Senior Staff Nurse-Palliative Care Day Services

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an nurse with specialist palliative care experience to work in our newly reopened Day Services. A new model for the service is being delivered incorporating outpatient clinics and patient and carer education sessions to encourage self-management. We are also keen to explore ways in which we can expand the service to reach those patients and carers who would normally not engage with our services. Meadow House provides a specialist palliative care service for the residents of the boroughs of Ealing and Hounslow. The Specialist Palliative Service comprises of a 15 bedded in-patient unit, day services and a large multidisciplinary community team. The successful candidate will work closely with the Day Services manager and other members of the multidisciplinary team to support patients and their carers in assessing and creating management plans for palliative care physical symptom management, social, financial and psychological issues.,

• Delivery of nursing care to all patients in the Day Services setting
• Supervises and coordinates patients, families and volunteers, providing direction and support in absence of the Day Services Manager/CNS.
• Effective discharge planning.
• Assist in meeting the requirements of the Clinical Governance programme pertaining to Day Services.
• Ensures the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care in the Day Services setting.
• Acts as a resource and educator to staff, patients and their carers and pre-registered students in Day Services.
• Ensures effective communication within the Day Services both among staff and with patients and their relatives and carers.
• Deputises for the Day Services Manager/CNS as required.
• Represents the Day Services at meetings internally and externally in absence of the Day Services Manager/CNS
• Develops specialist skills and knowledge that are required to deliver palliative care in a Day Services setting, We promote the wellbeing and safety of all our patients and carers by acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately, according to the standards determined by our policy and procedures. All posts working with vulnerable groups will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check upon appointment and staff will need to give their consent for the Trust to receive regular updates on their criminal records status throughout their employment.
Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. After the closing date we strongly advise you check the email account which is registered. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted. Our employment checking processes require that all shortlisted applicants provide the contact details of their current HR Department. If shortlisted you will be sent an email reminder to present the contact details of your HR Department at the interview. Please note the Trust uses identity checking software for verifying the authenticity of identity documents provided by candidates. As part of our commitment to the Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BME (Black ,Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people. We run major acute services at: + Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK + St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease + Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice + Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre. We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public. Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH Find out more about Our HEART values Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put "Quality at our HEART". Find out more about our ambitious strategy We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset. Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff., London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people. We run major acute services at: + Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK + St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease + Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice + Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre. We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.