Job overview
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Nurse Consultant for Adult Palliative Care/Associate Nurse Consultant in Adult Palliative Care.
This role will be part of Community and Neighbourhood Health Clinical Service Unit (CSU) team working in close collaboration with the Deputy Head of Nursing, Lead Nurse for SPC and EOLC, Clinical Director and Service Manager.
Are you a clinical expert who puts the clinical and holistic needs of our patients first to ensure safe, high quality and effective care?
Are you a passionate advanced practitioner with a specialist interest in Adult Palliative Care?
You will provide strong and effective clinical leadership to the specialist palliative care nursing team across the community and acute services. You will act as an expert practitioner providing advice and consultancy for the management of patients with complex specialist palliative care needs.
You will work with patients & staff, evaluating existing services and providing innovative and novel models of care. You will act as an exemplary role model for expert clinical nursing practice, demonstrating high professional standards, values and attitudes with a patient centred approach.
Within South Tees we have an ambitious strategy to improve palliative and end of life care for the patients we serve. You will be supported in your role by senior nursing & medical staff who are committed to delivering a high-quality service alongside supporting the development of your nursing career.
Successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.
Main duties of the job
This role will be at an advanced clinical level in direct delivery of high quality palliative care making critical clinical decisions based on expert knowledge and clinical assessment skills. Working across the four pillars of advanced clinical practice as set out by Health Education England (2017).
The post holder will provide clinical leadership and support within the nursing/AHP SPC teams in developing the service to improve the patient experience, supporting Palliative Medicine Consultants with day-to-day clinical activity.
The postholder will provide expert clinical care to patients with specialist palliative care needs via direct assessment and also by providing expert knowledge and assistance to clinical teams across the trust. To provide the highest standard of expert holistic care for patients through utilisation of advanced clinical skills and advice in the assessment and management of patients, working autonomously and with the multi-disciplinary team to improve the quality and safety of patient care.
This role may be considered as a development role as a Associate Nurse Consultant Band 8a depending on skills, qualifications and experience with the aim of progression to Nurse Consultant Band 8b.
Working for our organisation
We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
Your Leadership Impact
Leading your Team to Success
Leading Into the Future
Service Improvement for Beginners
Developing your Service Improvement Skills
Lean Practitioner
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust values and behaviours
Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Knowledge & Skills (Band 8a & Band 8b)
Essential criteria
1. High level of interpersonal and communication skills
2. Expert clinical skills and history taking
3. Evidence of expertise and competency in relation to nursing practice appropriate to post.
4. Autonomous Practitioner
5. Proven Leadership skills
6. Time management skills
7. Excellent organisational skills
8. Ability to prioritise workloads
9. Expert knowledge, clinical skills and experience in specialist palliative care field
Qualifications & Training (Band 8a)
Essential criteria
10. Registered Adult Nurse with current NMC registration
11. 1st Degree in nursing practice
12. Masters degree relevant to professional nursing practice or working towards
13. Post graduate certificate (level 7) in a relevant field
14. Physical Assessment and Disease Management Skills Course
15. Independent Nurse Prescribing
Experience (Band 8a and Band 8b)
Essential criteria
16. Significant experience working within the specialist palliative care environment
17. Experience of working autonomously
18. Experience of assessment, diagnosis and care planning within a complex care setting
19. Experience of delivering formal teaching programmes
20. Experience of innovation in practice
21. Experience of leading audits and implementing these changes in practice
Qualifications & Training (8b)
Essential criteria
22. Registered Adult Nurse with current NMC registration
23. 1st Degree in nursing practice
24. Advanced Communication Skills training
25. Masters degree relevant to professional nursing practice
26. Post graduate certificate (level 7) in a relevant field
27. Physical Assessment and Disease Management Skills Course
28. Independent Nurse Prescribing
Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)
It is now the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. We welcome applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network; LGBT+ Network; Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions Network, Faith Network, Childless not by Choice Network and the Menopause Support Group.
As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.
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Right to Work in the UK
The Trust welcomes applications from all candidates who meet the criteria for the role. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - (.
Please provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Your current immigration status will not be considered as part of the shortlisting or interview process.
Please note that not everyone needs a Skilled Worker visa. If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead.
We are able to offer sponsorship for a Health and Care Worker or Skilled Worker visa, subject to candidate and position eligibility. Please review the job eligibility guidance for skilled workers here: Skilled Worker visa: Your job - ( and for the Health and Care Worker visa here: Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - (
Please note: if the job you are applying for does not meet the eligibility criteria above, we will be unable to offer you sponsorship and you will need to explore whether you may be eligible to apply for an alternative immigration route which will secure your right to work in the UK before you apply. If you are in the UK already on a visa, please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post.
The Trust encourages and supports all applicants to be fully vaccinated against both COVID19 and influenza.
Please be aware, there are occasions where some vacancies may close prior to the closing date advertised. This will only happen where sufficient applications are received AND will be made evident on the job advert.
Please note if you are successfully shortlisted, we will contact you via the email address that you have applied from so please ensure you check your emails regularly.
Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants.