Job summary
- Main area
- Palliative Care
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Job ref
- 337-NP-7925DG
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Meadow House Hospice
- Town
- Southall
- Salary
- £40,701 - £48,054 PA Inc HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Community Nurse-Specialist Palliative Care
Band 6
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
Meadow House Hospice is excited to announce the expansion of our palliative care service and we are looking for two dedicated Band 6 Community Nurses in Specialist Palliative Care to join our team. These are new roles for the hospice, so it offers the opportunity for staff to be at the frontline of developing and leading on the way we deliver care to our patients, their families and how we offer support to our partners in caring.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering exceptional palliative care. They must be skilled in collaborative working with a variety of healthcare professionals and will be supported by senior staff in assessing and managing a caseload of patients. They must be committed to improving patient and carer experience and supporting our service expansion and development.
Main duties of the job
Delivering an evidence-based Palliative Care Service to the adults of Ealing and Hounslow.
Working collaboratively with the Primary Care Team, acute sector, Social Services, and other agencies, to establish close working relationship that is essential in ensuring that care is coordinated and responsive to individual need.
Supporting the specialist palliative care team in managing patients and their carers ongoing needs.
Monitoring and assessing the holistic well-being of palliative care patients and their families under supervision.
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • NMC registration
- • Level 6 post registration qualification(s) in speciality or relevant subject
- • Communication skills course
- • Evidence of teaching experience
Desirable criteria
- • Advanced Communication Skills training
- • Level 2 Psychology training
- • Non-medical prescribing qualification or willingness to complete
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- • Substantial post-registration experience within a palliative care setting
- • Experience of multidisciplinary working and working under supervision to deliver expert care
- • Experience of supporting change
- • Experience of teaching
- • Knowledge of current nursing and palliative care agenda to include End of Life Care •
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of leading and managing
- • Experience of audit and service development •
Skills, abilities and attributes
Essential criteria
- Evidence of a flexible approach to working within a multi-disciplinary team structure
- • Knowledge of speciality and use of evidence-based practice
- • Able to demonstrate empathetic communication skills and manage complex situations
- • Access to car or other mode of transport for work purpose
- • Basic computer skills •
Desirable criteria
- • Leadership, negotiation, and facilitation skills
- • Ability to deliver education programmes •
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Randall Jones
- Job title
- Head of Nursing for Palliative
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07855147280
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