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Come and join Countess of Brecknock Hospice as the new Clinical Matron. A 10 bedded inpatient hospice unit, based on the Andover War Memorial Hospital site, with beautifully designed rooms, each with a cuddle bed and a wonderful garden accessible to patients directly from their rooms. Covering the Andover area, it is supportive to its patient's, their families and staff alike and is full of care and laughter.
Providing specialist community palliative care services, day centre services, hospice at home and Hampshire hospitals homecare team.
Main duties of the job
• To provide expert, specialist clinical knowledge to patients, their families with complex palliative care needs.
• Be able to provide symptom management, psychological and social support to patients and their families, to support the clinical matron in delivering a 24/7 palliative care to the in patient unit as well as the community.
• Be knowledgeable and be able to provide education to Health care professionals, patients and their families and staff.
• To be able to use non-medical prescribing skills and knowledge.
• To be able to use advanced communication skills.
• To work autonomously with well, understanding and experience of specialist palliative care.
• To take a leadership role, managing and co-ordinating teams, including, in-patient team, hospice at home, Day centre as well as homecare team. responsibility & awareness and use of resources and budget.
• Act as a clinical supervisor/ assessor for students.
• To be responsible for the 24-hour provision of assessment, planning,
implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
• Take a proactive leadership approach for all health and safety COSHH regulations.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification
Person specification
* Up to date clinical professional registration
* Evidence of continuous professional practice and education, clearly recorded in current professional profile.
* Educated to master’s degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge and expertise gained through any combination of alternative study and/or work experience
* Experience working within the field of Palliative or Hospice care.
other
* Has a clean driving licence and access to a vehicle
* Ability to be flexible in terms of work pattern and geographical location to respond to the needs of the service at all times
* Available to work shifts including weekends and nights
Exeperience and Knowledge
* Demonstrable post registration experience at Band 7 or 8a
* Demonstration of Leadership or management experience and study
* Advanced communication skills, including the ability to present complex information using both verbal and written disciplines and to liaise and negotiate effectively at all levels and to manage any barriers to communication
* Organisation and planning skills for own workload and that of others in a fast paced and unpredictable environment
* Experience of staff supervision and mentorship including management of performance, conduct, sickness absence and training needs analysis
* Knowledge and experience of managing feedback and incidents using PSIRF
* Experience of managing a budget and delivering on it
* Ability to demonstrate service improvement skills and delivering on change management projects
* Ability to use IT packages to their full effect to analyse data and produce management reports
* Experience of project management
Skills and Ability
* Passionate about the provision of excellent patient care with the ability to ensure that the delivery of care by all staff is of the highest standard and appropriate in meeting the needs and expectations of the patients and their relatives.
* To work in partnership with the multidisciplinary team
* Advanced clinical expertise in chosen field with the proven ability to fully understand the context in which complex problems arise and to co-ordinate multi-disciplinary unit wide interventions, often looking at problems from a unique or different angle.
* Understanding of effective clinical governance, audit, performance and quality indicators
* Commitment to continuing professional and personal development
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