We have an exciting opportunity for 2 x Band 7 CNS to work within our highly skilled, motivated and dynamic team. We aim to make a difference and improve the experience of palliative care patients at various stages of their disease trajectory.
The post will be based within the existing inpatient Palliative Care Team. We offer 7 day face to face support to ensure that people with specialist palliative care needs, will receive the best quality care. The team currently consists of 4 palliative consultants’ equivalent to 2.5 WTE, 1 Band 8a Lead Nurse, 4 WTE Band 7 CNS’s 1 WTE band 6 Associate CNS 1 WTE Band 7 palliative care fast track coordinator.
The post holder will act as a specialist resource Trust wide. Using Specialist Palliative skills and knowledge you will manage a caseload of patients and support their significant others and carers through effective, efficient evidence based high quality care.
The delivery of education and training to multi-professional groups within the Trust is an integral part of the role.
The post holder will also contribute to the teams’ development, research and governance through the process of audit and bench marking.

We welcome applicants with existing palliative care experience or equivalent.

• To effectively assess, plan and provide specialist care and support to people affected by life limiting illnesses, and also to patients who are at the end of their lives.
• To participate as part of a multi-disciplinary, working collaboratively with colleagues, patients, carers, other health and social care professionals, statutory, voluntary and independent organisations to ensure optimum patient management
• To work within statutory legislation and local policies and procedures in relation to discharge planning and palliative care.
• To work autonomously and manage own case load
• To participate in providing a 7 day face to face service
• To act as a resource, educator and advocate for patients, their carers and health care professionals.
• To participate in education initiatives to all members of staff
• To participate in audit/research.

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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1.1 Acts as a resource of clinical excellence in the speciality of palliative care nursing, and ensure that national and local policies are implemented and followed
1.2 Assess, plan, implement and evaluate holistic patient care based on sound rationale and evidence-based practice to influence and implement treatment
1.3 Participates in the management and triaging of new referrals and taking part in the daily allocations
1.4 Maintain and be responsible for electronic and written records in line with the organisation
1.5 Offer skilled emotional and psychosocial support and refer on to other members of the multidisciplinary team as appropriate.
1.6 Support the Continuing Care Application process and complex discharges where appropriate.
2.1 Act as a patient advocate
2.2 In collaboration with other services and the multidisciplinary teams deliver a high standard of care for the benefit of patients and the public
3.1 Ensures the Palliative care policies are updated in response to national and local changes to practice
3.2 Works collaboratively with external providers and agencies to align with regional and national initiatives
5.1 Managing the caseload in an effective, efficient and timely manner
5.2 Acts in professional and supportive manner toward junior staff and student

Please refer the Job description for details