Community Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care

Job summary

Are you looking to further develop your career within Specialist Palliative Care?

If so we would love to talk to you and help you develop your palliative care career

We are currently recruiting within the Community Specialist Palliative Care Team for an experienced palliative care nurse. The post holder will have the opportunity to continue to develop and grow their career within an innovative, collaborative experienced multi-professional specialist palliative care team.

The post holder will develop advanced skills in the clinical assessment and management of palliative patients and will develop the professional knowledge and maturity to work towards autonomous patient assessment that determines a working diagnosis, rationale for initial treatment and appropriate supportive management. This will include the ability to communicate complex and distressing information. Liaise and network across the broad Multi-Disciplinary Team to ensure a coordinated approach is given to providing patients and families with the appropriate specialist palliative care, ultimately with the goal of enabling patients to attain the best quality of life possible.

The post holder will contribute to rota of weekend working including weekends and Bank Holidays providing specialist palliative care advice and support.

A valid driving licence and the use of a vehicle for work purposes is vital.

Informal enquires and visits welcome and encouraged to fully understand the role and the service.

Main duties of the job

The Band 6 Specialist Nurse is responsible for the provision of specialist nursing care for a defined patient/client group, practicing as a core member of the multi-disciplinary team.

They will practice clinically in agreed care settings. The post holder will work across professional, clinical providers of palliative care services as required to develop and support patient-centred seamless care.

The role encompasses clinical, consultative, education, leadership and research functions. The primary concern of the CNS is to bring the highest standards of clinical care to the patient through good symptom management, emotional support and access to appropriate services and advice, seeking support from more experienced members of the Specialist Palliative Care Team as appropriate.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

• Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
• We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
• We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Rowans Hospice

Purbrook Heath Road, Purbrook

Waterlooville

Hampshire

PO7 5RU

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Rowans Hospice

Purbrook Heath Road, Purbrook

Waterlooville

Hampshire

PO7 5RU

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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