Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a Band 8b Nurse Consultant in End of Life Care.
This post will play a key role in supporting the North Middlesex Health Unit in developing and maintaining sustainable high quality Specialist palliative care and End of Life care. This will be done through close co operation with the Palliative care team lead and the palliative care consultants as well as close cooperation with the divisional teams to ensure that end of life care is tailored to the area that it is being delivered. The health unit end of Life care steering group will set the direction and support the post holder to improve patient and carer experience and the delivery of the end of life care strategy both locally and group wide
You will be expected to work collaboratively with the Palliative and End of Life team to meet the needs of patients and will lead and support the team in developing and delivering the service ensuring adherence to policy and procedures.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide transformational leadership to staff at all levels, providing a highly visible presence across the health unit and support ward teams to provide a high quality, responsive service with the patient and their significant others at the centre of all that we do. The post holder will contribute to the ongoing implementation of the Royal Free Group strategy and represent the needs of our local health unit population.
The post holder will develop and implement the services strategic direction, ensuring that the service contributes significantly to Group and national objectives, and that effective governance arrangements are implemented and maintained. The role works with the specialist palliative care nursing lead to provide operational leadership and management support to the specialist palliative care team and work collaboratively with external stakeholder partners to engage effectively ensuring that care can cross organisational boundaries and patients homes.
About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow linkhttps://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse
- First degree
- Relevant post registration qualification in specialist palliative care or an equivalent
- Masters qualification including some advanced clinical practice.
Desirable
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to lead and influence change in the field of end of life care.
- IT/Presentation skills
- Emotionally resilient and able to deal with conflicts from both patients, their significant others and colleagues
- Ability to work with strategically with advanced decision making skills.
Desirable
- Advanced communication skills
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 5 years experience at a senior level within SPC/EoL services
- Thorough understanding of palliative and end of life care issues, pathways and service provision
- Knowledge of quality standard setting, benchmarking and audit.
- Evidence of visible leadership and of motivating and supporting staff.
- Evidence of developing education programs and a local and wider level
- Sound knowledge of change management and working across divisions and sectors.
- Ability to examine and interpret data from multiple sources and present these in understandable ways from ward to board.
Personal qualities
Essential
- Ability to work with multi professionals/cultural organisations, cross cutting organisational boundaries and in different health care settings Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills
- Has emotional intelligence and integrity.
- Is kind and compassionate
- Demonstrates empathy
- Non judgemental
Other requirements
Essential
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse
- First degree
- Relevant post registration qualification in specialist palliative care or an equivalent
- Masters qualification including some advanced clinical practice.
Desirable
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to lead and influence change in the field of end of life care.
- IT/Presentation skills
- Emotionally resilient and able to deal with conflicts from both patients, their significant others and colleagues
- Ability to work with strategically with advanced decision making skills.
Desirable
- Advanced communication skills
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 5 years experience at a senior level within SPC/EoL services
- Thorough understanding of palliative and end of life care issues, pathways and service provision
- Knowledge of quality standard setting, benchmarking and audit.
- Evidence of visible leadership and of motivating and supporting staff.
- Evidence of developing education programs and a local and wider level
- Sound knowledge of change management and working across divisions and sectors.
- Ability to examine and interpret data from multiple sources and present these in understandable ways from ward to board.
Personal qualities
Essential
- Ability to work with multi professionals/cultural organisations, cross cutting organisational boundaries and in different health care settings Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills
- Has emotional intelligence and integrity.
- Is kind and compassionate
- Demonstrates empathy
- Non judgemental
Other requirements
Essential
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).
