Macmillan Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist
Macmillan Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist
Are you a passionate and experienced nurse ready to make a real difference in palliative and end of life care?
We're looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our dedicated Macmillan Palliative Care Team at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. This is a rewarding opportunity to be part of a supportive and dynamic multidisciplinary team, delivering high-quality specialist care to patients with both malignant and non-malignant conditions.
Main duties of the job
As a key member of our hospital-based service, you will:
Provide expert clinical advice and support to patients, families, and healthcare professionals.
Contribute to education and training across the Trust, helping to build confidence and capability in palliative and end of life care.
Take an active role in service development, quality improvement initiatives, audit, and implementation of national guidance.
Manage a caseload of patients with complex and specialist palliative care needs.
Work within a 7-day specialist palliative care visiting model.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Job responsibilities
If you're ready to take the next step in your palliative care career and want to work with a team who shares your dedication to making a difference, we would love to hear from you.
Please see the full Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered General nurse with degree in nursing studies
* MSc in speciality or evidence of working towards
* Evidence of continuous professional development
* Independent prescriber or working towards
* Physical assessment and history taking qualification
* Knowledge of palliative care in the acute sector
* Good leadership skills
* Experience in leading/managing a team
* Experience of change management
* Education of staff and patients
* Experience of audit
* Experience in service improvement
* Recognised leadership course
* Project management
Specialist criteria
* Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner
* Management of a caseload
* Training and education of medical staff
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£48,270 to £54,931 a yearper annum including HCAS
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