Clinical Nurse Specialist / Paramedic Practitioner inWest Midlands inWest Midlands PUBLISHED
FRI 15 NOV 2024
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The ideal candidate should hold a healthcare degree and/or have completed a health assessment course, and will be expected to use their own vehicle for community travel. The role emphasises the importance of reflective practice in improving patient care and collaboration with colleagues. Interested applicants are encouraged to review the attached job description and person specification for more details.
Clinical Nurse Specialist/Paramedic Community planned care team
Hours: 25.5 hours per week Predominantly Monday - Friday with occasional requirement to work unsocial hours to cover the needs of the 7-day service.
Salary: £35,388 - £44,117 per annum (Band 6) Location: Compton, Wolverhampton and working across the community
We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Nurse Specialist or Paramedic Practitioner to join our community services team at Compton Care
What you will do
As part of the community services team, you will provide clinical, hands-on care to our patients. It is a service which aims to complement and enhance the care available in the community to those with both a rapidly deteriorating life advancing, chronic, incurable illness or those with complex symptom management that is affecting their living well.
You will be there to offer specialist knowledge, expertise and support to the patient and carer, enabling the patient to stay in their home if that is their wish by helping to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.
What we want you to bring
You will need to be a registered general nurse or paramedic with post registration experience. You will hold a health care degree and/or have taken a health assessment course or be looking to achieve one. Communications skills are important in this role, so you will also have advanced communication training or be willing to undertake this training.
You will have a real passion and commitment to providing high quality palliative and end of life care and be someone who is always looking reflect on how we can improve patient care and share learning with colleagues.
You will be working out in the community so you will need to be able to travel using your own vehicle and hold a UK driving licence and relevant insurance to allow you to do this.
If you feel that you have the clinical skills we are looking for then we look forward to hearing from you.
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high.
Previous applicants need not apply.
About us
For full details of this opportunity with Compton Care, please see the attached job description and person specification
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