Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a Band 8B Interim Nurse Consultant for Palliative Care and End of Life. The suitable candidate will also get an opportunity to develop their wider skills in palliative care through the holistic assessment approach, encompassing physical, social, psychological and spiritual needs. They will also gain experience in advance care planning and play a pivotal role in working alongside our palliative care discharge coordinator with an emphasis on discharge planning for those patients who are eligible for NHS funded care and rapid discharges for those who are approaching end of life.
The post is an interim post for 6 months there is also possibility of a further extension of the post.
Main duties of the job
This post will play a key role in support of the Trust ADoN for Cancer and Palliative Care Services in developing and maintaining sustainable high quality Specialist Palliative and End of Life Care (EOLC) across The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust. Through close co-ordination and co-operation with the Trust EOL Steering group the post holder will strive to improve the patient and carer experience of end of life care and the development and delivery of the EOLC strategy.
The post holder will provide transformational leadership to staff at all levels. Providing a highly visible presence and ensuring the provision of a high quality, responsive service with the patient at the centre of care delivery inclusive of family and significant others where appropriate. The post holder will contribute to the ingoing implementation of the Trust strategy and values, ensuring achievement of its objectives and proactively modernizing roles in accordance with patient needs.
The post holder will develop and implement the service’s strategic direction, ensuring that the service contributes significantly to Trust and national objectives, and that effective governance arrangements are implemented and maintained.
Working for our organisation
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond.
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.
The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Leadership and Management:
Work in collaboration with the Trust ADoN for Cancer & Palliative Care, EOL on developing and implementing the End of Life Care Strategy across the Trust.
1. Provide professional and managerial leadership to the Specialist Palliative Care Nursing teams and to nursing teams across divisions involved in EOL care.
2. Develop an annual workforce plan which integrates with the local delivery plan.
3. Provide the Trust with an Annual Report on EOL and SPC nursing services.
4. Keep up to date with current developments in nursing, promote and facilitate evidence based practice. Assist with the implementation of the nursing elements of the National Service Frameworks and NICE guidance in EOL.
5. Ensure compliance with all quality indicators including Care Quality Commission registration and outcomes
6. Ensure effective working relationships and connections with partner agencies and stakeholders
Clinical operational role
7. Act as a clinical expert within your sphere of work
8. Demonstrate expert knowledge being visible, accessible and using clinical skills within the workplace as appropriate
9. Provide expert advice on issues related to speciality
10. Supervise and ensure a consistent approach to nursing across all areas covered, through collaborative working and the development of shared procedures and guidelines, supervising the auditing of practise and development of action plans
Operational responsibilities
11. Be a champion for End of Life Care.
12. Lead the rationalisation of existing nursing and end of life care documentation to ensure that practice is evidenced based, standardised and reflects national priorities, learning from complaints and clinical incidents.
13. Lead quality improvement initiatives and service redesign in collaboration with the Trust Lead for SPC.
14. Provide highly specialist and strategic advice on the management of patients at the end of their life
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
15. First level RGN
16. Teaching qualification/ Experience of mentorship
Desirable criteria
17. Educated to / or working toward degree level
18. Experience of working within palliative care/Oncology/other relevant area
19. Experience and knowledge of complex discharge planning
20. Experience or willingness to participate in clinical supervision
21. Recent evidence of professional development
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
22. Demonstrate the ability to manage own workload
23. Able to communicate effectively with service users, relatives and colleagues
24. Demonstrates excellent organisational skills
25. Demonstrates ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.
Desirable criteria
26. Experience of change management
27. Demonstrates the role of the key worker
Experience
Essential criteria
28. Working in an acute setting
29. Experience of working with complex discharges
30. Demonstrates how to work with outside agents to ensure a safe seamless discharge
Desirable criteria
31. Knowledge and insight of the fundamentals of palliative care
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
32. Excellent interpersonal skills
33. Works well within a team
34. Excellent presentation skills
Desirable criteria
35. Demonstrates and identifies how to work within a diverse organisation
Values
Essential criteria
36. Demonstrates ability to meet Trust values
Other requirements
Essential criteria
37. Other requirements
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