Head of Community Specialist Services

3 weeks ago


Blackburn, United Kingdom East Lancashire Hospice Full time

**Responsible to**: Clinical Services director
**Type of Contract**: Permanent
**Hours Negotiable**: 37.5
**Salary WTE**: £45,311 - £49,348 dependant on experience
**Closing Date**: 5 pm Wednesday 25 January 2023
**Interview Date**: Interviews expected to be held on 3rd/7th February 2023

**Job Advert**
**_This post involves regular, direct unsupervised access to vulnerable adults and therefore is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974_**
**East Lancs Hospice**
East Lancashire Hospice is a registered charity, founded in 1984. We support and care for patients with a life limiting illness, their families and others close to them. We provide this in a number of ways; at the hospice and in people’s own homes across our community of Blackburn, Darwen, Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley.
With approximately 120 employees and over 250 volunteers, our people are our biggest asset whom we value tremendously. Our services to the local community would not be possible without our motivated and caring workforce who always strive to deliver excellence in all that they do. The hospice is a unique and special place, kindness and compassion are qualities that run throughout the hospice and our people truly believe in what we do.
**Head of Hospice Community Specialist Nursing**
We have an exciting opportunity for a forward thinking individual, passionate about the development of excellence in palliative care and with substantial post-registration experience to have overall responsibility for the clinical leadership and management of the hospice clinical nurse specialist team. You will drive the development and delivery of the service in keeping with the clinical strategy while ensuring high quality evidence based specialist palliative care is delivered with care, compassion and dignity to patients and those that matter to them.
The team provides a 7 day service including weekends and bank holidays worked on a rota basis. You will work as an accountable and autonomous practitioner alongside the multi-professional team managing a caseload of patients in the community.
- Well-developed team leadership / management skills
- The ability and experience to lead on the development and delivery of formal and informal education
- Be a non-medical prescriber or willing to undertake in post
- Be educated to degree level in a clinical field relevant to the role/post registration qualifications and ideally at level 7
- Enthusiasm and drive to develop the service across our communities

**What we offer**
If you would like to be part of a CQC outstanding rated organisation then this could be the role for you.
We have an excellent, collaborative working environment with a generous holiday allowance of 27 days + Bank Holidays with the option to buy additional days. You will have access to learning and development opportunities, ongoing training, and funded access to a private health scheme. There is also onsite parking and an onsite Café with reduced staff prices.
Aside from the terms and conditions detailed above, you will joining a very special and unique organisation, where people are at the heart of everything we do.
**Interested?**

All enquiries and further information regarding the above can be obtained from the recruiting manager.
Name: Carol Evans Clinical Services Director
Telephone: 01254 965831
Or
Name: Dr Karen Hogarth Medical Director
Telephone: 01254 965839

Application forms and job descriptions are available to download here.
Job description

Alternatively, these documents can be obtained from the general administration team on: 01254 965833



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