Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

You should be creative, enthusiastic, and motivated with:

• Broad and extensive post registration experience of working with acutely sick patients, emotionally distressed patients and their families, and terminally ill adults.
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• The ability to work autonomously and as a team member
• Hold a first degree and post registration qualifications in oncology, palliative care, community nursing or other appropriate medical speciality.
• Demonstrate extensive teaching experience.

About us

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A& E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

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Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person Specification

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential

• RGN
• Post registration qualification in palliative care / cancer care / community nursing other medical speciality at level 3
• Post registration teaching qualification i.e.City and Guilds Certificate or extensive teaching experience

Desirable

• First degree in relevant subject to palliative care nursing
• Advanced Communications Skills
• Non Medical Prescriber (D) ? Advanced Assessment skills

Experience

Essential

• Experience and consolidation of registered nursing with evidence of development in a leadership role.
• Experience of caring for patients with advanced, progressive illness
• Experience of working in a learning environment

Desirable

• Recent experience in caring for patients within the community setting
• Experience of Mentorship

Skills and aptitudes

Essential

• Skills and knowledge in general palliative care
• Able to articulate understanding of specialist palliative care
• Able to effectively prioritise
• Understanding of and commitment to team working
• Ability to be self-directional, manage own time and workload
• Can articulate experience of of Clinical Governance responsibilities and issues
• Can demonstrate evidence of developing leadership skills
• Articulate the assessment of psycho-social and spiritual needs
• Can demonstrate practical application of evidence based knowledge
• Able to represent service at internal or external meetings
• Is able to communicate clearly, effectively and sensitively
• Knowledge of models of grief and loss

Desirable

• developments in Palliative Care and end of life care in England and Wales
• Experience of Clinical Supervision

Royal Free World Class Care Values

Essential

• Demonstrate ability to meet the Trust's values

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Free Hospital

Pond Street

Hampstead

NW3 2QG

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