Main area Specialist Palliative Care Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 24 hours per week (cross site coverage) Job ref 287-AMED-175-25
Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site University Hospitals of Liverpool Group Town Liverpool Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 15/12/2025 23:59
Band 6
Job overview
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the provision of high quality multi-professional learning environments within the Trust and will be required to work locally within services where inter-professional learning opportunities can be provided. The post holder will be required to support the Quality and Strategy Team, which may require cross boundary working.
* Work with the Specialist Palliative Care Strategy & Quality team to improve end of life care across the Trust and partner organisations through the delivery of education and training to staff through formal and informal sessions including ward-based training.
* Improve knowledge and confidence across organisational boundaries in sharing best practice.
* Support the implementation of all local palliative and end of life care tools across the organisation and ensure that the tools are available for use.
* Work with the Quality and Strategy team to identify areas of need/development and assist in the delivery of management plans to resolve the needs identified.
* Actively participate in local, regional and national audits
* Working with the Quality & Strategy team to support the delivery of the Palliative, End of Life and Bereavement Strategy
* Demonstrate excellent communication skills when communicating with professionals across the organisation in order to convey key messages about potential changes in practice relating to palliative and end of life care provision.
Main duties of the job
* Support the specialist palliative care team and palliative and end of life project lead to develop staff confidence and competence whenusing end of life tools.
* Provide clinical support and be an expert resource for the implementation and ongoing appropriate use of end of life tools across allclinical areas.
* Signpost staff to appropriate palliative and end of life resources to guide care.
* Be a clinical role model through attending safety huddles and board rounds in order to promote the timely and appropriate use ofpalliative care resources and end of life tools.
* Provide ward-based training for professionals delivering end of life care, promoting the timely use of appropriate end of life tools.
* Work with the Palliative Care and End of Life Project Lead to address specific developmental needs relating to the use of local end oflife tools.
* Have knowledge of local and national initiatives relating to palliative and end of life care and ensure own compliance with regards to role specific and essential training.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award‑winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities please see the Job description and Person specification attached
Person specification
Qualifications
* Professional clinical qualification, to a minimum of degree level, with up to date professional registration
* Willingness to undertake Masters level study relating to education in practice
* European Computer Driving License
Experience
* Broad range of clinical experience.
* Experience of teaching, supervising and assessing healthcare students in the practice setting
* Experience of having worked across professional and organizational boundaries
* Practical experience of facilitating change
* Staff management/staff supervision
* Experience of developing and implementing new systems and procedures
Knowledge
* Knowledge of different methods/ styles for teaching and learning
* Detailed understanding of curriculum development including the generation of learning outcomes
* Detailed understanding of a range of regulatory body requirements
* In depth knowledge of Quality Assurance principles and framework
* Working knowledge of Inter-professional learning theory
* Microsoft office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access
* Knowledge and experience of the private, voluntary and independent sector
Skills
* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
* Excellent interpersonal skills able to engage and build effective relationships at all levels in stakeholder organisations
* Ability to present to large groups of people
* Ability to teach and facilitate in a variety of settings with different groups of staff
* Able to plan, implement and evaluate education programmes
* Excellent organizational and administrative skills
* Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
* Ability to work without supervision and use own initiative
* Ability to work flexibly and manage competing priorities
* Consistently high attention to detail and quality of work
* Ability to work as a member of a team
* Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds
* Adaptable to meet differing learning styles/ preferences
* Willingness to work across organization boundaries
* Ability to write evidence based reports Understanding of quality improvement methodology and outcome measurement
* Ability to supervise staff on a day to day basis
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application. Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form. Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Candidatesapplying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18 th birthday.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
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Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.
As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
Name Kirsten Morris Job title Lead Clinical Nurse Educator for Palliative Care Email address kirsten.morris@liverpoolft.nhs.uk Telephone number 07513901161
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