Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care CNS (Annex 21)

St. Helens and Knowsley NHS Trust seeks applicants for one full time Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Medicine.

This post will be based within the Hospital Specialist Palliative Care Team (HSPCT) working alongside an established team at the Trust’s acute site at Whiston hospital, Warrington Road, Prescott, L35 5DR.

The focus is working collaboratively and providing dedicated Specialist Palliative Care input throughout the Trust including but not limited to patient reviews, symptom control advice, support in discharging patients, providing both formal and informal education and training to all HCPs.

The post holder will be expected to work across the working week, this is a 7/7 service to provide cover daily 9-5, Hours of work may vary dependent on service demand.

Trainee Opportunity

The person specification for this role is attached to the advert. If you are interested in this position as a training / development opportunity, please review the person specification. We do require a level of skill and experience, but the complexity and breadth can be developed as you progress within the role.

An Enhanced DBS Certificate with the checking of the Adults’ Barred Lists is required for this post.

Interviews will be held 7th June 2023

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of evidenced-based nursing care.
• Provide expert advice and clinical practice.
• Provide specialist education and training to others
• Work collaboratively and co-operatively clinical colleagues to develop services and quality of care delivered.
• Lead the development of clinical services within the specialist field.

St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is the only acute Trust in Cheshire and Merseyside and one of the few in the country to achieve OUTSTANDING rated by the Care Quality Commission.

We provide a full range of acute adult services to our local population of circa 360,000 and provide tertiary services across the North West, North Wales, and Isle of Man. We are a Major Trauma Unit and the Mersey Regional Burns Unit.

Our '5 Star Patient Care' strategy is at the heart of what we do; supporting our vision to provide world class services for all our patients by getting it right for every patient, every time.

Our latest achievements include:

• Acute Trust of the Year HSJ Awards November 2019
• Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• Best acute Trust in the North West for quality of care (NHS Staff Survey 2021)
• Best place to work in the North West (NHS Staff Survey 2021)
• Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

In the NHS Staff Survey 2021 the Trust scored the highest marks in the North West for the following areas:

• Standard of care
• Best place to work
• Care of patients being the Trust’s priority
• Staff engagement
• Staff morale
• Compassionate & inclusive
• Providing safe environments for staff

Please see attached Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our benefits for staff. Accessible version available upon request.

KEY DUTIES

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of evidenced-based nursing care.
• Provide expert advice and clinical practice.
• Provide specialist education and training to others
• Work collaboratively and co-operatively clinical colleagues to develop services and quality of care delivered.
• Lead the development of clinical services within the specialist field.

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain Professional Registration
• Adhere to relevant Code of Practice of Professional body
• Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health care needs.
• Perform advanced clinical skills in assessment &/or diagnosis &/or treatment.
• Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records.
• Involve patients and carers/relatives in the planning and delivery of care and development of services.
• Monitor investigation results, initiating further assessment/review of treatment pathway as required.
• Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure patient needs are met, especially in relation to ongoing care needs and discharge arrangements.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers/relatives, and professionals across health and social services.
• Contribute to the health promotion agenda with the local health economy.
• To undertake the role of Non-medical prescriber in line with National and Local standards and to embed quality assurance processes in such activities.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

• To ensure records are kept tidy, stored and/or shared in accordance with good Information Governance

TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSBILITIES

• Identify learning needs, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of education to meet identified need.
• Participate in the education of pre and post registered nurses, medical staff, AHP’s, patient and carers and participate in curriculum development where appropriate.
• Address specific health targets e.g. CHI, NICE Guidance, NSF related to own area of practice through education
• Ensure own compliance and compliance of others with regard to mandatory training and PREP requirements.
• Undertake clinical supervision of nursing colleagues on an individual or group basis

LINE MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide specialist, expert clinical knowledge to clinical colleagues, patients and carers/relatives.
• Promote patient and public involvement activities in the specialist area, leading to service improvement.
• Promote people’s equality, diversity and rights.
• Evaluate service delivery against key performance targets, National Quality Measures, identify areas for improvement and initiate change.
• Collect, collate and report activity data to key stakeholders, producing regular formal reports

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

• Ensure the effective and efficient use of physical and financial resources; make recommendations regarding medications, supplies and equipment.

RESEARCH & AUDIT

• Identify need for, participate and undertake, research, clinical audit, benchmarking and equipment trials, in order to improve effectiveness of patient care.
• Disseminate research and audit findings through presentation to professional groups and publication.
• Responsible for the development and implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to own area of work.