Clinical Nurse Specialist Community Palliative Care

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Palliative Care CNS to work within the community setting covering a 7 day service 08:00am - 20:00pm. We are looking for an experienced, autonomous, and innovative nurse to join the integrated specialist palliative care nursing team. This is a Band 7 community-based palliative care CNS post, working alongside Community Nursing Services, Consultants, Therapists, and wider MDT to ensure that the service and team are providing expert high quality patient focused care to advice and support patients, families and Health Care Professionals. You will be working closely with GP''s, Community Teams and Acute Trust staff. As an integral part of community nursing, you will support community teams to feel confident and competent to deliver good palliative and end of life patient centred care and providing expertise for patients with palliative care needs across the borough. Enthusiasm, motivation, compassion, and leadership are qualities and skills considered essential for this specialist nurse role to work in a very challenging environment; you will be expected to have a commitment to and progressive work within the field of palliative care. Additionally, you must be able to demonstrate excellence in clinical practice, acting as a resource for information and education, while working alongside the other specialist services.Responsibilities

The post involves autonomous, specialist nursing practice within a community setting, working as part of an integrated palliative care team to provide expert, patient-centered care. Key expectations include collaboration with GPs, Community Teams, Consultants, Therapists and the wider MDT to support patients, families and health care professionals; enabling community teams to deliver high-quality palliative and end-of-life care; and acting as a resource for clinical practice and education in palliative care.Benefits

Just as we care about our patients\'' wellbeing, we care about yours! We can offer you:A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the roleCar lease scheme TandC''s applyFlexible working optionsAnnual travel card loanTraining, support and development in your careerTo have a full look at our benefits and what it\''s like working for us please go here: ..... full job details .....