improvement
- Confident presentation skills
- Experience of delivering formal education
- Experience of contributing to the development of governance frameworks
- Experience of working with care homes.
- Experience of working with people living with dementia and frailty
- A knowledge of hospice and national initiatives relating to palliative care
- Prescribing experience in palliative symptom control and end of life care
Attitude and Behaviours
Essential
- Ability to effectively manage self and teams
- A positive attitude to all aspects of work including supporting and embracing change and managing uncertain situations
- Quality focused 'customer care' ethos
- Confident decision maker
- Ability to travel independently throughout the locality and access to suitable vehicle for business purposes
- Ability to work on own initiative, independently and as part of a team
- Confident and self aware of own limitations and professional boundaries
- Resilient practitioner with the ability to work under pressure
- Ability to foster positive relationships
- High standard of diplomacy, integrity and reliability
- Resilient practitioner
- Professional, confident and compassionate approach to work and people
- Routinely demonstrates integrity and emotional intelligence
- Demonstrable commitment to St Catherine's vision, mission and values.
- Ability to operate in multidisciplinary environment
Desirable
- Proactive, influential and motivational leader
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing qualification at degree level
- Post registration degree level qualification in palliative care or oncology
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Leadership experience
- Advanced communication qualification
- Advanced physical assessment qualification or willingness to undertake
- Independent prescriber or willingness to undertake
- Sound knowledge of palliative and end of life topics and confidence to practice within the role
Desirable
- Masters degree in palliative care or similar, or willingness to undertake
- Degree/degree modules in leadership/management
- Teaching qualification
- Practice assessor and supervisor
- Research experience
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience and expertise in palliative care
- Advanced physical and risk assessment skills
- Comprehensive and demonstrable individualised assessment, care planning with advance care planning experience
- Demonstrable advanced communication skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of community and extended teams
- Sound community awareness
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively communicate in writing, in person and by telephone
- Listening negotiation and influencing skills
- Experience of developing and teaching others both formal and informal
- Demonstrable mentorship skills
- Demonstrable computer literacy
- Demonstrable knowledge and awareness of quality and governance
Desirable
- People management experience including performance management, workforce planning and recruitment
- Experience of ensuring continuous improvement
- Confident presentation skills
- Experience of delivering formal education
- Experience of contributing to the development of governance frameworks
- Experience of working with care homes.
- Experience of working with people living with dementia and frailty
- A knowledge of hospice and national initiatives relating to palliative care
- Prescribing experience in palliative symptom control and end of life care
Attitude and Behaviours
Essential
- Ability to effectively manage self and teams
- A positive attitude to all aspects of work including supporting and embracing change and managing uncertain situations
- Quality focused 'customer care' ethos
- Confident decision maker
- Ability to travel independently throughout the locality and access to suitable vehicle for business purposes
- Ability to work on own initiative, independently and as part of a team
- Confident and self aware of own limitations and professional boundaries
- Resilient practitioner with the ability to work under pressure
- Ability to foster positive relationships
- High standard of diplomacy, integrity and reliability
- Resilient practitioner
- Professional, confident and compassionate approach to work and people
- Routinely demonstrates integrity and emotional intelligence
- Demonstrable commitment to St Catherine's vision, mission and values.
- Ability to operate in multidisciplinary environment
Desirable
- Proactive, influential and motivational leader
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing qualification at degree level
- Post registration degree level qualification in palliative care or oncology
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Leadership experience
- Advanced communication qualification
- Advanced physical assessment qualification or willingness to undertake
- Independent prescriber or willingness to undertake
- Sound knowledge of palliative and end of life topics and confidence to practice within the role
Desirable
- Masters degree in palliative care or similar, or willingness to undertake
- Degree/degree modules in leadership/management
- Teaching qualification
- Practice assessor and supervisor
- Research 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
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).
