Lead Nurse (Specialist Palliative Care / End of Life Care(EOLC))

This role will be part of the Growing the Community and Friarage collaborative team working in close collaboration with the Head of Nursing, Clinical Director and Service Manager. You will encourage innovation, creativity and professional challenge in the interests of patient care and professional practice through clinical leadership that empowers, inspires and motivates the workforce, and provides a visible and supportive presence.
You will provide excellent clinical leadership and management to the specialist palliative care service and to wards and departments, working with patients & staff, evaluating existing services and providing innovative and novel models of care. The post is also responsible for the delivery of EOLC across the trust working across all collaboratives to ensure EOLC is of the highest standard. The post holder will be responsible for coordinating & ensuring safe standards of care, monitoring the quality and patient experience of care given.
This is an opportunity to develop your nursing career and offers the opportunity to develop skills in leading a clinical team alongside working strategically to influence care in a large progressive organisation. Within South Tees we have an ambitious strategy to improve palliative and end of life care for the patients we serve. You will be supported in your role by senior nursing & medical staff who are committed to delivering a high-quality service alongside supporting the development of your nursing career., To lead and manage the integrated specialist palliative care nursing team across the trust. The role will provide support, expert professional advice, information, coaching, supervision, education and leadership to other staff within their area as well as within the wider multidisciplinary teams.
The post is also responsible for the delivery of End of Life Care across the trust working across all collaboratives to ensure EOLC is of the highest standard.
You will be responsible for coordinating and ensuring safe standards of care, monitoring the quality and patient experience.
You will lead on the implementation of the national "Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life care" ensuring a robust trust wide system is in place to achieve the 6 key ambitions highlighted within the Ambitions framework. This will be underpinned by the delivery of timely, compassionate and effective care to all patients and carers. There will be a requirement to be an effective role model with the ability to influence change.
They will provide operational management, service development and people management for the trust wide specialist palliative care service and will work across collaboratives to provide a streamlined service with delegated responsibility from the service manager for day to day operational remit.
Must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role., South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:
+ Explore leadership within the NHS
+ Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
+ Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
+ Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role
After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7, It is now the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. We welcome applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network; LGBT+ Network; Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions Network, Faith Network, Childless not by Choice Network and the Menopause Support Group.
As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.
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The Trust encourages and supports all applicants to be fully vaccinated against both COVID19 and influenza.
Please be aware, there are occasions where some vacancies may close prior to the closing date advertised. This will only happen where sufficient applications are received AND will be made evident on the job advert.
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Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants.
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