Community Specialist Palliative Care Nurse

The post holder will provide evidence based specialist palliative care, advice and support to patients with a diagnosis of cancer or other life limiting illness, and their carers. They will be accountable for their own professional actions without direct supervision. The post holder will deliver high quality palliative care (over a 7 day service) in partnership with nursing, medical and AHP colleagues across departmental and organisational boundaries. They will provide palliative care education on a range of clinical and ethical issues across professional disciplines. The post holder will lead clinical audits in their own area of practice and contribute to the process of Clinical Governance for the Trust., Manage a caseload of patients and their families/carers with specialist palliative care needs, assessing, developing and implementing programmes of care. Provide coordinated and streamlined access to Palliative, End of Life Care and Bereavement services that is able to meet all aspects of End of Life Care and provide consistent outcomes for patients.

Coordinate care for Palliative patients and those approaching the end of their life. Ensure that care is delivered by appropriate services/ teams and that communication and continuity are at the fore of the care plans in place.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.