Overview
We are seeking an experienced specialist palliative care team (SPCT) nurse lead at Ashford and St Peters NHS Trust to help lead our palliative and end of life services across our organisation and beyond.
Responsibilities
* Bring leadership, support and a strategic approach to SPCT and EOL pathways for the organisation.
* Work closely with system partners to look at the future of palliative care services across Surrey to allow a systems approach to the provision of care for patients and families.
* Maintain clinical expert practice while strongly further developing strategic, clinical, leadership, educational and managerial arms of the role.
* Ensure specialist palliative care and generalist services across the trust are responsive to the needs of patients with palliative and end of life care needs, in line with national Ambitions for Palliative and EOLC and NICE guidance.
* Develop specialist palliative care workforce to be responsive to need and support quality improvement across the Trust.
* Support staff learning and development across the trust in palliative and EOLC to provide patient and family‑centred care.
* Work strategically with other partners to identify opportunities for service redesign and lead on this for the division.
* Complete and lead on any national audits and accreditation such as NACEL and Gold Standard Framework.
* Lead on the SPCT MDT across the organisation.
* Provide strategic leadership for specialist palliative and EOLC, liaising with divisional nurses, Trust heads of nursing and divisional directors, EOLC oversight group and local commissioners.
* Lead on delivery of national Ambitions for Palliative and EOLC, NICE guidance and CQC requirements for EOLC.
* Provide clinical leadership for collaborative projects with local hospice organisations and community services providers.
* Act as a role model demonstrating high standards of holistic care and guide clinical staff.
* Reflect on own practice through clinical supervision/mentorship and develop skills as a clinical supervisor/mentor.
* Report all data relevant to specialist area to Divisional Board and record any concerns on risk register.
* Act as specialist practitioner and expert resource for patients with palliative and EOLC needs, their families and other healthcare professionals.
* Ensure care delivery meets NMC code of practice and follows a quality‑orientated approach.
* Maintain clinical skills and own professional development.
* Lead in development of guidelines and protocols and seek innovation for new developments.
* Use research to improve care and apply implications to practice.
* Consider safeguarding and deprivation of liberty referrals when required.
* Provide support and supervision to Clinical Nurse Specialists in palliative care.
* Continuously evaluate and provide feedback to the Trust on the added value of the role.
* Maintain a highly visible profile and regularly contact senior nurses, clinical and therapeutic leads, patients and families through forums.
* Lead on clinical governance, policy reporting to Divisional Board, ensuring national measures of care are met.
* Lead on clinical audit in specialist palliative care and EOLC in line with NICE guidance and NACEL.
* Be proactive in dealing with potential complaints and lead on incident investigation and root cause analysis.
* Collaborate with quality and patient safety teams to improve safety and reduce risk of harm.
* Lead on quality improvement initiatives for palliative and EOLC, including advance care planning, priorities for care in last days of life, compassionate companion service and ward accreditation for GSF.
* Participate actively in the Palliative and EOLC steering group and develop services within the Trust.
* Work with General & Specialist Medicine management team, Clinical Leads, Specialty Managers and Senior Nurses to further develop palliative and EOLC services.
* Contribute to long‑term strategies of Palliative and EOLC, promoting new initiatives and plans.
* Ensure palliative and EOLC services are responsive to patient/carer needs across the Trust.
* Generate solutions to enhance care and treatment and use effective change management skills to implement developments.
* Take a lead in clinical education and development of staff involved in palliative and EOLC care, leading essential training for EOLC and palliative training.
* Review existing staffing provision for specialist palliative care and create a vision for staffing structure.
* Contribute to directorate cost improvement plans.
* Use advanced communication skills to maintain appropriate channels of communication.
* Lead patient and family feedback initiatives for palliative and EOLC and ensure user views are included in service development.
* Work closely with the Patient Experience Team to develop integrated user involvement in all aspects of palliative and EOLC service development.
* Disseminate and share best practice at local, regional and national level by conference presentation and publication.
* Maintain high standards of care, ensure safe practice, and work within NMC Code of Conduct and standards.
* Act in a supportive, informative and sensitive manner towards patients, relatives, visitors and colleagues at all times.
* Ensure confidentiality of patient, staff and information.
* Maintain professional and personal growth acknowledging learning needs through IPR, PDP and clinical supervision.
Benefits
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits and discounts.
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