Job Summary
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest integrated care providers in England, serving a population of around 600,000 people. We are a high performing organisation with a track record of success and have been rated as Outstanding by the CQC for our Palliative and End of Life Care. This Band 6 post offers an exciting development opportunity for a suitably qualified and experienced Nurse to work within the Specialist Palliative Care in the Community setting.
The post covers core hours of 09:00-17:00 and works across a seven day period, weekends and bank holidays are rostered across the team as per CDDFT policy. Core hours are 09:00-17:00.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will provide a consistent high quality specialist palliative care service for patients and families. With significant post registration experience including recent experience in palliative care.
As a Palliative Care Nurse Specialist the post holder will: Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for patients and carers. Provide specialist advice. Provide day to day supervision and/or clinical supervision to others.
About Us
We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.
Job Description
Responsibilities
Provide a consistent high quality specialist palliative care service for patients and families. Have a positive impact on care and confidently deal with difficult situations with sensitivity and compassion. Be committed to developing themselves and their practice. Work collaboratively as part of a team and build effective relationships within the role.
Person Specification Skills Essential Communicates complex sensitive, confidential information concerning patients/clients displaying empathy persuasion and reassurance. Demonstrates skills for assessing and interpreting complex needs of patients/clients. Plans provision of care for patients/clients, e.g. clinics, health education. Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates clinical care of patients/clients. Provides specialist advice to patients/clients/carers. Develops and implements specialist programmes of care. Imparts unwelcome news, care of palliative and end of life/safeguarding issues. Follows policies, makes comments on proposals for change. Implements policies and proposes changes to working practices or procedures in own work area. Supervises work of others; clinical supervision of staff, students; provides training to others. Works within codes of practice and professional guidelines. Leads specialist, area or team; may manage a caseload in the community. Occasional participation in R&D activity. Physical Skills: Driving, carries out immunisations/ Restraint of patients/clients using approved techniques; Dexterity and accuracy required for, e.g. intravenous injections, syringe pumps and infusion, insertion of catheters and removal of sutures.
Qualifications Essential Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent level of demonstrable professional knowledge/experience. Supplemented by diploma level specialist training, experience, short courses.
Desirable Non Medical Prescribing.
Experience Essential Experience working as a Nurse.
Special Requirements Essential Able to travel across Trust sites to meet the requirements of the post. Ability to work hours flexibly when service needs require.
Statutory Registration Essential Active 1st Level NMC Registration.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Address The Greenhouse Amos Drive, Annfield Plain Stanley DH9 7XN Employer's website https://www.cddft.nhs.uk/ #J-18808-Ljbffr
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest integrated care providers in England, serving a population of around 600,000 people. We are a high performing organisation with a track record of success and have been rated as Outstanding by the CQC for our Palliative and End of Life Care. This Band 6 post offers an exciting development opportunity for a suitably qualified and experienced Nurse to work within the Specialist Palliative Care in the Community setting.
The post covers core hours of 09:00-17:00 and works across a seven day period, weekends and bank holidays are rostered across the team as per CDDFT policy. Core hours are 09:00-17:00.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will provide a consistent high quality specialist palliative care service for patients and families. With significant post registration experience including recent experience in palliative care.
As a Palliative Care Nurse Specialist the post holder will: Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for patients and carers. Provide specialist advice. Provide day to day supervision and/or clinical supervision to others.
About Us
We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.
Job Description
Responsibilities
Provide a consistent high quality specialist palliative care service for patients and families. Have a positive impact on care and confidently deal with difficult situations with sensitivity and compassion. Be committed to developing themselves and their practice. Work collaboratively as part of a team and build effective relationships within the role.
Person Specification Skills Essential Communicates complex sensitive, confidential information concerning patients/clients displaying empathy persuasion and reassurance. Demonstrates skills for assessing and interpreting complex needs of patients/clients. Plans provision of care for patients/clients, e.g. clinics, health education. Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates clinical care of patients/clients. Provides specialist advice to patients/clients/carers. Develops and implements specialist programmes of care. Imparts unwelcome news, care of palliative and end of life/safeguarding issues. Follows policies, makes comments on proposals for change. Implements policies and proposes changes to working practices or procedures in own work area. Supervises work of others; clinical supervision of staff, students; provides training to others. Works within codes of practice and professional guidelines. Leads specialist, area or team; may manage a caseload in the community. Occasional participation in R&D activity. Physical Skills: Driving, carries out immunisations/ Restraint of patients/clients using approved techniques; Dexterity and accuracy required for, e.g. intravenous injections, syringe pumps and infusion, insertion of catheters and removal of sutures.
Qualifications Essential Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent level of demonstrable professional knowledge/experience. Supplemented by diploma level specialist training, experience, short courses.
Desirable Non Medical Prescribing.
Experience Essential Experience working as a Nurse.
Special Requirements Essential Able to travel across Trust sites to meet the requirements of the post. Ability to work hours flexibly when service needs require.
Statutory Registration Essential Active 1st Level NMC Registration.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Address The Greenhouse Amos Drive, Annfield Plain Stanley DH9 7XN Employer's website https://www.cddft.nhs.uk/ #J-18808-Ljbffr
