Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group
Practitioner in Specialist Palliative and End of Life Care
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We have an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic South West Specialist Palliative Care Team.
This pivotal role focuses on delivering expert clinical care and compassionate support to patients with complex palliative and end of life needs across a variety of community settings.
As a Key Member Of The Team You Will
- Lead clinical practice- Carry out holistic assessments, manage pain and symptom control and provide tailored emotional and psychological support to patients and their families. You will collaborate with GP practices, case managers, and other health and social care professionals.
- Drive evidence based practice- You will contribute towards and help implement best practice guidelines, undertake audit and share up to date knowledge across a wider health and social care community.
- Educate and Mentor- You will deliver training and education to colleagues in various health and social care settings and support the development of students and fellow professionals in palliative care.
This varied and rewarding post offers the chance to make a real difference to patients and families, while advancing specialist skills and influencing service development. Weekend and Bank holiday working will be a requirement for the Trusted Assessor on the Single Point of Access Line.
If you are a registered adult Nurse or HCPC with a passion for high quality palliative and end of life care and a commitment to collaborative, patient centred practice, we would love to hear from you.
Responsibilities
- To undertake comprehensive assessment of the health and psycho-social care needs of palliative care patients and plan appropriate care autonomously, reporting to Palliative and end of life care Clinical Nurse Specialist.
- To undertake pain and symptom management reviews of patients with complex needs as appropriate.
- To provide emotional and psychological support for patients and carers with complex needs.
- To undertake follow up and support visits in all community settings including residential/nursing homes, prisons and hostels as delegated.
- To demonstrate ability to manage a clinical caseload with supervision from the Clinical Nurse Specialist and take responsibility for overseeing all clinical caseloads in the absence of other team members working a weekend/bank holiday.
- Responding to the changing needs of patients (as they arise)
- Networking and liaising with GP practices, complex case managers, case managers and intervention leads and a variety of professionals across health and social care boundaries, statutory and voluntary organisations, patients and carers.
- Delivering educational programmes as the service requires.
- Providing advice and guidance as a Trusted Assessor on the Single point of Access Line.
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About Us
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce.
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LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.
We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an ‘earn while you learn’ apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more here.
Contact Us
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Abi Alexander
- Job title: Specialist Palliative Care Clinical Team Lead
- Email address: abigail.alexander1@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07971304298
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