Job overview

This role supports delivery of 7 day specialist palliative care working at SASH. You will be required to work weekends to a rota.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinical nurse specialist to join an established Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care team. This appointment will support the delivery of a 7-day visiting service at SASH.

The palliative care team provide advice and support to patients, carers and staff across the Trust on advanced, progressive disease management, pain and symptom control and end of life care. They liaise with our community colleagues and local hospice, and provide education and support to staff caring for palliative care patients throughout the Trust. As a CNS within a multi-professional team, you will be taking on the role of key worker, liaising with primary care providers and relevant outside agencies, in order to provide a co-ordinated and comprehensive service.

You should be confident and self-motivated, with excellent communication and influencing skills and, utilising the benefit of your clinical knowledge and experience, be able to act as a resource to all staff and other healthcare professionals, providing education as appropriate

You will be part of a well-established and expanding Cancer Nursing Service, which offers a friendly and supportive work environment, participation in clinical supervision and excellent opportunities for both formal and informal professional advancement.

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

• Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
• National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
• We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.