Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist | and North West NHS Foundation Trust Job London area,England UK,Nursing

Position: Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist | Central and North West NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

We are looking for an innovative, enthusiastic and dynamic nurse to join our team. The team aims to:

Improve the coordination and continuity of care and support for patients and their families/carers.
Enable supportive and proactive nursing care for people in the community who are palliative and at the end of life.

The Hillingdon Community Palliative Care Team is a small team of CNSs and admin striving to provide the best possible care to palliative / end‑of‑life patients in their own homes in the community. We pride ourselves on great teamwork and rising to the challenges of day‑to‑day working in such a diverse community.

Responsibilities

Expert nurse with first class clinical skills, effective triage of clinical calls, leadership ability, strong team player, creative, imaginative, flexible approach to service delivery and quality improvement; excellent interpersonal skills; postgraduate experience working in the community, hospital or hospice environment with associated palliative care experience; flexible working hours available;
Monday to Friday service 8am to 4pm; car user essential.
Triaging telephone calls into the service from patients, carers, relatives and clinicians.
Triaging referrals into the service.
Enable supportive and proactive nursing care for people in the community who are palliative or at the end of life providing high quality end of life care.
Working closely within a multi‑disciplinary team ensuring excellent communication is upheld.
Hospital admission avoidance.
Upholding ACP wishes of patients and supporting them to achieve their desired preferred place or care/death.
To be professionally and legally accountable for all work undertaken. To work within the provider operational guidelines the Trusts, and NMC Code of Conduct at all times.
To ensure that the patient and their informal carers have an understanding of treatment protocols and give informed consent to examination and treatment interventions recommended.
To undertake specialist‑nursing triage and assessment of clients with palliative care needs through subjective questioning, objective examination, and study of appropriate written material (e.g. clinical records) available. This will include acting as the first point of contact for palliative care across Hillingdon in both Primary and Secondary care settings and act as an expert nurse in palliative care for patients and their families with palliative care needs.
To independently receive, assess and make referrals from a variety of sources where no other nursing professional is currently involved. To establish priority, determine needs, initiate and monitor treatment plans and to direct and support clinicians in this process.
To work independently within a general multi‑disciplinary team to advise where needed, on a palliative approach to patients.
To work autonomously in isolated community care settings that vary in relation to local socio‑economic and multi‑cultural factors.
To use comprehensive knowledge of other multidisciplinary roles and external agencies to ensure best referral management and achieve best patient outcomes.
To contribute to the development and implementation of uni‑disciplinary and multi‑disciplinary clinical policies, guidelines, protocols and care pathway.
To participate in multi‑disciplinary assessments and cross‑agency assessments as required.
To ensure dignity for the patients and their families at all times.
To ensure clinical records are recorded and maintained by the team.
To provide specialist contribution to health promotion and health education initiatives within the service.
Attend, and actively participate in relevant departmental and nursing team meetings.
To contribute to maintaining effective communication lines within the service and with other relevant services.
To attend, actively participate in, and lead multi‑disciplinary meetings and case reviews as required.
To participate in educational programmes and internal/external training initiatives designed to improve palliative skills in a range of professionals.
To act when required as a mentor for nursing students undergoing CPD courses.
To act as an educational resource for other…


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