Clinical Nurse Specialist Palliative and End of Life Care
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Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has around 1.2 million patient contacts a year. We provide healthcare to the people of Swindon and the surrounding areas, offering the latest treatments and care in hospital, in the local community and in people's own homes.
We are looking for highly motivated Clinical Nurse Specialists to join the Palliative and End of Life Care Team at Great Western Hospital Foundation Trust. The team is dedicated to ensuring high-quality clinical care and patient experience for patients, their families, and carers with progressive, advanced life-limiting diseases requiring specialist palliative and end-of-life care.
The successful candidates will also need to demonstrate that they have experience in working with patients in a variety of settings and are able to work autonomously as well as part of a team.
A flexible approach is needed to manage the changing picture of palliative and end-of-life care, with a willingness to respond to the changing needs of the Trust and its patients and their families.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
* Demonstrate exemplar nursing practice and the implementation of evidence-based care, the provision of a high standard of individualised patient care and experience, upholding the Trust Nursing Strategy which includes the 6Cs.
* Responsible for ensuring own knowledge and compliance of appropriate NMC standards and Trust professional guidelines and that these are applied to practice, including NMC Revalidation.
* Ensure accurate and contemporaneous patient, staff, and other records are maintained, submitted and stored meeting NMC requirements.
* Act as a role model for other team members, promoting and demonstrating the standards of care expected. Challenges, influences and works with other nursing teams to continuously improve standards through shared governance.
Eligibility For This Role Requires:
* Current right to work in the UK, subject to verification.
* Qualification of the eligibility sponsorship criteria.
Experience
Essential criteria
* Post registration experience.
* Experience in Palliative Care and EoL nursing.
* Teaching experience.
* Able to demonstrate service improvement activities.
* Experience of multi-disciplinary team working.
Knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
* Ability to work autonomously.
* Ability to plan, prioritise and organise own / others workload.
* Ability to work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team and contribute to its development.
* Demonstrates excellent interpersonal/communication.
* Adaptable and demonstrates a problem-solving approach.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* First Level Registration.
* Experience at Band 5/6.
* Educated to degree level or willing to study.
* Demonstrates ongoing continuing professional development.
* Advanced Communication Skills.
* Competent in Discussions and Decision Making with Regard to Adult Treatment Escalation Plan (TEP) and Resuscitation (willingness to work towards).
* Advanced history taking and assessment.
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