Palliative End of Life Care Facilitator As part of the contracted services provided by St. Luke’s Hospice Community Services, the role of Palliative and End of Life Care Facilitator is an important and autonomous role providing care support, aligning with our community partners and working with our integrated neighbourhood teams. You should be a Registered Nurse with demonstrable post qualification experience, including palliative care or related specialities and education. The post holder will demonstrate excellent communication and negotiation skills as well as a sound knowledge base linked with holistic assessment and advance care planning. We are looking for an individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills who can demonstrate a commitment to collaborative working. Within this role you will play an active role in palliative care identification, and utilising the Palliative Coordinated Care Register working in partnership primary healthcare teams, secondary-care professionals promoting fully integrated team working with partners and providers. You will be actively supporting and liaising with other health, social and voluntary care professionals and providers to support and deliver education and training of other colleagues where needed utilising various Palliative and End-Of-Life Care tools. You will be integral to supporting the establishment of, setting up and facilitating GSF meetings within the local communities including GP practice, offering ongoing support around the provision of good end-of-life care. You will also assist in audit and research projects, taking a lead on specified projects as appropriate, contributing to service development. This role will be primarily located at our Hospice in Basildon and community locations, however there will be travel to our Thurrock Hospice therefore you must be a Car driver, holding a current valid driving licence. Given the nature of this role we require the post holder to be fully flexible and able to work on rotating shift patterns Key Responsibilities To provide facilitation to support to the local communities and the Hospice to implement and monitor the introduction of end-of-life initiatives, including Gold Standard Framework (GSF), Individualised Care Plan for the last days of life (ICP) utilising the Ambitions for Palliative and End-of-life care To promote and raise awareness of the Electronic Palliative Care Coordinating System (EPACCS) local electronic Coordinated Care Register (Palliative Care Register) and Advance Care Planning To provide ongoing support to GP practices and the Integrated Care Teams and other service providers to promote and undertake Advance Care Planning, including establishment of setting up and facilitating GSF meetings within the GP practice and offer ongoing support around the provision of good end-of-life care including signposting to services You will be responsible for collating data and compiling report on key aspects of the role. You will be responsible for presenting this both in writing and orally to key stakeholders as needed. Essential Qualifications and Skills Car driver, holding a current valid driving licence Flexibility and willingness to work on rotating shift patterns Registered Nurse, NMC (Significant) Post registration experience Palliative Care experience Confidence to work with colleagues initiating and maintaining specialist care to the dying person and their families/carers in their own home. Evidence of ability to interact and influence at all levels within the organisation. Commitment to clinical excellence through regular professional updates. Confident IT skills Experience in Data Collating and audit Excellent communication skills both written and orally including the ability to write and deliver presentations and reports as needed Desirable Skills and Qualifications Able to demonstrate that you have undertaken previous Palliative Care Courses, Relevant post-registration study and/or mentorship qualifications. Community Experience Salary, Benefits and Working Conditions Salary: £39,834.22-£50,581.57 depending on experience. Contract: Permanent, Full Time Location: Basildon Hospice with a requirement to travel between our Basildon and Thurrock location