Deputy Lead Nurse for Palliative Care

This is an exciting opportunity to join a thriving Palliative Care department within the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (OUH). This role works alongside the Lead Nurse for Palliative Care to manage the nursing teams across all four hospital sites and the community service that covers most of Oxfordshire and part of South Northamptonshire. The roles are integral to the multi-disciplinary service development and the role allows the post-holder a significant role in this across the department, Trust and the ICB. The role will encompass a clinical component, anticipated to be a 40% clinical and 60% managerial/administrative split. Maintaining high quality patient care across all services is the priority for the role, underpinned by excellent communication skills, and a commitment to education and developing others. Cross site working is required and the post holder will be required to undertake some community visits on occasion as well as work alongside the team in the hospitals., The post holder will:

• Provide expert clinical care, exercising professional autonomy within their field of expertise
• Work alongside the Lead Specialist Nurse to co-lead a team of professionals/practitioners to provide a high quality, effective and efficient service
• Work collaboratively with the Lead Specialist Nurse to develop the service, promoting excellent patient care through staff specialist skills development
• Work collaboratively with referring teams to the service, promoting the specialist service whilst supporting their development and learning.
• Participate in a collaborative research programme
• Raise the profile of the service at local, national and international level
• To act as a visible ambassador for the Oxford Model for Exemplary Professional Practice Providing clinical expertise, evidence - based leadership, research and innovation.
• To co-lead and consult on the development and evaluation of the service in conjunction with the wider multidisciplinary team
• Participate in the provision of specialist education and training programmes
• To deputise for the Lead Specialist Nurse when absent.
  
  Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.