Specialist Palliative Care Development Role

Job summary

Main duties of the job

The nominal base for this role will be St Benedicts Hospice and Centre for Specialist Palliative Care in Sunderland, however you will be required to work across the whole of Sunderland and surrounding areas to provide care to patients in their own homes.

The hours of work are between 9am-5pm Monday to Friday, with flexibility depending on service requirements.

Good communication skills and some knowledge and experience working with patients who have life limiting illness. Experience of MDT working and managing own caseload. A desire to work within a Team who deliver high quality patient care and work with their extended team in the community. Some understanding of the current local and strategic Palliative Care Issues and recommendations to support ongoing good practice. To have an understanding of how primary care is provided to patients in the their own home.

Job responsibilities

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One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment.

We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Looking after our workforces health and wellbeing is a priority for us. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via our Flexible Working Policy.

The Trust employs around 8,746 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Care Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements.If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.