Specialist Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Specialist Palliative Care Team at Northampton General Hospital. We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated nurse who is passionate about palliative and end of life care to join the hospital based Specialist Palliative Care Team.
As a conscientious and enthusiastic individual, you would work within a dynamic specialist team delivering palliative care to patients and those that are important to them, as well as supporting staff members at ward level across the trust through training and education.
You will possess significant palliative care experience and be responsible for managing a caseload of patients with specialist needs. The role covers a seven day specialist palliative care service within the hospital., A broad range of advanced communication skills are essential as well as the ability to work collaboratively with the wider multi-disciplinary team. The successful applicant will be supported by a comprehensive induction package and work within an expert team in an environment where training and development opportunities are actively encouraged.
If you are keen to enhance your specialist palliative care career within a dynamic team who strive to achieve optimal palliative and end of life care outcomes for patients, please get in touch. Informal visit are encouraged., Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
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We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.
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The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.
We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To act as a core member of the Specialist Palliative Care multidisciplinary team.
To facilitate the effective management of patients referred to the team ensuring their experience is
seamless and of high quality.
To promote and support staff to embed the Five Priorities of Care.
To attend the weekly Specialist Palliative Care multidisciplinary team meeting as appropriate and
contribute to the discussion and patient assessment/care planning decisions.
To undertake a comprehensive holistic patient assessment ensuring that results of patients' holistic
needs assessment are considered when decision making.
As a non-medical prescriber, prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness,
appropriate to patient need and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and local
protocols whilst remaining within scope of practice.
To demonstrate advanced practice in planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care,
documenting consultations in the hospital notes.
To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the plan of care, making revisions as necessary.
To provide Level 2 psychological support for patients and their carers, referring patient with complex
needs to the Macmillan Clinical Psychologist if appropriate.
To act as a specialist resource to other healthcare professionals relating to Specialist Palliative Care
providing expert nursing advice and support.
To act as a role model demonstrating high standards of holistic care and provide clinical leadership
related to Specialist Palliative Care.
To identify and meet the educational needs of patients and their carers, identifying patient/carer
information needs and provide this in an appropriate written or verbal format.
To implement individualised carer needs assessment referring to carer support agencies where
appropriate. Signpost and liaise with the Macmillan Cancer Information Centre and Macmillan
website. Including financial service website, referrals to the Department of Work and Pensions and
completion of SR1 forms.
To have specialist knowledge of the impact of advanced disease and the associated needs of patients

At Northampton General Hospital we provide general acute services and hyper-acute stroke, vascular and renal services to people living in Northamptonshire. As well as this we are an accredited cancer centre and provide cancer services to a wider population of Northamptonshire and parts of Buckinghamshire.
We are proud to be the first hospital in the UK to have obtained Pathway to Excellence® designated accreditation from the American nurses credentialing centre (ANCC).
We celebrate staff achievements and value the importance of working as one big team. That's why we talk about Team NGH. It's all about working together to provide the best possible care for our patients and supporting each other to grow and develop our skills. We are driven to helping you to be the best you can be.
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities. The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.