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Teitl cyflogwr
Specialist Palliative Care Team Leader
Band 7
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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
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Trosolwg o'r swydd
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated and conscientious individual to join our Community Specialist Palliative Care Team as a Team Leader. We are looking for a highly motivated and resilient candidate, to manage our community palliative care team, based across St Helens and Knowsley geographical area.
You will have responsibility for the delivery of the clinical service in the defined area. The primary function of the role is to provide leadership, management, and communication to and for the team, ensuring the delivery of efficient, effective, co-ordinated and responsive high quality care to patients. You will also ensure the delivery of the trust strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.
To operationally manage and lead Specialist Nursing Teams whilst being accountable for the performance, quality, and clinical effectiveness of the team. A key outcome of the role is to support your team to understand and own their quality, recognise, and respond to patient safety concerns, whilst identifying, assessing, and managing risk. The post holder is expected to provide direct patient care when necessary, acting as an expert practitioner
Ensuring that the specialist nurses within the team practice within a legal and ethical framework that adheres to The Code and local Trust Policies and Procedures.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic nurse with experience in palliative care, evidence of leadership and management experience, with proven advanced communication skills.
Our vision is to provide a comprehensive and patient-focused approach for people with complex symptoms associated to advanced progressive disease, who are in the last 12 months of life, creating a forward thinking and innovative approach to supportive care. The role requires an understanding of current Initiatives in Palliative and end of life care. You will work as part of a specialist team consisting of clinical nurse specialists, providing holistic needs assessment for patients, advice and support for health professional providing palliative and end of life care in the community and inpatient setting.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
For detailed job description and main responsibilities see attached JD
This job description is intended as an outline indicator of general areas of activity and will be reviewed in light of the changing needs of the Trust in consultation with the postholder.
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Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- First level Registered Nurse
- Evidence of Post registration education in related area.
- Master's level study in relevant area of specialist nursing
Meini prawf dymunol
- Practice teacher or willingness to undertake
- Previous management course/qualification
- First level qualification in District Nursing/specialist practitioners qualification in District Nursing
- Nurse Prescriber V150/300
- Masters degree
Knowledge and experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Significant experience of leadership and management
- Experience at Band 6 level in community nursing setting
- Demonstrable contribution to practice developments in community care/palliative and End of life
- Evidence of collaborative working with multi-professional colleagues
- Evidence of effective communication across all levels of the organisation and with all stakeholders.
- Awareness of current initiatives within the local and National Health economy and of applicable guidelines, protocols, and frameworks
- Knowledge and experience of budget management
- Up to date knowledge of current Government and Local agendas and how these translate in local practice
- Evidence of providing professional/clinical leadership at postgraduate level
Meini prawf dymunol
- Research & Development experience
- Experience of managing complaints
Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Ability to communicate highly complex information where there may be barriers to understanding
- Ability to exercise critical thinking skills
- Ability to analyse data and present information to various audiences
- Ability to implement programmes of work leading to service changes
- Demonstrates up to date evidence based clinical knowledge in relation to community nursing
- Able to identify opportunities for improvement in service development
- Able to motivate self and others to deliver a quality service
- Operational planning and delivery of care for complex caseloads including Palliative Care.
- Computer literate to utilise software programmes to maximise the contribution to the post
- Must have access to a vehicle and be able to commute to meet the demands of the role and remain flexible to meet the demands of the service
Values
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Evidence of continuous improvement
- Accountability
- Respect
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High Professional Standards
- Responsive to Service Users
- Engaging Leadership Style
- Transparent and Honest
- Change Orientated
Gofynion ymgeisio
Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Helen Boyle
- Teitl y swydd
- Operational Manager
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 07920251364
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
Louise Carden. Specialist Palliative Care Nurse
Rhestr swyddi gyda Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust yn Nyrsio a bydwreigiaeth neu bob sector