Job Overview
Join Our Team as a Community Palliative Care Specialist Nurse! We are based at Hemel One, Hemel Hempstead.
Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of patients with palliative and end-of-life care needs? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Specialist Palliative Care Service at the Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust – Hertfordshire Division.
As a Community Palliative Care Specialist Nurse, you will be an integral part of our integrated Cancer, Non-Cancer, and Palliative Care team, working across organizational boundaries to deliver exceptional care. Your role will encompass:
- Advanced Clinical Practice
- Training and Education
- Service Development/Leadership
- Audit
This position offers a unique chance to develop your skills in palliative and end-of-life care, working alongside a multi-professional team dedicated to providing the highest standard of care.
Main Duties of the Job
- Provide highly specialist palliative care advice and support to other generalist nurses, care agencies, and health professionals including doctors and consultants, to ensure high quality individualised patient care.
- Use expert skills in communication, clinical judgement, and management within palliative care settings.
- Use and develop specialist skills when dealing with verbal and physical aggression whilst working with patients and carers.
- Function effectively as an autonomous practitioner working independently, not directly supervised, and as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
- Registered Nurse with current UK NMC registration
- First level degree or undertaking a first level degree
- Teaching qualification or willing to undertake
- Advanced Communication Course
- Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation competencies
- Willingness to undertake further academic or practical study at a higher level (e.g., Master’s degree)
Experience
- Candidates should have attained an appropriate level of experience to fulfil the competencies required in palliative care or oncology.
- Suitable applicants will have demonstrable post-registration experience working at a senior level in palliative or end of life care.
- Community experience.
- Evidence of experience in a teaching and mentoring role.
- Experience of cross boundary working in partnership and collaboration with health, social, and voluntary sectors.
- Knowledge of NMC code of professional conduct.
- Understanding of current political and policy context in Primary health Care.
- Knowledge of research processes.
- Knowledge of clinical governance and its implications.
- Knowledge of resource management.
- Up to date evidence of continued professional development and of reflective practice in a professional portfolio.
- Proven leadership skills in some aspect of service development.
- Experience of participation in research, audit, and evaluation.
- Experience of leading change and innovation.
- Experience of using counselling skills.
Skills & Knowledge
- Ability to utilise a range of expert communication methods appropriate to situation.
- Is able to use communication theories to inform and to organise care packages as appropriate.
- Is able to communicate complex and sensitive information which requires empathy and reassurance related to palliative care patients and their families and professionals working with them.
- Has ability to use influencing, negotiating, and counselling skills in a highly emotive atmosphere.
- Has the ability to challenge and be challenged regarding triage outcomes.
- Willingness to uphold the Trust’s values.
- Hold a full, valid UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Key Attributes
- Team player.
- Good communicator.
- Has a good sense of humour.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts, we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
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