Contract type

Permanent

Location

Whittington/Sutton

Hours

Full time (37.5 hours per week)

Annual salary

£62,215 to £72,293

(plus enhancements where applicable)

The Consultant Nurse reports into the Director of Clinical Services. As a Consultant Nurse for palliative care, the role will centre around the 4 pillars of advanced practice: notably clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research. The post holder is expected to practice in line with the government’s original vision for the role of Nurse Consultant. (1999/ 217 (NHS Executive)

• An expert practice function. The Nurse Consultant must be able to deliver high quality care to patients, enable other practitioners to maintain professional expertise, and be able to exercise a high degree of personal autonomy within their role.

• Education, training and development function. Nurse Consultants should be able to contribute to the training and education of others, establishing formal links with local education providers. They should also contribute to the development of qualified staff in their specialist fields.

• Professional leadership and consultancy function. Nurse Consultant should be able to demonstrate leadership skills which will support and motivate others, in order to continuously improve quality of care and standards of practice. They should be a source of expertise and knowledge for others in their specialist fields.

• Practice, service development, research and evaluation. Nurse Consultants should contribute to development of professional practice, through the promotion of evidence-based practice, audit of standards of care. They should also have a role research and evaluation of practice within their specialist fields.

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Job Description

If you want to have an informal chat about this role, please contact Leon Ratcliffe on 01543 432 031

Qualifications

Essential

·       1st Level Registered Nurse

·       Non-Medical Prescriber

·       Degree -Specialist Palliative Care or Specialist Community Practitioner

·       Hold relevant Master’s degree

·       Palliative Care/Oncology qualification

Desirable

·       Leadership and management qualification

·       Teaching Qualification

·       Interest in further study – PhD level

Knowledge and experience

Essential

·       Experience working as a senior clinician

·       Experience working across settings within a multi-professional environment

·       Experience of reviewing and developing services and managing change

·       Experience of designing and delivery of education

·       Demonstrated ability to prioritise

·       Quality Improvement in all areas

·       Knowledge and understanding of clinical risk management

·       Experience of Clinical Governance

·       Experience of clinical audit and research

·       Experience of leading a Palliative Care team

Values

·       Exhibits our hospice values and behaviours

Skills

Essential

·       Excellent leader with proven leadership skills

·       Optimal communication and interpersonal skills

·       Autonomous practitioner

·       Ability to prioritise workload

·       Sound IT skills

·       Experience of and interest in clinical data reporting

·       Ability to be creative and flexible in order to develop services

Personal Attributes

·       Empathetic

·       Team player

·       Able to work under pressure

·       Collaborative

·       Ambassador for St Giles Hospice

Other requirements

·       Valid driving licence

·       Eligibility to work in the UK

·       Please note that St Giles Hospice does not hold a sponsorship licence and is therefore unable to accept sponsorship requests

Benefits

• Up to 33 days holiday plus bank holidays (Pro-rata for part time employees)
• Eligible clinical staff transferring from the NHS will have their continuous service and annual leave recognised for up to 10 years and can continue their NHS pension contributions
• Group pension scheme, matching contributions of up to 8%
• Life assurance scheme, up to the state pension age
• Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits
• Enhanced sick pay, rising with service
• Access to blue light and charity worker discounts
• Free Parking

Health & Wellbeing

• The Hub Wellness Support
• Eligibility for flu vaccine
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to Mental Health First Aiders
• Cycle to work scheme

Professional Development

All staff complete a comprehensive induction programme which includes statutory and mandatory e-learning as well as training that is tailored to the individual’s need. All staff and volunteers should also attend an induction day.

Regular training and personal development opportunities, with internal career progression being a focal point of team growth

This post is subject to a Disclose and Barring Service (DBS) check.

We may review applications before the application review date, however, if you apply after the application review date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role, this may be earlier than the closing date.

If you have not heard within 14 days of the application close date, then please consider that your application has been unsuccessful at this time.

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