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Department of Clinical and Professional Development
Practice Educator – Palliative care:
37 hours per week
2 year fixed term
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated registered nurse to join the Department of Clinical and Professional Development, working collaboratively across Scottish Borders Health and Social Care Partnership.
1. Are you someone who is experienced in delivering effective judgements and decisions for people with palliative care needs and care around dying?
2. Are you someone who strives to make a difference in a person’s care experience?
3. Do you have excellent communication, leadership and organisational skills?
This post will provide and develop palliative care, and care around dying education to health and social care staff in the Scottish Borders. This will include maintaining a presence in various care environments by delivering direct patient care alongside colleagues and role model and facilitate excellent practice in a coaching role. This will include discussions with colleagues, the assessment and care delivery process incorporating current practice, evidence base, future trends and developments in care, timeliness of interventions and related risks. The post holder will be given a clinical home within the specialist palliative care unit to ensure their own professional practice is maintained.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning, be a forward-thinking Registered Nurse, with a teaching qualification or have experience in both formal and