Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist Palliative Care Team

The successful candidate will provide a consistent high quality specialist palliative care service with significant post registration experience including recent experience in palliative care you will need to demonstrate excellent communication and leadership skills and will need to be committed to developing practice.

Working collaboratively as part of a team and as as an autonomous practitioner and build effective relationships with colleagues across the MDT.

There are seven prisons in the North East, each one being slightly different, and four where 24 hour care is provided. The Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist will work in partnership with the prison healthcare teams and prison staff to ensure patients are offered the care and support they need.

This exciting 'hybrid' post will work as part of the Communuity SPC team and be based within this team.

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest integrated care providers in England, serving a population of around 600,000 people. We are a high performing organisation with a track record of success and have been rated as Outstanding by the CQC for our Palliative and End of Life Care. This substantive Band 7 post offers an exciting opportunity for a suitably qualified and experienced Nurse to work within the Specialist Palliative Care in the Community setting., If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented

From April 1 2024 we are unable to offer sponsorship for healthcare roles that do not meet the minimum salary £23,200, If you are in the UK on a VISA please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post. Pay award Pending