South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust
Community Clinical Nurse Specialist - Palliative Care
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Specialist Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist
Base: Whitnash Lodge, Warwick. South Warwickshire Community
Permanent 37.5 hours 7 day working 9.00 - 17.00 (weekend working cross county on a rota).
This is a rare opportunity to join an established Specialist Palliative Care Team in South Warwickshire Community. The team is supported by a Consultant and is part of the wider Specialist Palliative Care Team across Warwickshire. The role is based at Whitnash Lodge, Leamington and works closely with the local hospices, SWFT Community Nurses, Warwick Hospital and local GP's.
The post holder will be a Palliative Care expert practitioner based within the community who will take a key role in strengthening the nursing contribution to patients and service users within the speciality across the organisation.
In partnership with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) the post holder will develop, implement and evaluate a seamless Specialist Palliative Care Service. The role is vital in delivering the highest standards of clinical care and supporting efficiency to drive improvements in health outcomes.
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Using advanced nursing practice; takes personal responsibility for shared management of a caseload of patients referred for Specialist Palliative Care and support.
The post holder will demonstrate highly developed and specialist knowledge and expertise and will be responsible for contributing to the ongoing development of innovative practice, research and standards of care.
The post holder will develop strategies to ensure practice development and education for other professionals caring for patients with Specialist Palliative Care needs.
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.
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We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Paula Alsop
- Job title: Lead Nurse for Specialist Palliative Care
- Email address: paula.alsop@swft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07557520494
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