Palliative Care Specialist Nurse Care Homes

The post holder will be a key member of the Care Home Support Team (CHST). CHST team includes a Pharmacist, Registered General Nurses, Registered Mental Health Nurses, Palliative care specialist nurse and Therapists.
The post is for a senior registered general nurse which includes expertise in palliative care/end-of-life care, who will be responsible for holding a patient caseload and enhancing knowledge, skills and confidence to staff working in care homes for residents approaching end of life. Working closely with the wider multidisciplinary team to promote and ensure effective delivery of palliative and end of life care for care home residents.
Based at Cremyll Road in Reading you will be a team player working across Berkshire West. Working across elderly and learning disability care homes in Wokingham, Reading and West Berkshire locality. The role is flexible with an ability to work from home.
CHST works 5 days a week, Monday to Friday, 9-5. This permanent post is 22.5 hours a week. Working days to be confirmed upon offer, however Tuesday would be a required working day., + Provide specialist advice and support to care home residents, carers and all health care professionals using advanced knowledge of palliative and end of life care, including specialist interventions at end of life, pain and symptom management, psycho-social needs, end of life care and ethical dilemmas.
+ Implement face to face and digital clinical reviews to support care home residents and staff.
+ As an Independent Prescriber, review medication and optimise patient concordance and reduce polypharmacy.
+ Prescribe anticipatory and end of life medications in accordance with NMC guidance, local guidelines and national policy guidance
+ To support the organization (BHFT) through the provision of specialist End-of-life care advice in the development and oversight of relevant policies, reviewing relevant training programs and linking with End-of-life ICB workstreams
+ To act as an expert resource in review of clinical incidents and SJRs within BHFT

+ You must be a Registered general nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC Register, and hold a Masters degree level of education or evidence of similar experience within palliative care/end-of-life care.
+ You must hold the non-medical prescribing qualification.
+ Advanced history taking and physical examination with clinical reasoning qualification.
+ Car driver with business insurance, ability and readiness to travel to multiple sites.

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