Clinical Nurse Specialist Palliative Care

Job overview

The Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Team at Croydon University Hospital are offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced and highly motivated palliative care nurse to join our well established and supportive team.  The Team works with in-patients with life-limiting illness across  all areas of the acute hospital working collaboratively alongside multi-disciplinary teams.  We deliver face to face clinical care 7 days a week, offer education, training and support across disciplines, and lead palliative and end of life care strategy in the Trust. The successful candidate will have established and demonstrable clinical and communication skills, complete holistic assessments and develop management plans, and practice autonomously within a supportive palliative care team.   We actively support opportunities for academic and practice development.

Interview - TBC

Main duties of the job

To offer patients with cancer and other progressive life-limiting illness, and their families, the skills of a clinical nurse specialist in symptom control, social, emotional and spiritual care within the acute setting.

To work alongside ward teams to improve the end of life experience of patients who are affected by advanced progressive illness, and their families.

To enhance specialist palliative care provision across Croydon University hospital.

To meet the clinical, educational, consulting, management, and research and audit responsibilities of a clinical nurse specialist.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document (Job Description) which contains more information about the role.