Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist Palliative Care
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 362-A-24-6447765
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Willow House, Stepping Hill Hospital
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Palliative Care Service Lead
Band 8a
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
The post holder will be responsible for strategic and managerial leadership in the continuous development of the Multidisciplinary Specialist Palliative Care Team at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.
Working in collaboration with the Stockport Consultants in Palliative Medicine and the Directorate Manager for Specialist Services, the post holder will advance the development and efficient delivery of services in Stockport, consistent with the national, regional, and local palliative and end-of-life care objectives.
Main duties of the job
Provide strategic and managerial leadership in the continuous development of the Multidisciplinary Specialist Palliative Care Team at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.
Collaborate with the Stockport Consultants in Palliative Medicine and Directorate Manager to support and advance the development and efficient delivery of services for Stockport, consistent with the national, regional, and local palliative and end-of-life care objectives.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Provide leadership, guidance, and inspiration to the multidisciplinary team members of the Specialist Palliative Care team.
Offer managerial support to the team and social care professionals, including Senior Medical Staff, in matters related to cancer and other non-cancer conditions, utilising advanced communication skills.
Attend Palliative Care Multidisciplinary team meetings to ensure the continuity of Specialist Palliative Care Services across all care settings.
Empower the Palliative Care Multidisciplinary Team to deliver comprehensive assessments and management of patients with complex specialist palliative care needs in both Primary and Secondary care settings.
Deliver Specialist Palliative Care Services within the Trust in collaboration with the Consultants in Palliative Medicine.
Collaborate with patient user groups to foster stakeholder engagement in the development of current and future service provision.
Uphold a professional status in line with the NMC code of conduct and ensure that the requirements for professional registration are fulfilled and maintained by oneself and the Specialist Palliative Care Team members.
Oversee the operational and performance management of the Stockport Specialist Palliative Care Team members, including Macmillan nurse specialists, Associate Palliative Care nurses, End of Life Care Facilitators, and a Palliative Care Social Worker.
Handle the recruitment, selection, and appointment of staff within the Specialist Palliative Care Team, ensuring an appropriate skill mix. Adjust the team's skill mix as necessary, in accordance with National and Local developments and financial resources.
Manage staff sickness and absence in line with Trust policy and maintain up-to-date IPS/personal files.
Partner with the Professional Development Unit to create an environment conducive to staff development and devise induction programs for new staff.
Act as a lead in the development and implementation of relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and protocol relevant to own/others areas of work.
Ensure processes are in place to identify, collect and evaluate information in order to support clinical decision making.
Identify the need for undertaking appropriate research and clinical audit programmes/bench marking processes, to improve effectiveness in service delivery.
Disseminate research and/or audit findings through presentation to professional groups and publication as appropriate.
Promote and implement the clinical governance agenda
Ensure the development of Palliative Care Services in line with the National Institute for Clinical Excellence Guidance on Improving Supportive and Palliative Care for Adults with Cancer and Palliative Care Service Delivery, the NHS Ambitions for EOLC and other relevant national guidance. Ensure that there is further ongoing development of high quality generalist Palliative Care both in Primary and Secondary Care including the support and delivery of nationally agreed tools such as the Personalised Care Plan for the Dying Person, Gold Standards Framework and preferred priorities of care.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 1st Level Registered Nurse with current registration
- Relevant post registered qualification in cancer/palliative care or equivalent study
- Evidence of recent professional development
Desirable criteria
- Masters or study at level 7
- Management Qualification
- Counselling Qualification
- Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Experience in a palliative role in long term conditions
- Advanced communication skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Up to date knowledge of current issues in palliative care
- How to deal with complex/sensitive situations as a manager/leader/advocate
Desirable criteria
- Project management/research/audit
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 5 years post registration
- 2 years experience working at senior level managing health care professionals
- Advanced skills in managing complex clinical caseloads
- Experience of user involvement in the planning/delivery of services
- Multidisciplinary team working
- Evidence of working strategically developing services in line with national guidelines
- Evidence of change management and developing multidisciplinary teams
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of demonstrating significant experience of broad contribution to the development of cancer/palliative care services
- Community Nursing
- Demonstrates advanced skills in managing complex palliative care situations
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Effective Time Management and organisational skills
- To be effective in high level decision making
- Pro-active involvement in developing & leading a team with effective people management skills
- Highly motivated, innovative and practical
- Excellent team worker
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Ability to develop other health professional skills in palliative care
Desirable criteria
- Report writing
- Project management
- Developing business cases
Work related circumstances
Essential criteria
- Car owner/driver
- Ability to travel between sites
- Flexible working
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
- Kay Bottrell
- Job title
- Specialist Palliative Care Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
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