About this role
Job summary
Band 7 or 6 depending on experience.
The successful candidate will be joining a well-established team of Band 6 and 7 Clinical Nurse Specialists, Lead Nurse and Consultants in Palliative Medicine who provide specialist palliative care expertise across the acute and community settings. The team values close working relationships and have a firm commitment to the education and training of others.
For this post, we are keen to attract a team orientated, experienced nurse, who ideally has worked in a specialist palliative care setting or have extensive experience in caring for palliative patients. They will possess excellent communication skills, have established emotional resilience and be skilled decision maker.
The successful candidate will take up a position as a caseload holder working within a caseload share model. They will join an established specialist team who have expertise in undertaking holistic assessments, symptom management, psychological support and providing advice and signposting to other services, for our patients and carers.
Our new team member will be joining a service that has a strong team culture, where support for each other has become a natural aspect of day to day working. In addition, the successful individual will enjoy close support and mentoring from all team colleagues.
Main duties of the job
To work within the integrated Wye Valley NHS Trust Specialist Palliative Care Team, being responsible to the Lead Palliative Care Macmillan CNS.
The post holder will be a caseload manager and practice leader, provide high level clinical assessment, proactive clinical care across all care settings for people facing life limiting illness.
To contribute to the achievement of corporate objectives.
This is a Band 7 post for 30 hours per week. We are also happy to interview Band 6 level nurses and this could be a developmental post to progress to a Band 7 if meeting a competency framework or continue at Band 6.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Job description Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Education & Qualifications Essential
Registered Nurse with current NMC registration 1 st Degree in nursing study
Desirable
Teaching qualification relevant to specialty Advanced Communication Skills Training or will undertake within first six months in role MSc degree or working towards Health Assessment Module Independent nurse prescribing
Experience Essential
Significant post registration experience including specialist palliative care. Ideally 5 years post registration experience, 2 years specialist experience. Experience in developing policy, undertaking audit Computer literate Demonstrate the ability to deliver advanced clinical skills in practice Effective and sensitive handling of difficult information and situations
Desirable
Managing a caseload
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities Essential
Leadership ability Good time management Demonstrate an ability to problem solve highly complex situations Developed analytical and judgemental skills Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing to a wide range of people Computer literate including competence with Maxims, EMIS or will undertake training within first month
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 Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address St Michaels Hospice/Hereford Hospital
Stonebow Road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)