Due to promotion and retirement, this is an exciting opportunity to join our community integrated palliative care team. Coventry Specialist Palliative Care Team supports patients, families, and carers with specialist palliative care needs. The post holder is a key member of the Community-based Specialist Palliative Care Team who will work with other healthcare professionals to provide specialist advice, support, and education throughout the Trust to ensure high-quality patient care to those affected by malignant and non-malignant disease at the end of life. We currently provide a five-day service but are working towards the provision of a seven-day service.
Responsibilities:
To be responsible for the day-to-day delivery of community specialist palliative care.
To provide direct assessment and advice for patients with cancer or an advanced terminal illness and their families, who require specialist palliative care.
To develop strong links with local GPs, District Nurses, local Hospices, and other allied health professionals.
To act as a specialist resource for community and primary care colleagues in the management of patients with specialist palliative care needs.
Attendance of relevant local and strategic meetings within areas of designated responsibility.
Contribute to the development and review of policies, procedures, and protocols within the Trust related to palliative care.
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK. We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high-quality patient care at the heart of everything we do. Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation.
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential, and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity, and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.
Communication
Develops and maintains highly effective working relationships with relevant clinical nurse specialists, social care providers, local hospices, GPs, and other community health professionals in order to promote and sustain a multidisciplinary/multi-agency approach to planned, coordinated care. Be able to use a variety of strategies and a range of advanced communication skills to relate effectively with patients (when breaking bad news, dealing with anxious/bereaved relatives) and those involved in their care. To identify the need for and initiate the use of translator services as required. Analytical and Judgemental Skills / Freedom to Act
Work as an autonomous practitioner within a multi-professional team, supporting patients at the end of life with complex and specialist palliative care needs. Work in partnership with GPs and consultants to ensure the provision of seamless specialist palliative care. Planning and Organisational Skills
Prioritise own workload on a day-to-day basis. To organise and provide nurse-led assessment of new and follow-up patients where appropriate to do so, managing own patient caseload. Makes sure that people affected by cancer are aware that they are interacting with a Macmillan Professional and know about the full range of resources and services available through Macmillan. Actively engages with Macmillan Cancer Support to contribute expertise and experience and supports the Macmillan Strategy.
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Develops and maintains highly effective working relationships with relevant clinical nurse specialists, social care providers, local hospices, GPs, and other community health professionals in order to promote and sustain a multidisciplinary/multi-agency approach to planned, coordinated care. Be able to use a variety of strategies and a range of advanced communication skills to relate effectively with patients (when breaking bad news, dealing with anxious/bereaved relatives) and those involved in their care. To identify the need for and initiate the use of translator services as required. Analytical and Judgemental Skills / Freedom to Act
Work as an autonomous practitioner within a multi-professional team, supporting patients at the end of life with complex and specialist palliative care needs. Work in partnership with GPs and consultants to ensure the provision of seamless specialist palliative care. Planning and Organisational Skills
Prioritise own workload on a day-to-day basis. To organise and provide nurse-led assessment of new and follow-up patients where appropriate to do so, managing own patient caseload. Makes sure that people affected by cancer are aware that they are interacting with a Macmillan Professional and know about the full range of resources and services available through Macmillan. Actively engages with Macmillan Cancer Support to contribute expertise and experience and supports the Macmillan Strategy.
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