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Associate Clinical Nurse Specialist
| Posting date: | 18 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | £32,698.00 to £35,828.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £32698.00 - £35828.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 August 2024 |
| Location: | Milton Keynes, MK15 9AB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0365-24-0024 |
Summary
1. Function as part of the IPU and WAH service and as part of the wider Hospice Multidisciplinary team. Manage, Assess and prioritise patients on the caseload to best meet the specialist needs of all patients and families accessing the hospice services. 2. Provide a specialist palliative care service through Willen Hospice working with the local Primary Care Team and Community Nursing service, responding to the needs of the patient, and working across organisational boundaries as required. 3. Assess the wider needs of the patient and their family providing specialist advice and information on symptom control and psychological support, referring to other specialists and support networks as required. 4. Maintain good liaison with community and acute/tertiary hospital staff and develop communication with key professionals involved in the patients care across the health and social care settings. Promote a collaborative and co-operative working relationship with peers and multi-professionals contacted in the course of work. 5. Act as an educator in relation to specialist palliative care patients, hospice nursing staff and the community nursing team. Participate in the development and delivery of formal and informal teaching programmes for health care professionals and allied professionals across the health care community. 6. Be proactive in the development of IPU and WAH service in the Milton Keynes area working with the Service Leads, Associate Director of Clinical Services and other providers. 7. Work with the CNS team in the implementation of audit/research projects and disseminate findings through the Audit and Quality Committee. Proactively participate in research projects as an individual and within the team. Be actively involved in clinical audit within the clinical and service provision agenda, providing direction in service development. 8. Actively engage and take initiative of personal professional development and participate in any opportunities identified. Complete all associate CNS competencies and be willing to complete the Non medical prescribing course. 9. Participate in the On-Call Rota, providing out of hours support to the IPU and WAH.