We have a vacancy for a Community Care Nurse Specialist (CCNS) to work as part of the CCNS Team.This is an exciting position.
St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice has been working for the past 4 years with Adult Social Care and developed a truly innovative and exciting specialist nurse role to work at Pilgrim Hospital Boston, in collaboration with a fellow Community Care Nurse Specialist based at Lincoln.
The role enables people in their last year of life to have their palliative and end of life care needs identified much earlier.
This in turn improves person centred outcomes, including symptom management and wellbeing for people by enabling timely access to palliative care in the community including hospice care.Community Care Specialist Nurses work as part of the Adult Social Care Team within the wider multidisciplinary team, and when necessary, work alongside other clinical staff to support senior clinical decision.
The Community Care Specialist Nurse uses advanced knowledge and skills to facilitate complex communication and care planning in the community for people whom often have their complex needs associated with palliative and end of life care needs missed.The service has been commissioned by Adult Social Care through St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice.
The partnership continues to work together with key stakeholders to develop the service and support its implementation across Boston and Lincoln ULHT sites.The post holder will support the development of the expertise and skills of the wider multidisciplinary team to care for people who may be in their last year of life, along with their families.The primary focus of the Community Care Nurse Specialist role is to support the timely identification of people in their last year of life and facilitate and broker person centred palliative and end of life care within the community and operational areas of St Barnabas Hospice to improve both person centred and system outcomesThe post holder will: Deliver evidence based palliative and end of life care and support improvements in the experience for families.Provide support/education to colleagues, other health and social care professionals within the multidisciplinary team.Support the delivery of key quality and performance indicators relating to this service.Practice at a specialist level, including person-centered care, therapeutic skills, and triadic relationships, sharing knowledge, best practice and critical reflective practice Qualifications and Experience:Applications are welcome from Registered Nurses.
Ideally you will have experience of Palliative care, long term conditions or frailty or have a passion to support patients, families and staff in caring for these patients.Contract: PermanentHours: Full timeSalary: £36,095 per annum + Contributory pension scheme or continuation of NHS pension