Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Trust as the Macmillan Palliative Clinical Nurse Specialist Team Leader on the Frimley Health Site. This post  encompasses a combination of clinical, managerial and leadership responsibilities.  This is a permanent post co-ordinating and delivering the vision of the 7 Day Hospital Palliative Care service. 

The successful applicant will work as part of a well-established Palliative Care care team which is a multi-disciplinary team who provide specialist advice and support to patients, their relatives and members of the health care teams within the hospital and community.   
 
Applications are invited from a Nursing & Midwifery  professional background who have worked at a senior level in palliative care.  You should also have a Degree, a recognised palliative care qualification, advanced physical assessment skills, be a non medical prescriber  with excellent communication skills.  

The post holder will be proactive in leading service redesign in palliative and end of life care within the hospital in order to make services responsive to changing  needs.  You will work closely with the Trust Lead for EOLC &  and the Palliative Care MDT.

Main duties of the job

• Provide leadership and support for the Palliative CNS team at the Frimley Park Hospital
• Act in a consultancy role as an advanced clinical practitioner in palliative care, offering specialist advice, guidance and supervision to clinical staff, patients and carers
• The post holder will act as an expert in palliative and end of care and advise on care for patients with advanced malignant and non malignant disease from time of diagnosis and throughout the trajectory of their illness
• Lead developments in practice consistent with the patient care priorities set out nationally and locally.  Develop new roles and redesign services in line with best practice and evidence based care.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. 

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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