Specialist Palliative Care Nurse

Job summary

Main duties of the job

Carry out clinical practice that is complimentary to the Primary Healthcare team that will contribute to an improvement in the quality of life for patients.

Use high level analytical and decision-making skills to deliver appropriate clinical care, using advanced clinical skills in assessment and/or diagnosis.

Provide clinical and specialist advice across professional and organisational boundaries.

Liaise closely with the multi-disciplinary team in planning care for the person with palliative care needs.

Work closely with managerial colleagues to promote service quality within palliative care.

Support managers and cancer leads to achieve appropriate targets for palliative care and cancer strategies, to develop locally sensitive services and support access initiatives in cancer care based on the Cancer Plan/Supportive and Palliative Care Guidance (NICE).

Support and advise on the development of palliative care services throughout organisations advising on quality and standards of service delivery.

Manage an active workload, utilising skills to prioritise and assess care.

Prepare and produce appropriate reports for primary care organisations and other appropriate organisations.

Participate in the production of reports for Macmillan Cancer Support and maintain links with them both locally and nationally.

Provide information for the minimum data set.

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Job responsibilities

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.

At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver our NHS services in your local community.

They help us deliver our mission to improve local health and promote wellbeing in the communities we serve.

After all, values are about people and they were created in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was important to them

Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.

P- Person-centred-We are passionate about individual needs and promote independence in the healthcare we provide..

E- Empowered- We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.

O- Open and Honest -We behave in a way that develops relationships based on trust, openness, honesty and respect.

P- Professional-We support our people, so everyone has the right skills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.

L- Locally Lead -We are always learning about our communities and show great pride in being a local provider of health and care.

E- Efficient -We use our resources wisely to provide sustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.