INTERNAL MPFT APPLICANTS ONLY Palliative Care Lead
| Posting date: | 20 June 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: | 06 July 2025 |
| Location: | Newcastle under Lyme, ST5 7NJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9301-25-0793 |
Summary
Main Duties and Responsibilities To act as an advisor in palliative and end of life care, maximizing the potential of community services and enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of discharge pathways and processes to meet the modern NHS agenda, through developing the knowledge, skills and competence of team members. Work in partnership with a range of medical staff, community nursing, allied healthcare professionals, specialist palliative care providers, social care and other agencies in the implementation of patient care to facilitate integrated, effective working between the MPFT workforce and the wider health/social care team. To participate in complex skilled nursing activities directly related to the assessment, planning and evaluation of patient care. including those with complex medical/nursing needs, in order to support and empower MPFT staff, under the direct or indirect supervision of the Palliative Care Leads and be accountable to the Nurse Consultants. Collaborate with Palliative Care Leads / senior clinical colleagues and medical practitioners to lead the implementation of care and treatment plans reflecting patient / carer needs and preferences for Palliative and End of Life Care. Utilise knowledge of medicines management and decision making skills in relation to this. Develop clinically effective and therapeutic working relationships with patients and relatives using advanced communication skills, to enable patient and family to make informed decisions, participate in care planning and discuss complex and contentious sensitive information related to end of life issues. To build relationships across professional and organisational boundaries across the health economy, breaking down barriers and enhancing the patient experience. Support nursing practice within palliative care and understand opportunities to influence local strategy. Role model, teach and support teams to utilise validated tools to promote provision of high quality palliative and end of life care services. To support programs of clinical audit consistent with MPFTs governance framework and national palliative and end of life care quality standards. To support and contribute to multidisciplinary palliative care clinical meetings across a variety of care settings. To participate in peer support, education and clinical mentorship with other members of the palliative and end of life care team. To participate in regular supervision during the development role and give verbal reports to the Nurse Consultants and undertake regular evaluation of the role. To work with the Team and identify individual needs to allow the development of the clinician into a palliative leadership role. To maintain an up to date level of research and evidence based professional knowledge and competence. Support the development of the service by ensuring patient and public engagement. Participate in service development through undertaking need assessments and mapping activities to identify service gaps and service development opportunities. To ensure that the service is safe, caring, responsive, effective and well led through promoting best practice, investigating and learning from incidents, utilising research and audit findings. To support with the delivery and evaluation of a range of education programs for students and multidisciplinary colleagues consistent with the workforce training needs analysis and education strategy. To support the development of competency frameworks and education packages to underpin standards and policies to achieve a consistent approach to palliative and end of life care across MPFT. To support and participate in the training and development of staff, and where appropriate colleagues from the voluntary and independent sector, as well as students, carers and patients. To promote personal, professional, and clinical expertise through regular supervision, evaluation and continual professional development. To support a range of colleagues with the identification of patients with palliative or end of life care needs, irrespective of diagnosis or location and utilising recognised tools and metrics to inform practice and decision making. See attached JD Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application. Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.