Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job overview

Are you  looking for a new challenge? Do you have significant experience of palliative care? If so, then please read on.

We are looking for a highly motivated  and dynamic nurse to  join our community specialist palliative care team on a permanent basis.  We are a friendly, professional and supportive multi-disciplinary team, who set out to provide high quality palliative care throughout Northamptonshire. Our aim is to empower others and deliver expert  advice and support to improve the quality of life and death for people with advanced progressive illness. You will have excellent access to  clinical and psychological supervision, relevant training, peer support and appraisal to underpin and develop you in your role.

Main duties of the job

The Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist will join an integrated Specialist Palliative Care team that works in the community across three bases in Northamptonshire. They will be required to influence patient care by participating:

• High level of clinical practice
• Telephone triage of referrals into the Specialist Palliative Care (SPC) service
• Training and education
• Service development/leadership
• Research and audit

The PCCNS will be aligned to a patient caseload, ensuring continuity of care in partnership with the integrated specialist palliative care team, GPs, acute trust partners and generalist community teams.  There is an expectation to ensure care reflects the strategic priorities of NHFT; ensuring a flexible, responsive service that meets the local needs of people across Northamptonshire, whilst upholding Care Quality Commission requirements

This is a Band 7, part-time 26 hour permanent post you will have a nominated base at Cynthia Spencer Hospice; but there may be a requirement to work across the county.

Previous experience in palliative care and excellent communication skills are essential for this post. A non-medical prescribing qualification is also essential.

Car owner / driver and current driving license essential or access to a car (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.