Job summary
- Main area
- Community Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 318-24-D&S-T1621
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Palliative Care Office, Beacon House
- Town
- Gloucester
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 30/07/2024
Employer heading
Community Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, Band 6
Band 6
Join us at an exciting time for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust! We have an ambitious plan for our journey to Outstanding and are looking for aspirational, committed individuals to join us, making a real difference to both staff and patients.
As a former winner of England for excellence award: Tourism destination of the year, the beautiful city of Gloucester and the scenic regency spa town of Cheltenham are fantastic places to work and live.
As a hospital Trust we are currently involved in over 100 clinical trials and studies, whilst also providing acute elective and specialist services to a population of over 620,000.
By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.
Job overview
Permanent position, 30 hours a week
An exciting opportunity exists for a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care to gain experience working in a community setting (0.8 WTE). The post holder will work predominantly in the community setting with flexibility to work within the whole of the Specialist Palliative Care service as is required.
The post holder will have substantial years post registration experience, to include either palliative, cancer or non-cancer long term condition nursing. We will consider all transferable skills, but an ability to demonstrate a full holistic assessment and understanding of the principles of symptom control is key to this position
The proposed interview date is 30th July
Main duties of the job
We are looking for highly motivated nurses with excellent communication skills to provide advice and support to patients, their families and health care professionals.
You will need to demonstrate an understanding of specialist palliative care and the context in which such care is delivered within the hospital and community setting. Evidence of ongoing professional development is essential and experience of teaching is desirable.
Access to own car and driving license is essential to the role.
Working for our organisation
The specialist palliative care service is predominately led by a team of clinical nurse specialists, with oversight and support from specialist palliative medical consultants and other AHP’s.
We have strong working relationships with colleagues in primary care, including district nursing, GP’s and our neighbouring hospices.
Our team is supportive, friendly and we aim to ensure each of our staff members have a career plan tailored to their needs. Please do make contact with us for an informal discussion around the role.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To work effectively as an autonomous practitioner within a multidisciplinary palliative care team promoting and maintaining quality of life for patients with cancer or other life threatening illnesses requiring palliative care and into bereavement for relatives and carers.
To provide specialist clinical leadership in the assessment of complex symptom and psychological problems, provide support, advice and leadership to health care professionals in line with national and local guidelines and ensure a cohesive, holistic and evidence based approach to the management of palliative patients.
Contact Details
Samantha White (Lead Nurse Specialist Palliative & EoLC)
0300 422 5370
(Additional contact names: Andrea Newing & Laura Strong Team Leads Community Specialist Palliative Care Team)
Person specification
Qualifications, Experience and Skills
Essential criteria
- RGN with substantial years post registration.
- Educated to degree level in nursing practice, working at advanced practice level.
- Experience and knowledge of symptom management.
- Enhanced communication and interpersonal skills, with well developed negotiation, decision making, problem solving and conflict resolution skills
- Ability to work both independently and as part of the team and is authorised to prescribe a treatment plan without a doctors verification
- Access to own car and driving license is essential to the role.
Desirable criteria
- Qualification in symptom management.
- Has established expertise and advanced clinical examination assessment and diagnostic skills in the speciality.
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
- Samantha White
- Job title
- Lead Nurse Specialist Palliative & EoLC
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 422 5370
- Additional information
Andrea Newing , Laura Strong & Gill Bennett Team Leads Community Specialist Palliative Care Team
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