Community Palliative Care Support Team Clinical Lead

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Full time
To be responsible for the care delivery for adults with palliative and end of life care needs.

Lead the palliative support team on a daily basis. Work with the team to promote the delivery of seamless care to all patients registered with the service. To foster effective working relationships and processes between other NHS Trusts, General Practitioners, Primary Health Care Teams, Local Authority, Independent providers and Voluntary Services. Collate activity and performance data and formulate service reports as required. Be a proactive and visible leader for the Palliative Support team. Be responsive to the changing needs of patients, their families and carers ensuring appropriate assessment and review of the health needs of those who require supportive end of life care.

Take an active role and work as an assessing clinician in facilitating and or providing professional support in the assessment process. Support the work of the Head of Service, Co-ordinating lead, rapid response and the Specialist Palliative Care Team in delivering high standards of end of life care.

Please note that a Full UK valid driving license and access to a vehicle that can be used for work purposes are essential for this role.

To be responsible for the clinical development of the palliative care support team in the effective delivery of care packages & highly skilled nursing care for patients with complex palliative care needs.

To play a key role in ensuring that all relevant parties involved in the delivery of care have adequate training and support and that patients have access to appropriate services.

To have day to day management responsibility for the Palliative Care Support Team.

To work in collaboration with all appropriate services to facilitate a rapid, seamless discharge to enable PPOD.

To work alongside the co-ordinating lead to support service development and transformational changes.

To contribute to effective communication within the team and with external agencies by participating at meetings as directed by the head of service.

To communicate with all key stakeholders in order to facilitate good patient care.

To build good working relationships with the multi-professional workforce, including: Patient and Carer(s) Specialist Palliative Care Service Community/Primary Care Teams Secondary Care providers primarily UHCW NHS Trust Myton Hospice Crossroads Private and Voluntary Care Agencies Continuing Health Care For further details please see the attached job description.

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