Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist

at  North Bristol NHS Trust

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a small team of palliative care clinical nurse specialists and palliative care consultants for a year to cover a period of maternity leave.
The post is band 6 or band 7 depending on previous experience, please contact either of the lead nurses to discuss this in advance of application or interview if you have any questions.

facilitating the highest possible quality of care to palliative care patients and their families.
providing specialist symptom control advice and support to patients, their relatives and carers and to professional colleagues in an acute hospital setting.
facilitating rapid or complex discharges enabling where possible preferred place of care at end of life.
supporting health care professionals who are involved in caring for palliative care patients in both hospital and community settings through role and education.
To provide specialist advice to nursing, medical and paramedical staff within the provider unit regarding all aspects of evidence based palliative care and cancer related issues
To offer support, advice and information to patients, their families and carers on all aspects of palliative care
To regularly review the effectiveness of treatment plans and suggest changes as a result of new information or changes in a patients condition
To act as a patients advocate where necessary
To independently manage a caseload of patients, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating individual care needs in a manner that maintains and promotes quality
To recognise and advise on changes in a patient’s condition that may affect care planning, discharge and treatment
To achieve effective changes in practice to ensure a palliative care approach using diplomatic interaction and negotiation skills with all grades of staff.
To contribute to effective discharge planning in order to ensure continuity of care between hospital and community
To ensure resources are used effectively and liaise with relevant health and social care agencies when deficiencies in patient care arise
To contribute to multidisciplinary meetings
To refer patients to other specialist agencies as necessary
The Palliative Care Team is a hospital based multi-disciplinary team who receive approximately 1,600 patient referrals per year from all specialties across North Bristol NHS Trust.
We are a small team of clinical Nurse Specialist and Palliative Medicine Consultants with shared values and vision to maintain and develop excellent palliative and End of life care at NBT.
To provide specialist advice to nursing, medical and paramedical staff within the provider unit regarding all aspects of evidence based palliative care and cancer related issues
To offer support, advice and information to patients, their families and carers on all aspects of palliative care
To regularly review the effectiveness of treatment plans and suggest changes as a result of new information or changes in a patients condition
To act as a patients advocate where necessary
To independently manage a caseload of patients, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating individual care needs in a manner that maintains and promotes quality
To recognise and advise on changes in a patient’s condition that may affect care planning, discharge and treatment
To achieve effective changes in practice to ensure a palliative care approach using diplomatic interaction and negotiation skills with all grades of staff.
To contribute to effective discharge planning in order to ensure continuity of care between hospital and community
To ensure resources are used effectively and liaise with relevant health and social care agencies when deficiencies in patient care arise
To contribute to multidisciplinary meetings
To refer patients to other specialist agencies as necessary
An informal visit or contact with the lead nurses in advance of interview recommended