About this role
Job summary
Are you passionate about delivering high quality end of life care? Are you experienced in community nursing? If so we need you!
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Rapid Response service. Our service, in collaboration with Mary Ann Evans Hospice, supporting end of life and catheter patients across North Warwickshire. The post is rotational days and nights. In return, we will offer you a comprehensive induction and development plan, access to specific training in end of life care and a pleasant working environment.
If you would like more information or an informal visit please do get in touch. Susan Taylor 07584618133 [email protected]
Main duties of the job
To provide a Rapid Response End of Life care nursing service across North Warwickshire. To provide strong clinical leadership and empower team members to ensure all aspects of patient care demonstrate clinical excellence and maintain consistently high standards of nursing practice in palliative care.
The post holder will be responsible for actively managing a clinical caseload of patients requiring specialist core palliative care needs.
Manage support and develop Healthcare Assistants. Act as a resource for professionals and non professionals involved in palliative care within the community. Establish effective working relationships with Primary Care Health Teams to provide palliative care nursing to patients and families within their own home.
To work with Project Lead to develop service provision taking specific responsibilities as defined.
About us
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion we encourage all applicants to complete a short survey. This can be accessed via the link below:
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Job description Job responsibilities
Promotes a culture that supports and enables self-management and proactive planning towards the end of life.
Demonstrates leadership through clinical expertise, delivering high standards of person-centred care and using the underpinning philosophy of co-creating care with people with palliative care needs.
Supports and contributes to the development and promotion of the nursing service ensuring the delivery of high quality, cost-effective care.
Supports patient and public involvement within the sphere of practice.
Supports and contributes to quantitative and qualitative data collection of the nursing service in order to provide evidence of productivity, outcomes and quality and contributes to providing reports demonstrating the evidence.
Participates in service reviews and initiatives to drive service improvement Supports and contributes to the implementation and monitoring of adherence to relevant clinical guidelines.
Takes professional responsibility for ensuring effective communication between all service providers across the care pathway.
Makes sure that people with palliative care needs are aware that they are interacting with a SWFT Palliative Care Professional
Acts as a role model for excellent communication skills and expertise
Develops skills in conflict resolution and negotiation skills when dealing with difficult or challenging situations.
Assist in maintaining patient statistics by keeping up to date patient notes and clinical database.
Participate in agreed methods of off - duty planning to provide a service to patients and families between the hours of 2200 and 0800 seven days a week.
Positively support the project lead in managerial decisions and change management issues.
Participate in regular reflective practice and clinical supervision.
Ensure compliance with all SWFT policies and procedures.
LINE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Participates in specified meetings in order to contribute to strategic service planning and implement continuous improvements to palliative care practice
Manage performance and professional development of Health Care assistants.
PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL ADVICE
Works across professional boundaries using creative reasoning and problem solving.
Supports and manages change within a complex environment including across organisational boundaries in the pursuit of excellent palliative and end of life care.
Influences the development of others through education and training.
Utilises patient and public experience feedback to drive innovation and change.
Provides palliative care advice to patients, carers, and all members of the multidisciplinary health care team concerning clinical investigations, disease and symptom management, and other issues within sphere of competence.
Uses knowledge to refer patients and carers to other specialist/multidisciplinary services.
Advises patients, carers and health care professionals on services impacting on palliative care in both acute and primary care settings in addition to social services and voluntary sector organisations across North Warwickshire.
COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
Uses high level of interpersonal and communication skills for the purposes of facilitating ethical clinical decision making.
Negotiates with health and social care professionals involving contact with acute and primary care sector together with statutory and voluntary services to facilitate seamless access to and transition between palliative care services for patients and carers
Uses alternative methods to communicate with patients where there are barriers present i.e. hearing disabilities, mental health, language and sensory impairment.
CONTROL OF RESOURCES
Accurately records and manages personally generated patient information in compliance with data protection regulations.
Maintains data base of service information for the purposes of audit and service development.
Manages office resources in order to fulfil job responsibilities.
Uses Microsoft Office to create documents, reports and educational materials.
JUDGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING/FREEDOM TO ACT
Actively integrates theory and practice within the field of palliative care.
Assesses peoples information needs and provides relevant information to meet those needs through the use of information prescriptions.
Provides clinical expertise, advice and support across service boundaries.
Supports the nursing contribution to service development, ensuring the pursuit of excellence in care.
Follows an agreed care pathway, refers to other professionals and sign-posts to other agencies as appropriate.
Supports and contributes to the development of policy and clinical guidelines.
Participates in policy formation and implementation related to palliative care.
WORKING CONDITIONS I.E. SHIFT WORK OR REQUIREMENT TO TRAVEL
Works flexibly regarding time in order to meet service needs.
Accesses independent means of transport for domiciliary visits and meetings.
Manages risks of lone working in community setting.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Undertakes audit at request of Project Lead.
Identifies mechanisms to obtain and use feedback in order to develop patient focussed service.
Takes personal responsibility for life -long learning and continuous personal development through clinical supervision, appraisal and Knowledge and Skills Framework and actively engages with learning and development opportunities offered by SWFT
Demonstrates continuous evaluation of practice and make changes where appropriate.
OTHER DUTIES
Responsible for the safe use of training, therapeutic and communication equipment e.g. projectors, nebulisers, TENS machines, mobile phones.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered General Nurse First level degree in related subject or undertaking a degree pathway Post-basic qualification in cancer/palliative care or relevant subject or workings towards Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable
Evidence of training in audit/ quality improvement methodology Advanced communications skills training or prepared to work towards Evidence of training in teaching / education or prepared to work towards Evidence of masters level learning or prepared to work towards Nurse prescribing
Experience Essential
Relevant post registration experience, at Band 5 or above, in cancer, palliative &/ or end of life care within current role Experience of multi-professional working Experience of teaching Evidence of good communications skills Ability to support and influence change
Skills Essential
IT literate Teaching/assessment and presentations skills Organisation and negotiation skills Effective communication Ability to motivate self and others Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team Flexible attitude to working
Desirable
Exemplar written communication skills European Computer Driving Licence or equivalent Leadership and motivational skills
Personal Qualities Essential
Diplomatic Calm and objective Assertive, confident, yet approachable Personally and professionally mature Recognition of own limitations Demonstrates enthusiasm Ability to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations.
Other Essential
Able to travel between sites
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship 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).
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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 South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
Address Mary Ann Evans Hospice
Eliot Way
Nuneaton
CV10 7QL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.swft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)