Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Palliative Care
An exciting opportunity has arisen for anexperienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) to join our palliativecare team at Woking & Sam Beare Hospice and Wellbeing Care, basedin our bespoke facility in Goldsworth Park, Woking. This is a pivotal timefor the Hospice as we develop new models of care, and we are seeking an ANPwith extensive clinical experience and proven leadership skills to help shapethe future of palliative and end of life care across Northwest Surrey.
As an integral member of our multidisciplinaryteam, you will work within the medical team, report tothe Consultants in Palliative Care, and collaborate closely withour nursing teams. You will deliver expert, holistic care across our InpatientUnit, Community Services, Outpatient Clinics, and the WellbeingCentre, ensuring seamless care coordination and high standards of symptommanagement. Your clinical expertise will be matched by your ability tocommunicate effectively, work autonomously, and lead with compassion andinnovation.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
* Lead on complex symptom management,prescribing, and advance care planning
* Undertake autonomous assessments,diagnoses, and treatment planning
* Provide urgent clinical support inthe community, including rapid response visits and crisis intervention
* Mentor junior staff and contribute tostrategic service development, education, and governance
* Participate in a 1 in 4 or 1 in 5 on-callrota, supporting both inpatient and community services
* Support service innovation andcontribute to audit, research, and policy development
* Work collaboratively with NHSpartners and local healthcare providers to ensure continuity and integration ofcare.
About us
What We Offer
* A supportive and caring teamenvironment in a purpose-built hospice.
* Opportunities for professionaldevelopment and leadership growth.
* The chance to be part of aforward-thinking organisation committed to enabling people to live life to thefull and die with choice and dignity.
* Woking and Sam Beare Hospice is a charity workingin close partnership with healthcare providers within the Northwest Surreyarea. Our vision is to expand collaborative working across the region, reachingmore communities and delivering high-quality, integrated palliative care.
* This post issubject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and assuch it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to theDisclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for anyprevious criminal convictions.
Job responsibilities
Please see the job description attached for all the full duties and responsibilities. A person specification is also included.
Person Specification
Planning and Organisation
* Able to manage a varied caseload
* Able to work autonomously and within a
* MDT
* Able to monitor and manage workload
* Ability to work at pace, establish effective
* working relationships and develop strong
* Excellent time management and
* organisational skills
* To be able to anticipate disease
* progression
* Experience in service
* development
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse on the NMC Register
* Advanced Clinical Assessment
* Minimum of four years post registration
* experience or significant palliative or
* Experience of ongoing professional
* development
* Mentorship, Practice Assessor or Supervisor
* Advanced Communication or equivalent
* experience
* Management or Leadership
* certificate
* Teaching qualification
Other
* Legal right to work in the UK
* Excellent interpersonal and
* Proven change management skills and
* the ability to support others within the
* change process.
* Ability to manage workload with
* Ability to work autonomously and also
* collaboratively as part of a team
* Self-motivated and confident approach
* Motivated, flexible, and adaptable
* individual
* Car driver - full driving licence
* Have access to a vehicle for community
* visits and ensure appropriate insurance in
* place
* Ability to work flexibly over a 7 day period
Experience
* Experience of nurse management
* Experience of working in a
* multidisciplinary team
* Knowledge of palliative care and updated
* clinical practice within palliative care
* Knowledge of national, regional, and local
* policy in relation to quality standards,
* targets, and improvements initiatives
* Experience in helping to develop clinical
* services
* Multi agency working
* Experience in research and audit
* Proven ability to manage a
* budget
Skills
* Experience in mentoring staff and
* students
* Excellent interpersonal and
* Ability to motivate and inspire others
* Balance of innovative/forward thinking,
* analytical skills with reflective practice
* Ability to form and maintain professional
* working relationships
* Calm, organised, flexible, approachable,
* enthusiastic, and punctual
* Good working knowledge and application
* of the MS Office packages
* Effective time management and
* Able to manage difficult situations
* effectively
* IT Literate with good understanding of
* common packages
* Patient education and counselling skills
* Ability to listen and represent views
* accurately
* Assertive and effective decision maker
* Presentation skills (Written and verbal)
* Able to manage and steer junior clinicians
* Proven leadership and management skills
* Advanced IT skills
* Community experience
* Blood result interpretation
* Experience with EMIS
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.
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