Job summary
- Main area
- Palliative Care
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 337-NP-7903MF
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Meadow House Hospice
- Town
- Southall
- Salary
- £49,178 - £55,492 per annum including HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Community Specialist Palliative Care Triage & Duty Nurse
Band 7
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
Meadow House Hospice is excited to announce the expansion of our palliative care service and we are looking for two dedicated Band 7 Community Specialist Palliative Care Triage and Duty Nurses to join our team. This is a new service for the hospice, so it offers the opportunity for staff to be at the frontline of developing and leading on the way we deliver care to our patients, their families and how we offer support to our partners in caring.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering exceptional palliative care. They must be skilled in collaborative working with a variety of healthcare professionals, able to manage complex patient care needs with compassion and efficiency and committed to improving patient outcomes and supporting our service expansion and development.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidates will collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure that patients referred to our service receive timely and high-quality specialist palliative care. They will work both at the hospice and in the community, visiting patients to undertake assessments in their place of residence as needed.
You will be responsible for responding to urgent calls to the hospice and providing immediate advice to our stakeholders and patients and their carers.
You will also play a crucial role in ensuring excellent triage into the hospice, helping us deliver on our strategic goals for the residents of Ealing and Hounslow.
Meadow House in return will offer a supportive and dynamic working environment, opportunities for professional development and the chance to make a significant impact on the lives of our patients and their families.
If you are a motivated and experienced nurse looking to advance your career in palliative care, we would love to hear from you.
Apply now to become a part of our exciting and dedicated team at Meadow House Hospice and help us provide outstanding care to our community.
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· To provide an evidence-based Specialist Palliative Care Service to adult residents of Ealing and Hounslow CCGs that is equitable according to need.
· To work collaboratively with the Primary Care Team, acute sector, social services and other agencies, to establish a close working relationship that is essential in ensuring that care is coordinated and responsive to individual need.
· The post-holder will be expected to exercise a high degree of personal professional autonomy and make critical judgments to satisfy the expectations and demands of the role.
· To act as a resource and educator to the primary care team and generic palliative care providers, helping to develop and empower their practice.
· To demonstrate empathy with patients and carers, ensuring that effective communication is achieved particularly in circumstances where there may be high levels of distress.
· To manage the triage of referrals into the hospice, determining urgency of response
· Lead on the role of duty nurse, responding to urgent calls to the hospice from patients known to the community team and from community teams requesting advice on patient management, in the absence of the key worker. Action any immediate requests for input and handover the response to the appropriate profession
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • NMC registration and a degree in related subject
- • Post registration qualification(s) in speciality or relevant subject
- • Advanced Communication Skills training
- • Level 2 Psychology training
- • Non-medical prescribing qualification or willingness to complete this
Desirable criteria
- • MSc or MA in related speciality
- • Recognised physical assessment module at Level 7
- • Leadership qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- • Extensive nursing experience within a palliative care setting
- • Experience of identifying education needs and leading relevant training programmes
- • Experience of leading change
- • Advanced palliative nursing knowledge and skills, including problem solving of complex issues
- • Knowledge of current nursing and palliative care agenda to include End of Life Care
- • Advanced assessment skills
Desirable criteria
- • Demonstrate experience of implementing clinical governance and risk management systems
Skills, abilities and attributes
Essential criteria
- • Evidence of a flexible approach to working independently as well as within a multi-disciplinary team structure
- • In depth knowledge of speciality and use of evidence-based practice
- • Able to demonstrate advanced communication skills and manage complex situations
- • Leadership, negotiation, and facilitation skills
- • Practice development skills in line with knowledge and skills framework and agenda for change
- • Access to car or other mode of transport for work purpose
Desirable criteria
- • Evidence of close working with the Primary Care Team or equivalent
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Randall Jones
- Job title
- Head of Nursing for Palliative & EoLC
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07855147280
List jobs with London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust in Nursing and Midwifery or all sectors