Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part time Palliative care CNS  Band 7  to join our dynamic team . If you are passionate about Palliative care, but are not sure if the specialty is the right one for you, then this is the chance to work with the team and understand what it takes to be a Palliative care CNS on a fixed term contract.

As a specialist palliative care CNS 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 be trained to manage own caseload of patients with appropriate input from Senior team,  working as part of the multi-disciplinary Specialist Palliative Care Team. Maintain effective communication with patients, families/carers and healthcare professionals to ensure seamless service delivery.

As part of the specialist palliative care team, you will be supported to 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. Attend or initiate case conferences as appropriate.

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.