Palliative Care Nurse - Peterborough inPeterborough inPeterborough PUBLISHED
MON 16 DEC 2024
Responsibilities include delivering holistic care interventions, demonstrating leadership, conducting formal and informal training, and engaging in service improvement initiatives. The Palliative Care Nurse will also be accountable for performing complex assessments, planning and evaluating care in collaboration with the Specialist Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), and managing challenging clinical situations. Effective communication and innovative clinical practices are essential components of this role, as well as the ability to support staff development and engage in service planning and improvement efforts.
***Please note we are only able to accept applications from those with a live NMC registration or UK nursing students awaiting their PIN as we are unable to support OSCE at this time***
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Specialist Palliative Care and enhance Palliative care skills experience and expertise within the Specialist Palliative Care field
Delivering high quality palliative care to patients within the Community setting and with the potential to rotate into the Acute Hospital setting.
You would ideally have some knowledge of symptom control for patients with end of life malignant or non-malignant care needs.
The job will involve the education and training of other health professionals regarding end of life and specialist palliative care across North West Anglia NHS Trust and the local community.
In supporting a seven day specialist palliative care service the Trust region and the local community, the successful candidates will need to work weekends and Bank Holidays pro rata.
The role offers an opportunity to develop palliative care knowledge and experience across the hospital and community provision in the region.
This secondment or fixed term opportunity does have some potential to become permanent in the future though this is in no way guaranteed.
To deliver high quality holistic palliative care interventions to patients with complex palliative care needs, their families and support care teams.
To demonstrate nurse leadership in action, role modelling Trust values whilst delivering patient focused care.
To deliver teaching formally and informally to patients, carers and colleagues.
To engage with service improvement tools, including audit to support service innovation and audit.
Developing Skill and expertise and delivering plans of care delegated by the Specialist MDT.
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Be an accountable professional acting in the best interests of people, putting them first and providing complex clinical care that is evidence-based, person-centred, safe and compassionate. Delivering care planned and delegated by the Specialist Multidisciplinary team.
Use existing knowledge and expertise and enhanced levels of clinical judgement to undertake complex and holistic assessments within the scope and level of practice expected of a Palliative Nurse.
Act within the scope of practice and expertise to plan, deliver, monitor and evaluate care using clinical assessments, diagnostics, and interventions.
Act as a resource within their own organisation and for external agencies.
Develop, deliver and evaluate education and training opportunities for others within own scope of practice.
Communicate effectively in challenging environments and situations with patients, their families/carers and the multi-disciplinary team.
Encourage and engage with innovative clinical practice to support a culture of excellence within the wider health and care team.
Manage unpredictable and unplanned clinical situations with support from senior MDT colleagues.
Participate in resource management, service development, planning and service improvement.
Develop and appraise staff and learners in line with expected level of competence.
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