About this role
Job summary
Community Palliative Care Nurse Specialist, Band 6 (30 hours a week)
We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced registered nurse to join our community specialist palliative care service. You will be expected to work effectively as an autonomous practitioner, to promote and maintain quality of life for patients with life-limiting conditions requiring specialist palliative care, within the primary care setting.
Additional working pattern details: 9am - 5pm over 4 working days a week
Main duties of the job
To work as a clinical nurse specialist in managing a caseload of patients living with life limiting conditions who have complex symptoms and needs. To provide person cantered coordinated care, ensuring a cohesive, holistic and evidence-based approach to the management of palliative patients with complex symptoms and needs.
About us
In joining our organisation, you will be welcomed into a cohesive and supportive service. Alongside clinical duties, you will be offered comprehensive training, including attending advanced clinical communication skills training and completion of associated palliative care certificate training.
Job description Job responsibilities
To work autonomously assessing patients and carers within the community setting, with complex physical, emotional, social and psychological symptoms as indicated to enable an appropriate plan of care to be developed.
To provide support and give specialist clinical advice to health care professionals, patients and carers concerning the care and treatment for palliative patients in all areas, hence ensuring effective decision making can be reached and appropriate treatment plans are developed. This will include frequently advising on medication, psychological issues and further treatments.
To establish and maintain effective communication relating to complex, sensitive and potentially stressful situations on a regular basis. Breaking bad news with patients, relatives, carers and other professionals throughout the patients illness. Supporting relatives, carers and staff in bereavement with the ability to recognize and refer on for complicated grief reactions.
To identify, organize and evaluate specialist intervention in response to complex needs on a daily basis. This includes identifying oncological /medical/palliative care emergencies, analysing clinical options and liaising with appropriate member of the multidisciplinary team.
To contribute to case conference and multidisciplinary team on a regular basis to enable complex and ethically challenging decisions to be made regarding treatment plans.
Additional Contact Details
Gillian Bennett, Andrea Newing & Becky Cullis - Community Specialist Palliative Care CNS' 0300 4225370
Person Specification
Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills & Experience Essential
Significant in depth NHS experience of which appropriate experience should be contact with palliative care, oncology, or community nursing RGN with substantial experience post registration Demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills Experience working with optimising and managing symptoms Demonstrates understating of specialist palliative care and it's difference in provision from other providers of palliative and end of life care Demonstrates ability to work independently and as part of an integrated team Ability to demonstrate critical thinking skills, and capable of receiving constructive feedback for professional growth
Desirable
Evidence of completion of Advanced Communication Skills Training or equivalent Evidence of formal palliative care/symptom control training Evidence of working within a community setting/lone working Evidence of clinical leadership
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.
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 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Beacon House, Gloucester Royal Hospital
Great Western Road
Gloucester
GL1 3NN
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)