Palliative Care Nurse Specialist
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 15 Ionawr 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Negotiable |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 26 Ionawr 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Ipswich, IP3 8LX |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | B0291-26-0001 |
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JOB SUMMARYTo work with the Clinical Nurse Specialist to manage a caseload of patients within the allocated Integrated Neighbourhood Team (INT). Provide specialist palliative nursing care to patients and their families, ensuring their needs are holistically assessed, their care is planned to meet their needs and evaluated. SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES Demonstrate a commitment to keeping adults and young people safe. Report any disclosure made to you to the appropriate person. Report any safeguarding concerns in the workplace to the appropriate person. Maintain an awareness of the Hospices policies in relation to safeguarding. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES To undertake in-depth holistic assessments of patients with palliative care needs, regardless of their diagnosis and plan care to meet patient outcomes. This includes the triaging of referrals ensuring all triages are completed in line with the agreed standard operating procedure. To provide information, advice, psychological and spiritual care to patients, their families and carers, liaising and referring on as necessary to appropriate healthcare professionals in the Hospice, Hospital and community. Manage a caseload of patients, under the caseload supervision of the Clinical Nurse Specialist, offering continuity of care to patients and families. Whilst allocated to an INT, work flexibly to ensure planned care work is covered across the entire area. Carry out visits to patients and families at their home or within the community care unit. Attend and participate in the Interdisciplinary team meetings, presenting patients as needed. Provide support to patients on the Virtual Ward ensuring their specialist palliative care needs are met. Use advanced communication skills in delivering highly emotive information clearly, sensitively and unambiguously with staff, patients, families and professionals by face to face, telephone and/or electronic means. Provide skilled and expert palliative nursing interventions, working closely with medical and other colleagues to ensure a coordinated and effective service across boundaries of inpatient, community and outpatients and across professionals, carrying out reactive visits where this supports coordination or continuity of care. Maintain and develop working relationships with community and hospital colleagues ensuring effective communication so enhancing patient care. Involve patients, families, and carers in co-production of and making informed decisions regarding strategies to manage their own health and wellbeing . Identify own personal development needs, proactively seek feedback, and take effective action to address them using a mix of strategies. Share knowledge, experience and expertise with nurses and others at all levels, through strategies such as formal and informal teaching, facilitated reflective practice, skills supervision, case load supervision, coaching, mentoring and preceptorship. To update own specialist skills and knowledge in palliative care, through continuous professional development. Promote a safeguarding is everyones business culture, and where necessary act as a safeguarding deputy. Ensure adherence with relevant Infection Prevention and Control policies and procedures, raising any risks to the IPC group / Service Lead.