Job summary
- Main area
- Palliative Care
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-RD-EMF17215
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £48,270 - £54,931 Pro Rata Per Annum inc. HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Supportive & Palliative Care
Band 7
Job overview
We are seeking a dynamic clinical nurse specialist to join the Supportive & Palliative Care Team at Royal Surrey County Hospital & the Royal Surrey Cancer Centre. The team provides a comprehensive hospital-based specialist palliative care service, with weekly supportive & palliative care clinics. The team operates a 7 day a week service, and you will be expected to contribute to the 1 in 6 weekend rota. Weekly hours of work are 36.75. The team of CNS’s work closely with Consultants, Specialist Registrars, Resident Doctors and our Occupational Therapist to provide holistic care to patients with both malignant and non-malignant life limiting conditions. The team also has active education and research programmes.
Main duties of the job
• Help lead clinical care for a defined inpatient and outpatient caseload (with consultant oversight) by providing expert assessment and management of physical and psychological symptoms
• Provide expert clinical care to patients with life limiting illnesses from diagnosis to end of life care
• Contribute to the 7 day working rota
• Set up, advise on and manage syringe pumps and subcutaneous injections
• Actively support patients and their families, through communicating difficult and complex information using appropriate and individualised methods to ensure effective understanding, empowering them to make an informed decision about their care options
• Undertake sensitive discussions relating to Advance Care Planning, including supporting the patient and caregiver throughout the process and communicating these decisions to relevant healthcare professionals
• Signpost patients and caregivers to relevant support services
• Facilitate communication between local Trusts, primary and tertiary care
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To contribute to the delivery of a high standard of supportive, palliative and end of life care within the Royal Surrey Foundation Trust.
The successful post-holder will independently assess and develop management plans for a caseload of patients with life limiting conditions across the inpatient wards and oncology outpatient clinics. They will act as a specialist resource trustwide contributing to the continual review and development of the service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse – Adult Part
Desirable criteria
- First level relevant degree
- Advanced assessment qualification
- Independent / Non- medical prescribing qualification, or willingness to undertake course
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Post-registration experience of Oncology nursing
- Extensive post-registration experience of Palliative Care nursing
- Extensive experience in managing symptoms in malignant and non-malignant disease
- Understanding of current issues in Acute NHS setting
- Can demonstrate up-to-date clinical credibility/competence
- Knowledge of clinical governance issues such as complaints handling, clinical risk management
- Knowledge of current NHS and Professional issues
- Advanced communication skills and ability to undertake complex advance care planning conversations appropriately
- IT Skills, Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills
- Equality and Diversity Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems
Desirable criteria
- Experience in leadership
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lucy Kellaway
- Job title
- Lead Nurse in Palliative Care
- Email address
- [email protected]
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