Palliative Care Specialist

4 weeks ago


Salford, Salford, United Kingdom NHS Full time
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

As a Specialist Palliative Care Nurse, you will provide evidence-based specialist palliative care and advice to patients, families, and staff to ensure the delivery of high-quality, person-centered palliative care over 7 days.

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

Main duties of the job
  1. Manage a caseload of patients with specialist palliative care needs.
  2. Use specialist knowledge to provide advice and support around complex palliative care including symptom management and psycho-social support.
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.

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.

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 in a course which means they expect to receive their full NMC PIN within the next 2-3 months.

We require applicants to have a post-registration qualification in palliative care or relevant courses/study days, as well as a degree/degree pathway/diploma in a health-related subject.

Person Specification
  • 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)
Knowledge, Skills and 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)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.



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