Job summary
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for arole as aClinical Nurse Specialist within the Specialist Palliative Care team at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust.We are inviting applications from highly motivated registered nurses. You will have advanced communication and interpersonal skills and are educated to degree level. The applicant should have post registration experience working with palliative and end of life patients. In return we will offer a supportive and friendly environment where you will be challenged and encouraged to maintain and improve knowledge and skills to ensure expert high quality palliative and end of life care is delivered to patients.
A key part of the CNS role is to assess and facilitate appropriate transfers to local hospices working closely with the MDT and other stakeholders to ensure timely, safe and efficient transfers of care. You will be responsible for the implementation of timely and person-centred assessments to determine appropriate admission into the hospice setting for patients who require complex symptom management and/or end of life care. You will also contribute to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions/expedite discharges to meet the patient's preferred place of care or death.
Main duties of the job
Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) holding a supervised clinical caseload, coordinating holistic care and providing on-going support for patients, their relatives and carers. The successful applicant will work alongside the Clinical Nurse Specialists, complete on going assessment, review, planning and evaluation of care requiring clinical expertise within the area of Specialist Palliative Care escalating any concerns to senior members of the team as required. Communication will be effective, empathetic and reassuring when communicating highly sensitive information and the CNS will act as patient advocate, and palliative care resource within Multidisciplinary meetings participating in the discussion on clinical management of patients on the SPC caseload
You will ensure continuous development of clinical skills in relation to symptom management for patients on the specialist palliative care caseload, ensuring timely escalation to senior clinical nurse specialists or SPC consultants when needs fall outside of the associates scope of practice or competency.Proactively monitor patients on the caseload recognising the early signs of the deteriorating patient or acute illness based on an understanding of the disease process.
CNS will conduct assessment and care planning to meet patients' future care needs to enable patient's wishes and preferences to be met and shared including Emergency Health Care Planning, Preferred Place of Care and DNACPR.
About us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust now form University Hospitals Tees and as such you may be required to work at any site across both Trusts.
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.
We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool"
Job description
Job responsibilities
To act as Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) for a supervised clinical caseload coordinating holistic care and providing on-going support for patients, their relatives and carers. Working alongside the team of Clinical Nurse Specialists, complete on going assessment, review, planning and evaluation of care requiring clinical expertise within the area of Specialist Palliative Care escalating any concerns to senior members of the team as required.
You will identify in-patients whose preferred place of care or death maybe home hospice or otherresidential setting. The successful applicant will assess patients who require symptom control orrequire end of life care and try and meet the patients PPC/D in a timely manner.You will work alongside the acute Specialist CNS team in hospital and community.
You will act as the patient advocate, palliative care resource within the multidisciplinary meetings,participating in the discussion on clinical management of patients on the SPC caseload,escalating concerns for discussion when appropriate.
Review patient medications in accordance with current Palliative Care guidance referring on forCNS/Consultant review when required to ensure patients receive maximum therapeutic support.
Proactively monitor patients on the caseload recognising the early signs of the deterioratingpatient or acute illness based on an understanding of the disease process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To act as Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) for a supervised clinical caseload coordinating holistic care and providing on-going support for patients, their relatives and carers. Working alongside the team of Clinical Nurse Specialists, complete on going assessment, review, planning and evaluation of care requiring clinical expertise within the area of Specialist Palliative Care escalating any concerns to senior members of the team as required.
You will identify in-patients whose preferred place of care or death maybe home hospice or otherresidential setting. The successful applicant will assess patients who require symptom control orrequire end of life care and try and meet the patients PPC/D in a timely manner.You will work alongside the acute Specialist CNS team in hospital and community.
You will act as the patient advocate, palliative care resource within the multidisciplinary meetings,participating in the discussion on clinical management of patients on the SPC caseload,escalating concerns for discussion when appropriate.
Review patient medications in accordance with current Palliative Care guidance referring on forCNS/Consultant review when required to ensure patients receive maximum therapeutic support.
Proactively monitor patients on the caseload recognising the early signs of the deterioratingpatient or acute illness based on an understanding of the disease process.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Degree is related subject
Desirable
- Qualification in Non medical prescribing or willing to work towards
- Qualification in Physical Assessment skills or willing to work towards
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post reg experience in Palliative care or cancer care
- Minimum of three years experience of working at Band 5
Desirable
- Experience of teaching
- experience of working in community setting
Skills/Aptitudes
Essential
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Organisation skills, able to prioritise work load
Desirable
- Advance communication qualification eg: Sage and Thyme, Psychology Level 2 etc
Disposition
Essential
- Ability to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Degree is related subject
Desirable
- Qualification in Non medical prescribing or willing to work towards
- Qualification in Physical Assessment skills or willing to work towards
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post reg experience in Palliative care or cancer care
- Minimum of three years experience of working at Band 5
Desirable
- Experience of teaching
- experience of working in community setting
Skills/Aptitudes
Essential
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Organisation skills, able to prioritise work load
Desirable
- Advance communication qualification eg: Sage and Thyme, Psychology Level 2 etc
Disposition
Essential
- Ability to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations
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).
Employer details
Employer name
North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
Address
University Hospital of North Tees
Hardwick Road
Stockton-on-Tees
TS19 8PE
Employer's website
https://www.nth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
