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Specialist Palliative Care CNS Band 6

Employer
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Salford
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year pro-rata
Closing date
5 Nov 2024
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Profession
Other Health Profession
Grade
Band 6
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Part Time
As a Specialist Palliative Care Nurse, you will provide evidence-based specialist palliative care and advice to patient, families and staff to ensure the delivery of high quality, person centred palliative care over 7 days.

The team links closely with other teams and departments across the trust and more widely across organisational boundaries.

You will also support the delivery of palliative and end of life care education.

In return you will join a supportive team and be supported to develop within the role.

Main duties of the job

Manage a caseload of patients with specialist palliative care needs.

Use specialist knowledge to provide advice and support around complex palliative care including symptom management and psycho-social support.

Establish and maintain highly effective communication with patient's, families and professionals including dealing with sensitive and complex issues.

Support the provision of education delivery across professional disciplines.

Participate in relevant audit and research.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This vacancy is open to those who have a current NMC PIN to practice as a Registered Nurse or Midwife in the UK, or those who are currently enrolled on a course which means they expect to receive their full NMC Pin within the next 2-3 months. Please note an NMC PRN Pin is not a full NMC Pin and would not fulfil the essential criteria for this role.

The NCA can no longer accept applications from International Nurses and Midwives who are yet to complete all competencies needed to receivea full NMC PIN to practice in the UK as we have paused our OSCE programme indefinitely. To learn more about how you can gain a full NMC PIN to be eligible to apply for our vacancies in the future, please see the NMC website:https://www.nmc.org.uk/registration/joining-the-register/register-nurse-midwife/trained-outside-uk/how-to-guide/

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

We recognise that many people find interviews daunting and the conventional interview approach, of unseen questions, often impacts performance on the day. We are therefore piloting sending interview questions, to candidates, in advance.

This vacancy is within one of our pilot areas therefore if you are invited for interview you will receive your interview questions in advance of your interview date. Feedback on this process will also be requested to help our teams understand and evaluate your recruitment experience.

Person Specification

Shortlisting

Essential

  • Current NMC registration first level nurse
  • Post registration qualification in palliative care or relevant courses / study days
  • Degree / degree pathway / diploma in health-related subject
  • To have undertaken relevant communication skills training (Sage and Thyme or equivalent)
  • Registered mentor
  • Demonstrable or significant experience in palliative care or evidence of post qualification experience
  • Effective communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Be an effective team member who is able to relate to colleagues at all levels of the Trust with tact and diplomacy
  • Demonstrate an understanding of research and how to apply research findings in practice
  • Demonstrate an understanding of and involvement in current palliative care issues
  • Effective management / leadership skills
  • Effective time management skills and the ability to prioritise own workload
  • Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a multidisciplinary team
  • Demonstrate an understanding of managing change in clinical practice
  • Basic computer literacy
  • (Patient and customer focus, continuous improvement, accountability, respect)
  • To have undertaken 2 day Enhanced Communication Skills training, or equivalent


Desirable

  • Willing to undertake independent & nonmedical prescribing module


Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential

  • Effective communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Be an effective team member who is able to relate to colleagues at all levels of the Trust with tact and diplomacy
  • Demonstrate an understanding of research and how to apply research findings in practice
  • Demonstrate an understanding of and involvement in current palliative care issues
  • Effective management / leadership skills
  • Effective time management skills and the ability to prioritise own workload
  • Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a multidisciplinary team
  • Demonstrate an understanding of managing change in clinical practice
  • Basic computer literacy
  • (Patient and customer focus, continuous improvement, accountability, respect)


Employer details

Employer name

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Salford Royal Hospital

Stott Lane

Salford

M6 8HD

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