Band 7 Senior Nurse for Palliative Care

Job overview

We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated nurse who is passionate about palliative and end of life care to join the Children’s Specialist Palliative Care Team. Alongside the Clinical Lead you will play an active part in clinical practice, education, research/audit and the implementation of national guidelines. The successful applicant will work as part of a well-established dynamic team who provide specialist advice and support to children, young people and their families and all members of the health care teams involved in the child/young person’s care.  The team consists of a specialist palliative care consultant, senior palliative care nurses, senior family support worker and nurse associates. We work very closely with the Children’s Community Nursing and Rapid Response Teams and the acute settings to ensure a high standard of care is offered to children/young people and their families throughout their palliative care journey.  The team support children and young people and their families with all aspects of palliative, end of life care and bereavement support. The team offer a 24/7 service which enables timely symptom management and offers family choice around care for place of death.  It is desirable that you will hold the Independent Non Medical Prescribing qualification and have a good understanding of symptom control. Advanced communication is essential to this role.  Full time/part time/flexible hours of working will be considered at interview.

Main duties of the job

Working as part of an integrated multidisciplinary team, the post holder will facilitate optimum quality of life for children and their families with life limiting / life threatening conditions.  This will be achieved in collaboration with children and their families through provision of specialist palliative care nursing interventions based on comprehensive holistic assessment, agreement of goal focused care planning and education and support to both children and their families.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see Job Description and Personal Specification for more details of main responsibilities of the role.

We would encourage anyone considering applying for this post to visit the team prior to application and interview and to discuss the role with Rebecca Carless, Team Leader for Children’s Community Nursing, Palliative Care and Rapid Response.

[email protected]

07784 007 462

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name

Rebecca Carless

Job title

Team Leader for Children’s Community Nursing, Palliative Care and Rapid Response.

Telephone number

0121 245 5775/ 07784 007 462