Clinical Nurse Specialist
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 19 Tachwedd 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £56,276.00 i £63,176.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £56276.00 - £63176.00 a year |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 30 Tachwedd 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | London, SE9 5RS |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | C9213-25-1147 |
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Clinical Practice To provide specialist nursing services for people with specialist palliative care needs, including their families and significant others. To accept responsibility for own patient caseload, ensuring all patients have an accurate plan of care, which reflects the assessment undertaken and incorporates the issues and recommendations made and where appropriate prescribe needed medications under a clear scope of practice Take responsibility for a patient caseload and ensure clear communication anddocumentation. To support Multidisciplinary team (MDT) processes and communication to ensureseamless patient care. To consider the appropriateness of patients for more detailed multidisciplinary review and discussion at MDT/case review meetings. To liaise with local community, social services, paramedics and voluntary organisationsin order to develop existing services for clients, carers and health professionals. Ensure all patients receive appropriate follow-up and relevant information to enable an informed choice about treatment and future care. Attend to patients within the hospital where there is an identified specialist palliative care need. To spread knowledge and support the implementation of the 5 priorities for the care of the dying person across the hospital with the support of the practice development nurse. To be responsible for identifying and developing clinical protocols and strategies toenhance both the continuity and standard of specialist care whilst ensuring equity of access to the service. To actively involve service users in providing feedback of their experience of the current service and suggestions for improvements. To liaise with discharge coordinators and ward staff to ensure appropriate and timely discharge/follow-up arrangement in place for patients To participate in relevant forums at Care Group, Trust, ICB, Cancer Network orNational/International Level to represent the service perspective. To ensure all care is given in accordance with agreed protocols and guidelines To produce and provide all patients and relatives / carers with relevant and accessible written information regarding palliative care in accordance with Trust standard. Education, Audit and Research To supervise and participate in the delivery of programmes of education and training according to the identified needs of clients, carers and other involved in their care. To work with other clinical staff to identify knowledge gaps in relation to specialist patients and ensure staff are appropriately educated. To contribute to the development of nursing practice within the team. Additionally,where appropriate, to act as a practice supervisor to Trust and honorary contractemployees. To actively participate in education and other events provided by the team and Trust. Participate & undertake research & audit to enhance & demonstrate evidence based practice including the national audit of care at the end of life. To attend meetings and conferences as appropriate ensuring that you are fullyconversant with current issues both within the Trust and within the specialist services locally and nationally. To promote and facilitate evidence based practice and clinical audit within the Trust, raising the profile and enhancing the contribution of nursing to patient care and informing business and service development plans. To participate in and assist with any appropriate/relevant Trust approved research projects conducted within Palliative Care including the regular recruitment of patients and families into ongoing studies run through the Cicely Saunders Institute. To promote nursing research and evidenced based practice relevant to the speciality. Management To actively contribute to any relevant initiatives within the trust and provide support to colleagues, the Matron, Consultant Nurse and Head of Nursing. To contribute positively to the leadership of nursing within the trust acting as a role model. To comply with measures to actively manage and reduce risk to patients. Ensuringthe formal reporting and recording of adverse incidents in line with Trust policy Network with the team of clinical nurse specialists within the Trust to evaluate,develop and promote the specialist-nursing role To utilise and maintain information systems to aid audit and to provide regular activity analysis reports Maintain contemporaneous and accurate treatment records, submitting relevantstatistics, reports and activity data as requested. To participate in the evaluation ofthe service in terms of clinical effectiveness, clinical excellence and value for money To ensure the best use of available resources is used within agreed budget toprovide a cost effective service Ensure compliance with the Trust's Equality and Diversity Policy, supporting thedelivery of the Trusts Race Equality Scheme and the Trust's duty to positivelypromote race equality and equality of opportunity for disabled people ensuringservices are responsive to the needs of equality groups. Comply with national palliative care guidance and other appropriate professionalstandards of care, ensuring transparent delivery of services. To participate with the Peer Review process, liaising with Trust management teamand clinical lead. To work with the rest of the multi-disciplinary team on the implementation of recommendations from peer review.