Specialist Palliative Care Support Sister

Job overview

This post is for internal candidates to South Tees Trust. If you are not currently working within the trust your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.

Full time -37.5 hours per week

The post holder will provide specialist support to patients with cancer and other life limiting illnesses. The post holder will be an integral part of the team working within the Trust. They will act as the first point of contact for patients and all members of the multi professional team who have need to access the Specialist Palliative Care service. They will undertake a range of duties to ensure the effective delivery of care, including delivering specialist advice and on-going support to their client group.

As part of the role a professional development plan will be developed to support the post-holders progression using a recognised competency framework which will enable the post holder to function within all the dimensions of the role. This will enable development in areas such as leadership, education and the ability to contribute to the strategic direction of palliative care within the Trust. The post holder will be mentored and supported by the Band 7 specialist nurses and will carry a supervised patient caseload.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work to maintain established links between the acute sector and the primary care teams in order to ensure a smooth transition of patient care from the acute sector into the community and vice versa. This will include liaising with services within the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and with other key partners.

Although the post is primarily within the Acute setting the post holder will be expected to rotate throughout the service, both acute and community, as need requires. The post holder would also be expected to contribute to the development of a 7-day service and as such will be required to work weekends and bank holidays on a rotational basis.

Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.