Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Palliative care End of life Facilitator to complement our existing COMPASS team 9Community Palliative advise and support service)
The post based within Waltham Forest is to support our existing team in raising awareness of local and national EOL initiatives
Working closely with Care homes across the borough the successful applicant will develop and maintain links with commissioners and key stakeholders throughout Waltham Forest
Working across the borough the successful applicant will support in delivering Education and will act as a point of contact for the Community Nursing Team
Applicants are welcome for Registered Practitioners with experience in palliative/End of Life Care
Main duties of the job
To promote and raise awareness of the Local & National End of Life Initiative across Waltham Forest Community Services
To develop and maintain links with commissioners and key stakeholders throughout WF
To provide facilitation to localities to support implementation and monitoring of end of life initiatives and to promote new ways of working and good practice highlighted by The Gold Standard Framework (GSF) and Advance Care Planning (ACP).
To engage and liaise with the Team leader and Nurse Consultant to develop WF wide initiatives on end of life care including the promotion of the end of life care register. To develop a work plan to deliver initiatives and evaluate.
To facilitate GP’s to identify named co-ordinators within their practice who will set up palliative care disease registers, palliative care team meetings (GSF) and the setting up and maintenance of the electronic palliative care register.
To provide on-going support to GP practices, District nurse teams and others implementing end of life initiatives offering practical advice over the phone and individual visits to localities.
To provide education, advice, signposting and support for Residential and Nursing homes in the management of their residents approaching end of life.
To provide support, education, training and reflective sessions on EOL care for community nursing teams as identified.
Working for our organisation
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
We are kind.
We are respectful.
We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by
the best people.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being
properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters
will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will
undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which
will include mandatory training, systems training and the
allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will
have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior
managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on
engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The
induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15%of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941 - per annum, pro rata for part time
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification
for more information about this role and working at North East
London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this
when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the
criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as
possible as some posts close early to limit the number of
applications.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable
to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility
under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic
salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not
included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.
Use of AI
Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI
during the recruitment process.
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
1. RN
Desirable criteria
2. Palliative care experience
3. registered nurse
IT
Essential criteria
4. computer literate
Desirable criteria
5. computer Literate
6. previous experience of RIO
Education
Essential criteria
7. Teaching Experience
Desirable criteria
8. Teaching Qualification
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
9. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
10. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
11. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
12. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.