Clinical Sister

Job summary

End of Life Care within Walsall is rated as OUTSTANDING by CQC within community and the Hospice. The post holder will work within a multidisciplinary team who are focused on delivering the best holistic care possible to patients with a life limiting illness.Goscote Hospice located at Goscote Lane, Palliative Care Centre is integrated with the Palliative & End of Life Care services provided by the Trust, which include community nursing, day hospice and hospital and community palliative care nursing , Consultants, Allied Health Professionals. To be part of a service that provides care across the Integrated Walsall Health Economy as part of the NHS is a fantastic prospect.Enthusiasm, motivation and compassion are qualities and skills considered essential for this role as you will be working in a challenging environment; you will be expected to have a commitment to and progressive work within the field of palliative and end of life care.PLEASE NOTE, WE MAY CLOSE THIS VACANCY EARLY IF WE RECEIVE HIGH NUMBERS OF APPLICATIONS.

Main duties of the job

37.5 hours per week.

• Caring for patients with a life limiting illness likely to be in the last 12 months of life
• Support symptom control management for patients attending with physical, psychological , emotional symptoms
• Care for patients in the last days/weeks of life
• Care for patients admitted for symptom management
• Be part of wider Specialist Palliative Care MDT
• Deliver fundamentals of care based on patient wishes
• Support communication with carers
• Link with teams across acute , community & primary care
• Clinically lead the team on a day to day capacity and in the absence of the Band 7 lead nurse
• Complete quality audits

About us

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 286,700, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities. Work is also well underway on its multi-million pound new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre which will house a new Emergency Department (including Children's Emergency Department), co-located Paediatric Assessment Unit, Acute Medical Unit and Urgent Care Centre. This is scheduled for completion this year.

We would particularly welcome applications from people from a BME background and people with a disability as these groups are currently under-represented at senior level. We value diversity within our Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment.

We support flexible working for all employees and prospective applicants.

Any settled workers meeting the requirements must be offered the position in preference to any non-resident candidates meeting the requirements, unless the role falls under a PhD-level code, in which case sponsorship may be attained.