Macmillan Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Nurse to join the innovative Specialist Palliative Care Team (SPCT), working at the Scarborough site for York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's Acute Services. The successful candidate will be joining a well-established team of Clinical Nurse Specialists, Lead Nurse and Consultant in Palliative Medicine, who provide specialist palliative care expertise across the acute settings. The team values close working relationships with medical, nursing and social health care colleagues, and the local hospice provider.

We have a firm commitment to the education and training of others, and promoting quality and excellence in palliative and end of life care, across York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

For this Band 6 post, we are keen to appoint a team orientated, highly motivated and experienced nurse, who has expert specialist palliative care knowledge, advanced communication skills and established emotional resilience.

The successful post holder will have a high level of autonomy in the management of their caseload and will need to be a skilled decision maker and able to prioritise workload. The team provides a 7 day service and this post requires weekend working on a rota basis. The ability to meet the travel requirements of the post is essential. In joining our team you will be welcomed into a supportive and nurturing work environment. Your personal professional development will be actively encouraged. This includes an annual appraisal and on-going opportunities to contribute to our service development, education and audit programmes.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.