An opportunity has arisen for Band 6 Nurse Specialists to join our Palliative and End of Life Care service within The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The successful candidates will work alongside Palliative Care Healthcare Assistants, Senior Medical Secretaries, Nurse Specialists and Palliative Care Consultants to deliver high quality compassionate care. You will also work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in assessing and managing patients' symptoms. We are seeking to recruit highly motivated, enthusiastic, and dynamic nurses to join our team. Opportunities will be available to contribute to professional, personal and service development.

As a Nurse Specialist you will demonstrate a good level of knowledge and skills within the specialty of palliative and end of life care. You will aim and strive to work autonomously and make critical judgements using expert skills and experience. You will participate with the planning, delivery, and evaluation of care outcomes for patients. It is expected you will contribute and participate in palliative and end of life care education and training across the organisation. You will be expected to have excellent communication skills and demonstrate leadership qualities and abilities.

• Interview Date Friday, 28 June 2024
• 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week

Main duties of the job

Within the Palliative Care Service, you will be expected to participate in service development. Therefore, having an awareness of national, regional and local drivers relating to palliative and end of life care is essential. The ability to relate this to clinical practice is also a requirement. Please evidence knowledge of NHS policy or project specific policy context and appropriate understanding of adult/child safeguarding within your application form.

Important skills and qualities required to excel in this role include excellent IT skills, good time management and organisational skills. Emotional intelligence, leadership skills (including influencing and engagement), accountability and professionalism will also benefit you within this role.

About us

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 16,000 staff and an annual income of �1 billion.

We're proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients contacts each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust defines a nurse specialist as a qualified nurse where the primary purpose of role is to provide guidance and support based on advanced level knowledge to patients, carers and health professionals concerning a specific disease/condition.

Candidates must be registered nurses and a nursing diploma, or equivalent experience in a specialist area is essential. Working towards a degree is desirable.

Within the sphere of specialist practice:

• Is working towards advanced knowledge and skills within specialist sphere of practice.
• Contributes to the facilitation of the planning, delivery and evaluation of care pathways for a designated group of patients.
• Support the development of nursing practice within the specialist field and contribute to the body of nursing knowledge.
• Contributes to training and education within specialist area.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.

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Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

• oRegistered nurse (appropriate to branch)
• oCurrent NMC registration
• oDiploma plus specialist qualifications / experience within specialist area prepared to take degree level study
• oMeets Nursing and Midwifery Council standards for student supervision and assessment (formally Mentorship) if relevant to role
• oCurrent driving licence if relevant to role

Desirable

• oDegree in health related subject

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• oSome post registration experience within related specialist area of practice
• oExtended clinical practice underpinned by training supervision & assessment
• oKnowledge and understanding of relevant NHS policy or project specific policy context
• oHas understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding
• oEvidence of on-going continuous professional development

Desirable

• oResearch or audit experience
• oEvidence of contribution towards education and training programmes.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• oGood IT skills
• oEffective report writing skills
• oAble to work independently and as a member of a team
• oEffective organisation and time management skills

Desirable

• oChange management skills and involvement in project work

Employer details

Employer name

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

317 01 Freeman Hospital

NE7 7DN

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