Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist in Supportive & Palliative Care inManchester inManchester PUBLISHED
MON 4 NOV 2024
This position offers an exciting opportunity to join a growing team in Manchester that is committed to innovative palliative care. Candidates are expected to possess extensive knowledge of palliative medication and excellent communication skills to educate and support other healthcare professionals and multidisciplinary teams. The Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust promotes diversity and equality in its workforce, encouraging applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds.
The Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist will work as a member of the wider locality based multidisciplinary Manchester Macmillan Supportive and Palliative Care Service.
The post holder will support Neighborhood teams to deliver locally driven high quality care, responsive to patient and carers needs. This includes education of other health care professionals, training, support and advice for the multidisciplinary team.
The focus of the multidisciplinary approach will be to support patients and carers to live well, prevent inappropriate hospital admission and meet their preferred priorities for care.
Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care Band7
An exciting opportunity has now arisen within the City Wide Manchester Macmillan Palliative Support Service for a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care.
The post holder will work as part of the Macmillan Specialist multi-disciplinary team comprising of Medics, Dietitian, Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist, Nurses, Speech and Language Therapist, Assistant Practitioners, Admin support and Volunteer Coordinators. The team aims to provide effective support palliative care and/or rehabilitation to patients with a life limiting condition requiring palliative intervention.
The post holder will provide supportive palliative care to enhance the quality of life for patients / carers with any life limiting illness requiring palliative care, including complex physical, psychological and emotional needs. The post holder will be expected to have extensive palliative medication knowledge to support the complex symptom management needs of the patient.
Recent investment by Macmillan has enabled the Manchester Macmillan Supportive and Palliative Care Service to develop substantially for the city of Manchester; this is an exciting time to join our innovative and expanding team.
About us
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT 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. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at
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