Macmillan Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job overview

We require a motivated and dedicated nurse to work within the integrated Palliative Care Team in Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust. This is an exciting opportunity  to develop your knowledge and skills in specialist palliative care and be part of providing and influencing the delivery of excellent palliative and end of life care for all.

This post is a part time post of approx. 28.5 hours and is based in our community palliative care team.

The post holder's primary role will be to provide direct advanced specialist nursing assessment, support and expert advice to patients dealing with complex, distressing and life limiting illness and those important to them in the setting agreed.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking applicants that can demonstrate excellent communication skills and have a passion for delivering the highest quality holistic end of life care to patients and families.

This role will provide specialist clinical support to patients and those important to them. The role will be based predominantly in either community  however rotation across the community and hospital may be considered in the future.

To contribute to the development of the palliative care service as part of the specialist palliative care team and the wider end of life agenda

To contribute to education as defined in the HDFT End of Life Education priorities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on these position please see the attached  job descriptions and person specification attached.