Job Summary
· To work within Foyle Hospice's Multi-Disciplinary Specialist Palliative Care Team consisting of medical and nursing. Also, to work closely with our WHSCT Palliative care staff and the Macmillan Allied Health Professionals and Social Work colleagues to assist in the provision of a specialist palliative care service for patients with malignant/non-malignant disease and their families/carers who have specialist palliative care needs.
· Work alongside the existing Specialist Palliative Care Team to assess care needs, develop and evaluate individual programmes of care, and to assist in the setting and auditing of standards of care for patients with specialist palliative care needs.
· To provide advice, support and education/training to other staff, patients and their families and carers.
· To work in close collaboration with other Health Professionals in the hospital, statutory and voluntary sectors to nurture care programmes, in order to provide a seamless service.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Clinical
· Develop, facilitate and instigate a philosophy of care and approach to care which is holistic and individualised, by ensuring that assessment of patient needs is carried out and that individual care programmes are implemented and evaluated using a problem-solving approach.
· Assist in the development of written standards of care in partnership with the multidisciplinary team to conduct audits of standards in order to evaluate effectiveness of care delivery. Where deficits in standards of care are identified, partake in their resolution.
· Work as an integral part of the multi-professional specialist palliative care team to ensure palliative care practice is evidence-based throughout the Hospice, whilst participating in the development of guidelines, policies and procedures.
· Establish effective working relationships with the Specialist Palliative Care Team in the WHSCT, long-term conditions, General Practitioners and District Nursing teams.
· Ensure that both the specialist palliative care and the palliative care approach become an integral part of all clinical practice.
· Assist in the development of Care Pathways for this group of patients.
· Work in collaboration with existing providers to educate care professionals in specialist palliative care at both basic and post-basic levels.
· Ensure that collaboration between community and Hospital services is seamless, effective and efficient.
· Be aware of how to access to a full range of inpatient and community specialist services in all aspects of specialist palliative care.
· Act as a clinical resource/role model in palliative care to health care providers.
· Advise clinical staff on the control of pain and distressing symptoms when reviewing patients following Specialist Palliative Care Team's initial assessment.
· Promoting innovation and adaptability in approach to care in relation to changing needs and advances in treatment.
· Establish agreed and realistic objectives and agree a plan of action, with the multidisciplinary team.
· Collaborate with the wider multidisciplinary team, including professional colleagues for example, Marie Curie and our other hospital and hospice colleagues, to ensure effective Discharge Planning.
· Provide emotional support to, both In-patient staff and to the bereaved family and carers.
· Ensure good communication operates at all levels within the Palliative care team to enable continuity of care. Participate in multidisciplinary meetings which should be the focal point for problem solving.
Job Type: Permanent
Pay: £37,338.00-£44,962.00 per year
Work Location: In person