Job summary
**Previous applicants need not apply**
Part time - 30 hours per week
We are looking for highly motivated Clinical Nurse Specialists to join the Palliative and End of Life Care Team at Great Western Hospital Foundation Trust. The team are dedicated to ensuring high quality clinical care and patient experience for patients, their families and carers with progressive, advanced life limiting diseases requiring specialist palliative and end of life care
We are looking for nurses with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. The post holders will act as a specialist resource across the acute site and Swindon Intermediate Care Centre using a team approach to influence patient care through the indirect role of providing specialist education and training to multi-professional staff/students, statutory and voluntary agencies, undertake research, audits and service development within palliative and end of life care.
The successful candidates will also need to demonstrate that they have experience in working with patients in a variety of settings, are able to work autonomously as well as part of a team.
This service will be transitioning to HCRG Care Group from the 1st April 2025. The successful candidate may transfer over (under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006) on the terms and conditions they are employed on. Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring a smooth transition for everyone involved
Main duties of the job
A flexible approach is needed to manage the changing picture of palliative and end of life care, with a willingness to respond to the changing needs of the Trust and its patients and their families.
You will work within the Palliative Care and End of Life (EoL) Specialist team providing specialist advice and support to both patients and their families. You will work as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team and will work across the Trust.
You will work as part of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) acting as autonomous professional clinical practitioners.
You will promote clinical excellence and provide specialised advice and support to patients, carers and staff. This must be in line with National and local guidance ensuring practice is patient centered and evidence based.
About us
"Our STAR values - Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect - are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives."
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Demonstrate exemplar nursing practice and the implementation of evidence-based care, the provision of a high standard of individualised patient care and experience, upholding the Trust Nursing Strategy which includes the 6Cs
- Responsible for ensuring own knowledge and compliance of appropriate NMC standards and Trust professional guidelines and that these are applied to practice, including NMC Revalidation
- Ensure accurate and contemporaneous patient, staff and other records are maintained, submitted and stored meeting NMC requirements
- Acts as a role model for other team members, promoting and demonstrating the standards of care expected. Challenges, influences and works with other nursing teams to continuously improve standards through shared governance
Please see the attached job description for full information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Demonstrate exemplar nursing practice and the implementation of evidence-based care, the provision of a high standard of individualised patient care and experience, upholding the Trust Nursing Strategy which includes the 6Cs
- Responsible for ensuring own knowledge and compliance of appropriate NMC standards and Trust professional guidelines and that these are applied to practice, including NMC Revalidation
- Ensure accurate and contemporaneous patient, staff and other records are maintained, submitted and stored meeting NMC requirements
- Acts as a role model for other team members, promoting and demonstrating the standards of care expected. Challenges, influences and works with other nursing teams to continuously improve standards through shared governance
Please see the attached job description for full information.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First Level Registration
- Experience at Band 5/6
- Educated to degree level or willing to study
- Demonstrates ongoing continuing professional development
- Advanced Communication Skills
- Competent in Discussions and Decision Making with Regard to Adult Treatment Escalation Plan (TEP) and Resuscitation (willingness to work towards)
- Advanced History taking and Assessment
- Teaching qualification
Desirable
- Management/ Leadership Skills Course
- Recognised teaching course
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience including caring for / or experience in Palliative Care and EoL patients.
- Experience in Palliative Care and EoL nursing
- Teaching experience
- Knowledge of audit and its effectiveness within health care
- Experience in document preparation data collection and report writing
- IT skills
- Able to demonstrate service improvement activities
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Evidence of teaching
- Ability to interpret and utilize information effectively
Desirable
- Risk Management & incident Investigation
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise own / others workload
- Ability to work as a member of the multi disciplinary team and contribute to its development
- Demonstrates excellent interpersonal/ communication
- Adaptable and demonstrates a problem solving approach
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First Level Registration
- Experience at Band 5/6
- Educated to degree level or willing to study
- Demonstrates ongoing continuing professional development
- Advanced Communication Skills
- Competent in Discussions and Decision Making with Regard to Adult Treatment Escalation Plan (TEP) and Resuscitation (willingness to work towards)
- Advanced History taking and Assessment
- Teaching qualification
Desirable
- Management/ Leadership Skills Course
- Recognised teaching course
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience including caring for / or experience in Palliative Care and EoL patients.
- Experience in Palliative Care and EoL nursing
- Teaching experience
- Knowledge of audit and its effectiveness within health care
- Experience in document preparation data collection and report writing
- IT skills
- Able to demonstrate service improvement activities
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Evidence of teaching
- Ability to interpret and utilize information effectively
Desirable
- Risk Management & incident Investigation
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise own / others workload
- Ability to work as a member of the multi disciplinary team and contribute to its development
- Demonstrates excellent interpersonal/ communication
- Adaptable and demonstrates a problem solving approach
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.
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).
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.
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).
