Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and experienced individual to join and jointly lead this well-established Supportive and Palliative Care Team based at Royal Papworth Hospital. The team offers a 7-day onsite service.
We are looking to appoint highly skilled, experienced and motivated nurse to join our Team. Excellent communication skills and emotional intelligence are essential to fulfil this role. You will share our passion to strive to improve and enhance care for this group of patients through direct caseload management, teaching, service improvement, research and audit.
Royal Papworth Hospital is proud to employ a diverse workforce who is encouraged to use their individuality to provide exceptional and personalised patient care. We believe that our strength as an organisation relies on our ability to foster an environment which encourages using our differences as a strength.
Informal visits are welcomed, and any enquiries may be directed to Lisa Steadman Head of Nursing, lisa.steadman@nhs.net, 07880309221 or Tracy Simpson Clinical Nurse Specialist tracy.simpson6@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as a part of a team, to help deliver an expert specialist service for those patients with life limiting illnesses. The CNS team help to care for patients at all stages of their journey and through a variety of treatments in a kind, compassionate manner. You will be committed to the delivery of high-quality holistic patient care and you will play an active part in clinical practice, management of patient caseload, education, research, audit and professional activities relating to palliative care. You will lead the Supportive and Palliative Care team Education and Training programme, both in terms of setting goals and vision and in terms of providing actual teaching and training. This post is to be 50% clinical and 50% educational. This will include monitoring and evaluating teaching and training programmes.
Please include in your Supporting Information how you will meet the Trust values.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour
Job description
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with NMC
- Degree in Nursing or evidence of working towards
- Teaching and assessment qualification or equivalent
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Willingness to undertake clinical skills course
Desirable
- Post basic course in Respiratory/Cardio thoracic nursing or equivalent experience.
- Leadership Development Course
- Advanced Clinical Assessment qualification or willing to work towards
- Non-medical prescribing qualification or willing to work towards
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration clinical experience.
- Recent experience as a Band 6 in a management/leadership role
- Experience of managing own workload and those of others.
- Ability to work autonomously.
- Palliative care nursing experience
- Audit and/or research in clinical area.
- Knowledge of NMC Code of Conduct and professional practice guidance, clinical governance, and quality
- Awareness of broader issues in the Trust, the wider NHS, and an understanding of the professional nursing agenda
- Understanding management and leadership theory and practice, together with people management procedures
- Aware of cultural and social influences on health and of the importance of respecting diversity and differences
- Friendly and supportive with proven ability to lead and work as part of a team.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrate presentation skills
- Treat hospital information confidentially
- Ability to plan, organise and coordinate work under pressure
- Demonstrate initiative
- Ability to remain calm and work effectively in stressful situations
- Motivated to work collaboratively and enthusiastically as part of the wider MDT
- Ability to undertake manual handling tasks
- Ability to deal with sensitive issues in a professional manner
- Proficient in computer use
Desirable
- Project management/project team participation
- Involvement in recruitment and selection
- Contribution to policy development and changes in practices
- Budgetary management
- An awareness of mental health issues
- Demonstrate the ability to utilise evidence-based research
- Negotiating and influencing skills
- Coaching skills
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with NMC
- Degree in Nursing or evidence of working towards
- Teaching and assessment qualification or equivalent
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Willingness to undertake clinical skills course
Desirable
- Post basic course in Respiratory/Cardio thoracic nursing or equivalent experience.
- Leadership Development Course
- Advanced Clinical Assessment qualification or willing to work towards
- Non-medical prescribing qualification or willing to work towards
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration clinical experience.
- Recent experience as a Band 6 in a management/leadership role
- Experience of managing own workload and those of others.
- Ability to work autonomously.
- Palliative care nursing experience
- Audit and/or research in clinical area.
- Knowledge of NMC Code of Conduct and professional practice guidance, clinical governance, and quality
- Awareness of broader issues in the Trust, the wider NHS, and an understanding of the professional nursing agenda
- Understanding management and leadership theory and practice, together with people management procedures
- Aware of cultural and social influences on health and of the importance of respecting diversity and differences
- Friendly and supportive with proven ability to lead and work as part of a team.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrate presentation skills
- Treat hospital information confidentially
- Ability to plan, organise and coordinate work under pressure
- Demonstrate initiative
- Ability to remain calm and work effectively in stressful situations
- Motivated to work collaboratively and enthusiastically as part of the wider MDT
- Ability to undertake manual handling tasks
- Ability to deal with sensitive issues in a professional manner
- Proficient in computer use
Desirable
- Project management/project team participation
- Involvement in recruitment and selection
- Contribution to policy development and changes in practices
- Budgetary management
- An awareness of mental health issues
- Demonstrate the ability to utilise evidence-based research
- Negotiating and influencing skills
- Coaching skills
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
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
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
