Specialist Palliative Care Nurse

We have three great opportunities available for nurses with a strong interest in palliative and end-of-life care in Leicestershire Partnership Trust. You will work as part of a multi-professional team and autonomously as a Specialist Palliative Care Nurse within a locality, to manage patients with complex health needs and support families and carers in the community. You will provide training and education both formally and informally for the development of professionals and communities involved in the provision of palliative and end-of-life care. You must be able to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours in everything you do in the work environment.,

• Coordinate timely and comprehensive assessment of specialist palliative and end-of-life care needs for the patient and the supportive needs of their loved ones.
• Plan, implement, and evaluate in collaboration with the patient, their loved ones and indicated health and social care professionals, the specialist care of the patient in the community setting.
• Provide appropriate symptom management, and psychological and spiritual support for patients complex palliative and end-of-life care needs to promote physical and emotional well-being.
• Act as an advocate for the patient and their loved ones, providing essential specialist knowledge and advice, and appropriate information regarding specialist palliative and end-of-life care.
• To recognise deteriorating patients and those whose symptoms are not controlled based on an understanding of the disease process, including current evidence and practice standards, and respond appropriately to urgent situations and emergencies.
• If the post holder is a qualified Non-Medical Prescriber, practice within their scope of practice and in accordance with the organisational Non-Medical Prescribing policy., in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential cri
  
  We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns