Band 7 Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care

Job overview

The CNS contributes to the provision of specialist palliative care in the North Camden community for patients facing life-limiting illnesses (within the remit of the multi- disciplinary team) accepting patient referrals to agreed criteria and managing their own caseload with the support of the Lead Nurse and Consultant Nurse. They will provide advice, education and support to patients, their carers and other health and social care professionals. They will contribute to the development and smooth running of the service. The post holder will work to agreed professional, departmental and Trust boundaries as required to provide patient centred seamless care and will take part in the 7 day / week service to both community and hospital patients.

Main duties of the job

You should be creative, enthusiastic, and motivated with:

• Broad and extensive post registration experience of working with acutely sick patients, emotionally distressed patients and their families, and terminally ill adults.
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• The ability to work autonomously and as a team member
• Hold a first degree and post registration qualifications in oncology, palliative care, community nursing or other appropriate medical speciality.
• Demonstrate extensive teaching experience.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.