Palliative Care Support Nurse
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Job summary
We are recruiting for a Palliative Care Support Nursewho shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
You will be responsible for the provision of high quality, patient focused care to the Trust's palliative care patients, their families, and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
You will be responsible for assessing, developing, and implementing specialist nursing care within the 7-day Palliative Care service. Also responsible for providing specialist advice and support to, and liaising with, other staff.
Our Values are Include, Respect, and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
Assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating care as a practitioner with specialist skills.
Provide advice and clinical expertise to staff.
Provide specialist clinical advice for patients and carers.
Carry a caseload and take responsibility for the management of allocated cases.
Engaging in important conversations with patient's, carers, and family regarding Advanced Care Planning (ACP) and approaching their End of Life (EoL)
Support the clinical team to complete the ReSPECT (ACP) form as appropriate.
Improve and maintain standards of care within the specialty.
Develop the skills of generalist nurses to enable them to provide a high standard of care for patients within the specialty.
Communicating very sensitive condition related information to patients and relatives, requiring high levels of empathy and reassurance
Ensuring the provision of appropriate verbal and written patient information, thus empowering the patient to make informed decisions.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Details
Date posted
05 October 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
361-COR-5600821
Job locations
Lister Hospital
Corey's Mill Lane
Stevenage
SG1 4AB
Employer details
Employer name
East and North Herts NHS Trust
Address
Lister Hospital
Corey's Mill Lane
Stevenage
SG1 4AB
Employer's website
https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Lead Nurse, End of Life & Palliative Care
Kelly Wallace-Bates
07787846202
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