Senior Specialist Nurse - Community Palliative Care Team (CPCT)

£52809

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sandhills, Oxford

Full time
Permanent
Onsite working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 7 Dec | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 22d04999ae6347b5a170c2c215df0724

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Full Job Description

The community palliative care team is a dynamic multi-disciplinary team who provide specialist palliative care services to Oxfordshire and South Northants. This includes home visiting, outpatient clinics and a telephone advice line. A full driving license is essential, as is the ability to work anywhere within Oxfordshire and South Northants. The Community Palliative Care Team provides end of life, symptom management and communication skills training and teaching to all levels of staff. A strong aspiration for learning and teaching is therefore essential. As a specialist nurse within the team, the post holder will be expected to demonstrate patient focused expert clinical assessment and judgement. The post holder will also be expected to show autonomous and multi-disciplinary team working, including supporting other members of the team with development.,

Use their expert knowledge and clinical judgement to decide whether to refer patients for investigations and discuss potential diagnoses with members of the wider MDT.
Decide on and carry out treatment, which may include advice on the prescribing and de-prescribing of medicines, or referring patients to an appropriate specialist.
Where appropriately qualified and registered with the NMC, prescribe for the initiation and titration of medication for symptom relief.
Assess individuals, families and populations holistically using a range of different methods, using physical assessment and advanced history taking skills and other specialist health needs assessments.
Ensure the provision of continuity of care.
Assess and evaluate, with patients and /or carers, the effectiveness of the treatment and care provided and make changes as needed.
Work autonomously within a wider health care team and as a lone practitioner.
Work across professional, organisational and system boundaries and proactively develop and sustain new partnerships and networks to influence and improve health outcomes and healthcare delivery systems., Work at an advanced level of practice within the specialist area of practice, autonomously as well as within a multi-disciplinary team and using self-directed skills.
Work clinically to optimise health and wellbeing, demonstrate autonomous decision making related to comprehensive history taking and physical assessment of patients.
Work at an advanced level drawing on a diverse range of specialist knowledge in complex decision making to determine evidence-based therapeutic interventions, which may include advising the wider MDT on the prescribing of medication.
Plan, prioritise and manage complete episodes of care, working in partnership with others, delegating and referring as appropriate to optimise health outcomes and resource use, providing direct support to patients and clients.
Act as key worker where this model exists.
Use professional judgement in managing complex and unpredictable care events.
Draw upon an appropriate range of multi-agency and inter-professional resources in their practice.
Appropriately define boundaries in practice.
Promote a high standard of advanced specialist nursing by initiating and coordinating the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of the holistic needs of patients/families through evidence-based practice following agreed policies, protocols and guidelines.
Practice a high standard of communication including highly sensitive and complex information to develop and sustain partnership working with individuals, groups, communities and agencies. Utilise evidence-based information through a variety of communication media.
Maintain adequate patient documentation to NMC requirements for all patients seen and advice given in any practice setting and contribute to clinical activity/data collection as required.

We are looking for candidates who display excellent communication skills and strong leadership qualities and who are able to work as autonomous practitioners
Graduate with 1st level registration
Post registration qualification or equivalent experience
Experience teaching and assessing in clinical practice
Masters level education in Nursing
Teaching qualification
Non medical prescribing, Demonstrable expertise in specialist palliative care nursing
Ability to discuss and demonstrate evidence based practice
Previous management experience
Knowledge and experience of change management
Understanding of clinical governance and audit
Evidence of ability to work across organisational boundaries
Understanding of national strategy and implications for service, Experience in introducing and managing nurse-led practice
Experience of research methods and procedure
Leadership training, Ability to motivate self and others
Ability to achieve effective outcomes from challenging situations
Good presentation skills
Computer literacy and experience with EPR
Advanced communication skills
Advanced history taking and assessment skills, Highly professional attitude, Professional role model
confident with conflict management
Car owner with full UK driving licence
Patient centred philosophy
Committed to professional development of self and colleagues
Time management skills, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.