This community-based role involves travel across Exeter and surrounding areas and participating in a seven-day service provision.
Why Join Us?
Free staff parking
Flexible and compassionate workplace
Wellbeing and mental health support
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Main duties of the job
As a registered nurse with experience in palliative care or a related field, you will work with our multi-disciplinary team to provide exceptional, evidence-based, person-centred care for patients with complex, life-limiting illnesses. You will manage a patient caseload, offer expert advice and interventions, and collaborate effectively with local GPs and Community Nurses as part of Hospiscares renowned specialist care.
About us
Hospiscare has been supporting people in Exeter, Mid and East Devon with terminal illnesses for over 40 years. Our services include support at home, a specialist palliative care ward, out-patients clinics, and supportive therapies.
We support close to 2,200 local people each year, in some of the hardest times possible. As a local charity, we raise around £10 million each year to continue to provide our care. Our staff, volunteers and supporters help us to care for people when they're most in need, no matter what their individual circumstances may be.
We're proud to be rated as 'five star' by patients and families and as 'outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, to have been awarded a Mind Bronze Award for wellbeing at work and to be a Disability Confident employer.
Job responsibilities
Job Description
1. JOB DETAILS
Job Title: Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)
Band: 6
Location: Community
Hours: Ason contract, to include on-call
Team/Directorate: Community Cluster
Responsible To: Community Cluster Team Leader (CCTL)
Responsible For: N/A
Accountable to: Head of Community and Supportive Care Services
2. JOB PURPOSE
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Description
1. JOB DETAILS
Job Title: Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)
Band: 6
Location: Community
Hours: Ason contract, to include on-call
Team/Directorate: Community Cluster
Responsible To: Community Cluster Team Leader (CCTL)
Responsible For: N/A
Accountable to: Head of Community and Supportive Care Services
2. JOB PURPOSE
To deliver an excellent standard of evidencebased specialist palliative nursing care and clinical advice.
To promote dignity, encompassing a personcentred approach, to positively enhance the lives of patients in the communitywith complex life limiting illnesses.
3. KEY RESULT AREAS/PRINCIPALDUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
3.1 Main Responsibilities
Provide advanced specialist palliative care bycontributing highly experienced clinical judgement and knowledge in complexpalliative and end of life care in order to promote best practice for adults withlife limiting illnesses.
Demonstrate advanced communication skills andprofessionalism in all interactions with patients and those close to them,carers and other professionals in order to promote and maintain Hospiscarevalues.
Contribute to the daily clinical leadership ofjunior staff within the community team to ensure team effectiveness, cover andcohesion.
Deliver education and learning, both internally andexternally, for all those involved in palliative/end of life care, to ensureevidence based practice.
Attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary,complex care and Gold Standards Framework (GSF) or End of Life meetings topromote best practice.
Contribute to Hospiscares clinical governance andaudit process in order to support continuing quality improvement and learning.
Assess and identify complex bereavement andeffectively communicate with the Supportive Care team to enable a seamlesshandover into Hospiscares Bereavement Care Services.
InfectionPrevention and Control
Maintaining a safe environment for patients, visitors and employees iseveryones responsibility. All staff arerequired to adhere to Hospiscares Infection Prevention and Control Policy andmake every effort to maintain high standards of infection prevention andcontrol at all times. This includesensuring personal and team compliance with all relevant policies andprocedures, and acting upon or reporting any identified risks.
Disclosure and Barring Service
This rolerequires a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced level check withAdults and Children Barred Lists.
3.2 KeyContacts
Internal:
CCTL and Community teamsHead of Community and Supportive CareServicesWard Manager and IPU teamMedical teamSupportive Care Services
ClinicalGovernance
ClinicalAdministration
Learning& Development team
External:Patients and those close to them
RoyalDevon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
NHSCommunity Services
GeneralPractitioners
Residentialand Nursing Homes
Socialand Domiciliary Care Workers
Providersof out-of-hours services
3.3 Health& Safety
Ensurethat Health and Safety guidelines and fire regulations are strictly adhered to
Complywith safe working practices as defined by Hospiscare
Completeonline training as and when required
Takereasonable care for your own health and safety and that of others who may beaffected by acts or omissions at work
Reportany accidents, incidents or near misses as soon as reasonably practicable
Manageown work life balance and general wellbeing, including any relevant pressuresin respect of lone working, travel, difficult environments and challengingsituations
3.4 General
Be aware of and adhere to Hospiscarepolicies and procedures at all times
Take part in progress/performancereviews throughout the year
Cooperate with other Hospiscare departments
Attend training courses and completeonline training modules as required to meet the requirements of the post
Take responsibility for own personaldevelopment, seeking out opportunities to learn new skills
Undertake any other duties as requestedby management which are reasonably deemed to be within the scope of the role
3.5 Other
Apply the Hospiscare values and behaviours to everyaspect of the role at all times
Promote and maintain the brand standards ofHospiscare
Person Specification
Experience
* Substantial experience of working within a palliative care/end of life environment
* Significant experience of effective clinical governance, audit and standard setting
* Experience of policy and/or standards development
* Experience of multi-agency partnership working in order to deliver service improvements
* Experience of coaching/mentoring and of facilitating clinical supervision
* Experience of working in the community setting
Knowledge
* Detailed understanding of the complexities of working with individuals at times of distress and conflict
* Understanding of key issues relating to End of Life Care including policy developments
* Detailed understanding of theoretical nursing models and of their impact on delivery of care
Skills
* Developed ability to act as an expert practitioner
* Developed ability to manage a caseload effectively, including discharge planning
* Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills
* Developed ability to demonstrate knowledge and expertise through formal/informal teaching and educational programmes
* Developed ability to manage challenging circumstances effectively, to understand and disseminate multifaceted information
Personal attributes
* Ability to lead and work as part of a team, prioritise workload and manage time effectively
* Ability to work autonomously, problem solve and act on own initiative
* Flexible and adaptable with the ability to respond positively in a rapidly changing environment
* Commitment to continuing professional development
* Awareness of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in all aspects of work
Additional requirements
* Able and willing to contribute to the 7 days/week specialist palliative care service
* Able to travel and work throughout the area covered by Hospiscare
* Able to fulfil physical and manual handling aspects of the role
* Car owner and driver
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration
* Diploma in Palliative Care or diploma level qualification in associated field.
* Evidence of ongoing professional development.
* Advanced Communication Skills training
* Teaching and mentorship/supervision qualification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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