An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Specialist Palliative Care Team at Northampton General Hospital. We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated nurse who is passionate about palliative and end of life care to join the hospital based Specialist Palliative Care Team.

As a conscientious and enthusiastic individual, you would work within a dynamic specialist team delivering palliative care to patients and those that are important to them, as well as supporting staff members at ward level across the trust through training and education.

You will possess significant palliative care experience and be responsible for managing a caseload of patients with specialist needs. The role covers a seven day specialist palliative care service within the hospital.

Main duties of the job

A broad range of advanced communication skills are essential as well as the ability to work collaboratively with the wider multi-disciplinary team. The successful applicant will be supported by a comprehensive induction package and work within an expert team in an environment where training and development opportunities are actively encouraged.

If you are keen to enhance your specialist palliative care career within a dynamic team who strive to achieve optimal palliative and end of life care outcomes for patients, please get in touch. Informal visit are encouraged.

About us

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Integrity

Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds.This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To act as a core member of the Specialist Palliative Care multidisciplinary team.To facilitate the effective management of patients referred to the team ensuring their experience isseamless and of high quality.To promote and support staff to embed the Five Priorities of Care.To attend the weekly Specialist Palliative Care multidisciplinary team meeting as appropriate andcontribute to the discussion and patient assessment/care planning decisions.To undertake a comprehensive holistic patient assessment ensuring that results of patients holisticneeds assessment are considered when decision making.As a non-medical prescriber, prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness,appropriate to patient need and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and localprotocols whilst remaining within scope of practice.To demonstrate advanced practice in planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care,documenting consultations in the hospital notes.To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the plan of care, making revisions as necessary.To provide Level 2 psychological support for patients and their carers, referring patient with complexneeds to the Macmillan Clinical Psychologist if appropriate.To act as a specialist resource to other healthcare professionals relating to Specialist Palliative Careproviding expert nursing advice and support.To act as a role model demonstrating high standards of holistic care and provide clinical leadershiprelated to Specialist Palliative Care.To identify and meet the educational needs of patients and their carers, identifying patient/carerinformation needs and provide this in an appropriate written or verbal format.To implement individualised carer needs assessment referring to carer support agencies whereappropriate. Signpost and liaise with the Macmillan Cancer Information Centre and Macmillanwebsite. Including financial service website, referrals to the Department of Work and Pensions andcompletion of SR1 forms.To have specialist knowledge of the impact of advanced disease and the associated needs of patientsand their family / those important to them

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• In depth specialist palliative and end of life care experience demonstrates experience of caring for palliative patient in an acute setting)
• Clear up to date knowledge of current statutory frameworks/ national policy
• Extensive post registration experience
• Ability to manage caseload and works as part of an MDT
• To have provided education to all levels of staff
• Evidence experience of holistically assessing specialist palliative and dying patients in an acute hospital setting

Desirable

• Evidence of research, publications, conference presentations
• Evidence of local audit, participation in or leadership of

Skills

Essential

• Demonstrates a positive, confident attitude and has an empathetic approach to patients, families, carers and staff
• Ability to demonstrate wide range of effective communication skills
• Experience of teaching/mentoring/ assessing and supporting collegues
• Ability to manage caseload and works as part of an MDT
• Demonstrates experience of autonomous working

Personal qualities

Essential

• Demonstrates a positive, confident attitude and has an empathetic approach to patients, families, carers and staff
• Ability to use initiative with excellent time management skills
• Motivation to pursue personal development, recognising own boundaries and limitations
• Ability to prioritise and remain calm, under pressure of changing work demands

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC registration
• Teaching/education qualification
• Post registration palliative care/relevant field course
• Degree level education
• Evidence of recent CPD

Desirable

• Non medical prescriber or willingness to undertake the course
• Master degree or working towards

Employer details

Employer name

Northampton General Hospital

Address

Northampton General Hospital

Billing Road

Northampton

NN1 5BD

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