Job summary
- Main area
- Cardio-Respiratory
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Including regular weekend working)
- Job ref
- 423-6729278
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General hospital
- Town
- Keighley
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
End of Life care co-ordinator (Band 4)
NHS AfC: Band 4
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
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 i.e. 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
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of this job vacancy, please see attached full job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications, Education & Training
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- ECDL or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- 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
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tracy Jessop
- Job title
- Matron for Cardio-Respiratory
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 625211
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