Job Summary
***PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY***
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post
* To support the development of enhanced clinical skills in end‑of‑life care, ensuring access to appropriate development to maintain a competent workforce.
* The post holder will provide mentorship and work‑based learning facilitation, in‑house curriculum design and teaching in end‑of‑life care.
* To perform an expert clinical advisor and leadership role and professional support for the community teams, to ensure that safe, effective, high‑quality evidence‑based care is delivered in an efficient and cost‑effective manner, ensuring that performance management targets are met and evidenced through data production and analysis.
* Developing clinical governance through the support, monitoring and implementation of enhanced clinical standards and learning within the clinical services.
Responsibilities
* Act as a role model for clinical staff to address patient needs and ensure the delivery of safe patient care.
* Keep accurate, contemporaneous records and written reports as required.
* Report and proactively support training and development issues arising from clinical and non‑clinical incidents.
* Proactively manage risk to vulnerable persons and support training and development of staff identified through development plans.
* Participate/facilitate meetings in response to the clinical development needs of staff.
* Work collaboratively with clinical professional colleagues and agencies to ensure effective communication and identify professional practice development needs.
* Manage risk and maintain service delivery through effective communication and liaison with Service Managers, staff and professional colleagues.
* Engage constructively with clinicians and students to support, develop and enhance quality standards of clinical practice in the work environment.
* Provide clinical leadership, development and advice to clinical staff, patients and carers based on current evidence‑based knowledge on end‑of‑life care.
* Participate in clinical supervision of registered professionals as required by the clinical supervision policy.
* Maintain up‑to‑date clinical skills and knowledge in end‑of‑life care and stay aware of professional issues through research and evidence.
* Demonstrate personal accountability and an understanding of responsibility for staff to which actions are delegated.
* Contribute to the improvement of patient care and patient safety by effectively disseminating and integrating evidence‑based guidance into clinical practice, across physical health, mental health and learning disabilities.
* Incorporate patient preferences into treatment decisions, including advanced directives near the end of life and recording on clinical systems (RiO, LCR).
* Embed the Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Core Values.
* Act as a clinical and educational expert in end‑of‑life care, leading in clinical training, education and programmes.
* Identify learning needs, develop education programmes and manage competing demands of practice and education.
* Evaluate the effectiveness of education and its impact on service delivery and patient care through audit and benchmarking.
* Facilitate learning by integrating theory into practice and create a positive learning environment supporting lifelong learning.
* Provide support for learners, mentors and specialist practice students (community nursing pathway).
* Promote and facilitate understanding of relevant national and local policies in end‑of‑life care.
* Develop an end‑of‑life skills database and career/professional development pathways.
* Work closely with the Head of Nursing to support professional recommendations for service redesign and new ways of working.
* Act as a change agent, negotiating and training to facilitate the change process.
* Ensure effective and efficient use of resources, equipment and supplies.
* Practice in accordance with competency level and maintain professional registration.
* Demonstrate ongoing professional development and participate in the Trust appraisal process.
* Facilitate the collection of data.
Qualifications & Experience
* Registered Adult Nurse with community nursing experience at Band 6 or equivalent.
* Minimum two years working at Band 6 or equivalent in an acute or community setting.
* Experience in end‑of‑life care or equivalent qualifications.
* Experience of working collaboratively and negotiating across organisational boundaries.
* Experience of change management and implementation in practice.
* Teaching/mentoring experience and experience of receiving and delivering clinical supervision.
* Ability to undertake an audit.
* Evidence of continuing professional development: Nursing Degree and SPDN Qualification (essential), MSC/Degree (desirable).
* Teaching and assessing qualification (essential).
* Enhanced clinical assessment skills (desirable).
* Palliative and EOL care training or courses (desirable).
Payroll & Contract Information
* Pay scheme: Agenda for change
* Band: Band 7
* Salary: £53,751 to £60,651 a year pa inc
* Contract: Fixed term (12 months)
* Working pattern: Part‑time, Job share
About Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values: We're Kind, We're Fair, We Listen, We Care.
Notes on Sponsorship & Eligibility
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here: Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Professional Registration & Checks
Applications must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer Details
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
151 LODEG HILL, GOLDIE LEIGH
151 GOLDIE LEIGH HOSPITAL
ABBEY WOOD
SE2 0AY
Website: http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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