End of Life care co-ordinator

2 weeks ago


Keighley, United Kingdom Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic team member to join the team who can work flexible to support patients and family/significant others at the end of life. To be an excellent communicator to enable support when ringing families/significant other on bereavement calls. To be able to assist with audit work with the clinical nurse specialists.

Main duties of the job

To work with ward teams to complete and implement holistic, individualised plans of care for all patients who are in the last days/hours of life

To be with dying patients who would otherwise be on their own, providing emotional support, a calm and peaceful environment and allowing the patient time to talk if they wish/able

To be able to identify signs and symptoms of distress, including pain, breathlessness, agitation, secretions, spiritual or psychological anguish and liase with ward staff

To assist ward teams to provide basic personal care of patient in last days of life when needed, including mouth care, positional changes, comfort and dignity care and assisting with diet and fluids.

To support those people identified as important by patients at the end of life family members/significant other. Build a trusting relationship enabling you to provide pre and post bereavement care

Provide family members/significant others with spiritual, psychological, emotional and practical support

Work autonomously and proactively to identify and support the provision of the patient's needs, utilising basic clinical and administrative knowledge.

Collaborate and communicate with the palliative care and ward teams to ensure the provision of appropriate services to maximise the quality of care of the dying patient and their families/friends

About us

We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:

Cycle to Work Travel Scheme Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice Onsite Nursery Buying and Selling Annual Leave Car Leasing Employee Assistance Programme Employee Health and Wellbeing Extensive Reward Scheme Counselling Service Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.

Our values:

We understand that it's down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience - we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:

Committed to Quality of Care Compassion Working together for patients Improving Lives Everyone Counts Respect and Dignity

Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of this job vacancy, please see attached full job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications, Education & Training

Essential

Good standard of education equivalent of Maths and English GCSE at Grade C or above NVQ4 or NVQ3 plus additional training to diploma level equivalent, or equivalent through short courses Computer literate essential (able to use clinical systems, Word, Powerpoint and basic Excel) Evidence of continuing professional development Experience of teaching, delivering talks to a small number of people

Desirable

ECDL or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Administration support for clinical team Experience of working with multi-professional teams Experience of managing or supervising staff Experience of caring for dying patients Experience of supporting families/informal carers Experience of System One

Knowledge

Essential

Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality Ability to understand the needs/concerns of dying patients and their informal carers Demonstrate a high level of skill in administration

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