Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Macmillan Palliative care Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our dynamic team Imperial College Healthcare.

As a Palliative care Clinical Nurse Specialist you will provide expert palliative care nursing advice, to support and facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients and relatives/carers, in collaboration with the multi professional team, in line with the local and national targets.

The successful candidate will manage their own caseload of patients, working as a part of the multi-disciplinary Specialist Palliative Care Team. They will maintain effective communication with patients, families/carers and other healthcare professionals, to ensure seamless service delivery.

As part of the Specialist Palliative care team, you will undertake comprehensive palliative care assessments identifying/diagnosing patients physical, social, psychological, cultural and spiritual needs; to facilitate the provision of quality nursing care and to contribute to decisions regarding clinical care and priorities.

Main duties of the job

• As a key member of a multi professional team, ensure appropriate referral anddiscussion with other members of the team to optimise patient care.
• Ensure patients are assessed, have care plans that are implemented and evaluated in accordance with Trust’s evidence based procedural documents.
• To have local open and transparent communication channels that support themultidisciplinary team to do the right thing for people we care for, to be bold when they have good ideas and to speak up when things go wrong.
• Act as a clinical expert for palliative and end of life care.
• Ensure staffing is in line with Trust policy.
• Manage budgets and resources efficiently and effectively.
• Champion a culture of learning and quality improvement within the team
• Be an ambassador for palliative and end of life care across the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews  please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.