Overview
The post will be part of the integrated Specialist palliative care nursing team working across acute and community settings. The post involves leading and participating in the planning, development and evaluation of clinical services using advanced clinical skills and knowledge for palliative and end of life care patients. To provide specialist advice on the assessment, care planning and interventions of patients' needs.
Gateshead community teams work into 5 localities and each specialist nurse will be aligned and linked to a defined locality and will be expected to work flexibly across all areas when service demand dictates. This involves closely working with GP practices and the multidisciplinary teams which are made up of Locality Team Leads, District Nurses, Community Nurse Practitioners, Community Staff Nurses, Healthcare Assistants, phlebotomists and Admin Assistants. Each locality will work with defined GP Practices and Care Homes within the locality.
The acute team of Specialist palliative care nurses support all the wards and departments in the acute trust and work closely with St Bede's and hospital consultants and other specialist nurses throughout the trust.
Key responsibilities
* Spend time on Single Point of Contact (SPOC) whereby referrals are triaged and allocated to the appropriate caseload holder depending on need.
* Band 7 Specialist Palliative Care Nurse with managerial and leadership responsibilities particularly to students and junior staff, including undertaking appraisals, managing sickness absence, undertaking investigations and managing risk within their sphere of excellence, as part of the MDT.
* Support the End of Life facilitator to deliver palliative and end-of-life care training and education.
* Lead and participate in planning, development and evaluation of clinical services using advanced clinical skills for palliative and end of life care patients.
* Provide specialist advice on assessment, care planning and interventions for patient needs.
About the Organisation
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead. Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients. We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.
Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE: Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.
We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women’s Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme. This includes balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.
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