Job overview
As one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, Barts Health is committed to delivering exceptional care and clinical excellence. Having successfully moved out of special measures, we are on an exciting improvement journey toward becoming a high-performing network of hospitals known for innovation and compassionate care in East London and beyond.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will manage the provision of specialist palliative care advice and support to people affected by life limiting illnesses, and also to patients who are at the end of their lives.
This will be achieved both directly through clinical practice and caseload management, and indirectly through leadership, education, research, audit and professional activities.
The aim of the post is to maximise the quality of life of patients with advanced life limiting disease/ those at the end of their lives, and to also provide support and advice to the families/carers of such patients
This post provides the opportunity to work flexibly over 4 days to provide excellent palliative care to the people of East London and beyond.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. •Appropriate NMC registration (Adult Nursing)
2. •Degree level study Master’s degree or willingness to work towards this Palliative care qualification
3. •Mentorship/ Teaching qualification
4. •Advanced Communication Skills course or similar
Desirable criteria
5. •Physical Assessment
6. •Independent Nurse Prescriber or willingness to undertake
Experience
Essential criteria
7. •Extensive experience within Palliative/ end of life care/long term conditions
8. •Experience of managing a clinical caseload
9. •Experience of delivering educational sessions and developing training programmes
10. •Willingness to participate in 7 day working/ on call rota
11. •Experience of managing challenging situations and ethical dilemmas
12. •Knowledge and experience of research
13. •Knowledge of local/national Health and Social Care Policy
Skills
Essential criteria
14. •Advanced written and verbal skills
15. •Sound organizational skills, including ability to give direction
16. •Excellent knowledge of the principles and practice of specialist and supportive palliative care
17. •Act as a role model
18. •Able to analyse and discuss factors that impact upon interdisciplinary working
19. •Experience of initiating and managing change
20. •Previous participation in quality initiatives or audit
21. •Computer skills
22. •Able to work well within a team and also independently
23. •Flexible in approach in order to meet the demands of the service
Knowledge
Essential criteria
24. •Demonstrated research-based knowledge of pain and symptom managemen
25. •Able to critically reflect on prescribed interventions
26. •Recognizes professional and corporate responsibility within their role
27. •Knowledge of current professional issues in nursing and palliative care
28. •Aware of drivers for change in the NHS, cancer and palliative care services
Self management
Essential criteria
29. •Ability to priorities workload, balancing clinical and non clinical activities
30. •Reflective practitioner
31. •Able to identify own learning and support needs