Specialist Palliative Care Support Sister

6 months ago

Northallerton, United Kingdom South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job overview

35 hours per week

The post holder will provide specialist support to patients with cancer and other life limiting illnesses. The post holder will be an integral part of the team working within the Trust. They will act as the first point of contact for patients and all members of the multi professional team who have need to access the Specialist Palliative Care service. They will undertake a range of duties to ensure the effective delivery of care, including delivering specialist advice and on-going support to their client group. 

As part of the role a professional development plan will be developed to support the post-holders progression using a recognised competency framework which will enable the post holder to function within all the dimensions of the role. This will enable development in areas such as leadership, education and the ability to contribute to the strategic direction of palliative care within the Trust. The post holder will be mentored and supported by the Band 7 specialist nurses and will carry a supervised patient caseload. 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work to maintain established links between the acute sector and the primary care teams in order to ensure a smooth transition of patient care from the acute sector into the community and vice versa. This will include liaising with services within the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and with other key partners.

Although the post is primarily within the Community setting the post holder will be expected to rotate throughout the service, both acute and community, as need requires. The post holder would also be expected to contribute to the 7-day service and as such will be required to work weekends and bank holidays on a rotational basis.

Working for our organisation

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:
 
Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills 
Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3, 5 and 7

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria

NMC Registered Nurse (Adult) Registration Evidence of Palliative/End of Life education or similar Degree/Diploma in Nursing

Experience

Essential criteria

Relevant post-registration experience, at band 5 or above, in cancer, palliative/end of life care or chronic disease management

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria

Demonstrable knowledge in the area of Palliative/End of life care

Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)
It is now the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
 South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. We welcome applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network; LGBT+ Network; Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions Network, Faith Network, Childless not by Choice Network and the Menopause Support Group.

As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.

If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at 

The Trust encourages and supports all applicants to be fully vaccinated against both COVID19 and influenza.

Please be aware, there are occasions where some vacancies may close prior to the closing date advertised. This will only happen where sufficient applications are received AND will be made evident on the job advert.

Please note if you are successfully shortlisted, we will contact you via the email address that you have applied from so please ensure you check your emails regularly.

Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants.

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