Responsible for: Working at an advanced practice level to provide a co-ordinated and comprehensive specialist palliative care service to patients and their loved ones facing a terminal illness within the hospice catchment area.
An exciting new opportunity to join our Hospice Community Team within a CQC Outstanding Hospice has opened.
Working within a skill-mixed team, be responsible for a caseload of community patients. This will include supporting appropriate identification and referral of patients, conducting comprehensive holistic assessments, diagnosis, recommendation of evidence-based symptom management plans, and enabling advance care planning within the care home setting.
The post-holder will be an expert role model providing education and support regarding palliative care issues to other health and social care professionals and, in conjunction with senior clinical management, stimulating and directing the development of clinical practice across the local community.
The Hospice Community Service provides high-quality, seven days a week specialist palliative care advice for patients with a progressive terminal illness cared for in their home environment (own home/care home), and offers support to their family, carers, and friends.
As a multidisciplinary team, we undertake holistic assessments and help manage complex symptoms associated with a wide range of life-limiting illnesses. We facilitate advance care planning conversations and support patients in identifying and meeting their preferences and wishes.
The role of the team is both advisory and educational, working alongside NHS and other charitable services to enhance patients' quality of life. We do not take over day-to-day care but serve as an additional resource, providing information and support for patients, loved ones/carers, and healthcare professionals.
The service is offered to patients living in the Maidstone and Malling locality, extending to Borough Green, Yalding, Staplehurst, Marden, and Harrietsham.
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