Overview
CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services, part of Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) NHS Trust, provides a wide range of community-based services. The Hertfordshire Division is recruiting for a Band 7 Community Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist. This is a full-time, permanent role. The successful applicant will join a supportive, highly motivated multidisciplinary team delivering high quality specialist palliative care within the community. The Community Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) will join an established, integrated palliative care team working across organisational boundaries. The team supports patients with a range of cancer and non-cancer diagnoses, including long term conditions. The post holder will be part of the CLCH Specialist Palliative Care Service. This role contributes to the wider cancer and palliative care agenda, helping to deliver a flexible, responsive service that reflects local population needs across Hertfordshire.
This is a community-based role that requires regular travel to visit patients across the locality. Applicants will therefore need to be able to drive and have access to a car for work purposes.
Responsibilities
* Provide highly specialist palliative care advice and support to generalist nurses, care agencies, and other health professionals, including doctors and consultants, to ensure high quality, individualised patient care.
* Use advanced communication, clinical judgement, and decision making skills within palliative care settings.
* Apply appropriate specialist skills when managing challenging situations, including distress or heightened emotional responses from patients and carers.
* Work effectively as an autonomous practitioner, managing responsibilities independently while also contributing as a valued member of the multidisciplinary team.
* Assess and manage a caseload of patients with complex needs, working alongside colleagues to ensure patients, carers, and professionals receive appropriate specialist palliative care support.
Requirements
* Experience and competencies in specialist palliative care within the community setting.
* Ability to travel across the locality and drive with access to a car for work purposes.
For further details or informal visits, contact: Name: Amanda Whiteman
Job title: Clinical lead
Email: mandy.whiteman1@nhs.net
Telephone: 07909966392
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