Clinical Nurse Specialist Palliative and End of Life Care

We are looking for highly motivated Clinical Nurse Specialists to join the Palliative and End of Life Care Team at Great Western Hospital Foundation Trust. The team are dedicated to ensuring high quality clinical care and patient experience for patients, their families and carers with progressive, advanced life limiting diseases requiring specialist palliative and end of life care

We are looking for nurses with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. The post holders will act as a specialist resource across the acute site and Swindon Intermediate Care Centre using a team approach to influence patient care through the indirect role of providing specialist education and training to multi-professional staff/students, statutory and voluntary agencies, undertake research, audits and service development within palliative and end of life care.

The successful candidates will also need to demonstrate that they have experience in working with patients in a variety of settings, are able to work autonomously as well as part of a team.

This service will be transitioning to HCRG Care Group from the 1st April 2025. The successful candidate may transfer over (under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006) on the terms and conditions they are employed on. Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring a smooth transition for everyone involved

Main duties of the job

A flexible approach is needed to manage the changing picture of palliative and end of life care, with a willingness to respond to the changing needs of the Trust and its patients and their families.

You will work within the Palliative Care and End of Life (EoL) Specialist team providing specialist advice and support to both patients and their families. You will work as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team and will work across the Trust.

You will work as part of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) acting as autonomous professional clinical practitioners.

You will promote clinical excellence and provide specialised advice and support to patients, carers and staff. This must be in line with National and local guidance ensuring practice is patient centered and evidence based.

"Our STAR values - Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect - are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives."