Consultant Nurse

Job responsibilities

The role entails but is not limited to:

Being an expert in the clinical management of patients with complex palliative care needs

To support the Community team in service delivery whilst supporting the team with any clinical escalations.

To act as an expert clinical practitioner, initiating advanced skills and clinical decision making.

Support the medical team both across the community team and the inpatient unit

Demonstrate advanced clinical skills and knowledge that informs practice decisions in a variety of clinical settings

To independently prescribe medications / treatments, order investigations and independently admit to the appropriate in patient setting or refer on to another speciality

To oversee and supervise others in developing their competence to confident decision making

To recognise the limits of own clinical knowledge and skills and to seek medical support whenever needed to provide safe, effective, and timely patient care.

To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own clinical and professional activities.

Provides professional and clinical leadership, providing a highly visible and authoritative presence ensuring the delivery of excellence in core

The post holder will provide a corporate function in advising executive leadership team with professional nursing advice on palliative care services and service-related issues.

Be part of the clinical on call rota

To strive for effective partnership working with other health and social care providers in the area which supports seamless care for all patients within St Giles Hospice.

To support the Director of clinical services in the delivery of the Clinical Strategy

To support Quality Improvement across the organisation by leading in/participating in clinical audit/research

To identify key deliverables for St Giles Hospice and the improvements required to achieve these

To provide learning opportunities for nurses and other health care professionals by working alongside them, and/or via mentorship and supervision. This includes providing inter professional support for staff of all disciplines

To influence strategic developments in pursuit of advancement of quality of patient care and the patient experience

Contributes to the strategic and operational planning of the service and the developments of professional practice both in the organisation and across its partners involved in the delivery of health and social care locally and nationally.

Support Clinical Governance across the organisation

Contribute to Medicines Management working group, policies and procedures

Always deliver high quality care to patients and families

Recognise areas for Quality Improvement, audit and research and in turn develop plans and pathways to deliver on these

Building links with other Nurse Consultants to innovate through the sharing of ideas

To be current and expert in all areas of palliative care and share knowledge with all others within St Giles Hospice

Support Clinical Nurse Specialists and other appropriate professionals in audit programmes to further build on the model of Quality Improvement

Make a significant contribution to the clinical governance agenda by ensuring practice is evidence based and through the development of staff competence at all levels.

Be key in ensuring that all care carried out by St Giles Hospice is evidence based, safe and audited regularly and appropriately

Be a key member of the hospice wide clinical audit group, ensuring that quality improvement is always paramount

Play an active part in Infection control, Health & safety and Equality & diversity issues.

Work alongside Medical Staff in leading clinical research programmes and involve other professionals where appropriate

Represent the Hospice at external networks and report on progress to Director of Clinical services

Just so you know:

We may review applications before the application review date, however, if you apply after the application review date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role, this may be earlier than the closing date.

If you have not heard within 14 days of the application close date, then please consider that your application has been unsuccessful at this time.

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Qualifications

Essential

• 1st Level Registered Nurse
• Non-Medical Prescriber
• Degree -Specialist Palliative Care or Specialist Community Practitioner
• Hold relevant Masters degree
• Palliative Care/Oncology qualification

Desirable

• Leadership and management qualification
• Teaching Qualification
• Interest in further study PhD level

Other Requirements

Essential

• Valid driving licence
• Eligibility to work in the UK
• Please note that St Giles Hospice does not hold a sponsorship licence and is therefore unable to accept sponsorship requests

Experience

Essential

• Experience working as a senior clinician
• Experience working across settings within a multi-professional environment
• Experience of reviewing and developing services and managing change
• Experience of designing and delivery of education
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise
• Quality Improvement in all areas
• Knowledge and understanding of clinical risk management
• Experience of Clinical Governance
• Experience of clinical audit and research
• Experience of leading a Palliative Care team

Skills

Essential

• Excellent leader with proven leadership skills
• Optimal communication and interpersonal skills
• Autonomous practitioner
• Ability to prioritise workload
• Sound IT skills
• Experience of and interest in clinical data reporting
• Ability to be creative and flexible in order to develop services

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Empathetic
• Team player
• Able to work under pressure
• Collaborative
• Ambassador for St Giles Hospice

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).