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Community Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, Band 6
| Posting date: | 28 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £37,338.00 to £44,962.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £37338.00 - £44962.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 June 2025 |
| Location: | Gloucester, GL1 3NN |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9318-25-0517 |
Summary
- To work autonomously assessing patients and carers within the community setting, with complex physical, emotional, social and psychological symptoms as indicated to enable an appropriate plan of care to be developed. - To provide support and give specialist clinical advice to health care professionals, patients and carers concerning the care and treatment for palliative patients in all areas, hence ensuring effective decision making can be reached and appropriate treatment plans are developed. This will include frequently advising on medication, psychological issues and further treatments. - To establish and maintain effective communication relating to complex, sensitive and potentially stressful situations on a regular basis. Breaking bad news with patients, relatives, carers and other professionals throughout the patients illness. Supporting relatives, carers and staff in bereavement with the ability to recognize and refer on for complicated grief reactions. - To identify, organize and evaluate specialist intervention in response to complex needs on a daily basis. This includes identifying oncological /medical/palliative care emergencies, analysing clinical options and liaising with appropriate member of the multidisciplinary team. Please see job description for more details or make informal enquires where we would be happy to talk through expectations of the role. Contact Details Samantha White (Lead Nurse Specialist Palliative & EoLC) samantha.white4@nhs.net 0300 422 5179 Andrea Newing & Gillian Bennett 0300 422 5370