Macmillan Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 17 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £45,753 - £52,067 pa incl. HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 June 2024 |
| Location: | Slough, SL2 4HL |
| Company: | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6323297/151-DV-44-B |
Summary
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 Palliative Care team. You will play an active part in clinical practice, education, research/audit and the implementation of national guidelines.
This is a permanent Band 7 Macmillan Palliative Care CNS post.
The successful applicant will work as part of a well-established dynamic multi disciplinary team who provide specialist advice and support to patients, their relatives and all members of the health care teams with the hospital. The service is offered to patients with both malignant and non-malignant disease. You will be an expert within the field and be responsible for managing a caseload of patients with specialist needs. The role covers a 7 day specialist palliative care visiting service within the hospital.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
Applications for this post are invited from nurses who have experience at a senior level in Palliative and EOLC care. You should also have a degree, a palliative care qualification and excellent communication skills. You should be committed to continuing professional development and education.
We offer a friendly and challenging working environment with a strong commitment to personal professional development.
Please see Job Description and Job Specification for further information
This advert closes on Friday 24 May 2024