Job summary Wehave a vacancy for a Community Care Nurse Specialist (CCNS) to work as part ofthe CCNS Team.Thisis an exciting position.
St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice has been working forthe past 4 years with Adult Social Care and developed a truly innovative andexciting specialist nurse role to work at Pilgrim Hospital Boston, incollaboration with a fellow Community Care Nurse Specialist based at Lincoln.The role enables people in their last year of life to have their palliative andend of life care needs identified much earlier.
This in turn improves personcentred outcomes, including symptom management and wellbeing for people byenabling timely access to palliative care in the community including hospicecare.
CommunityCare Specialist Nurses work as part of the Adult Social Care Team within thewider multidisciplinary team, and when necessary, work alongside other clinicalstaff to support senior clinical decision.
The Community Care Specialist Nurseuses advanced knowledge and skills to facilitate complex communication and careplanning in the community for people whom often have their complex needsassociated with palliative and end of life care needs missed.Theservice has been commissioned by Adult Social Care through St BarnabasLincolnshire Hospice.
The partnershipcontinues to work together with key stakeholders to develop the service andsupport its implementation across Boston and Lincoln ULHT sites.
Main duties of the job The primary focus of the CCNS 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 Applications are welcome from candidates with:Ideally, experience of Palliative care, long term conditions or frailty or have a passion to support patients, families and staff in caring for these patients.Current registration with the NMC Current UK resident with right to work within the UKStarting Salary:£36,095 per annum + Contributory pension scheme or continuation of NHS pensionInterview Date:To apply for this vacancy:Please complete an application via the NHS Jobs websiteFor assistance with your application contact: About us Please Note:To be considered for our roles, applicants must already hold the right to work in the UK as we are unable to offer sponsorship.
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St Barnabas Hospice is an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe in treating everyone with dignity and respect and welcome applications from all sectors of the community.
We reserve the right to extend, withdraw or close vacancies where necessary.
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Please check your spam folder.We are St Barnabas Hospice!Lincolnshire's Leading provider of palliative, end-of-life nursing care to adults living with a life-limiting or terminal illness.
Ranking in the top 100 best companies to work for in the UK.What's Our Vision?A world where dying with dignity, compassion and having choices is a fundamental part of life.We're on a Mission!To ensure all individuals facing the end of their life in Lincolnshire receive dignified, compassionate care when they require it and where they ask for it.Benefits available to qualifying new employees:Please see the separate employees benefit document to see what's on offer.Pension Options:Option 1 - Continuation of NHS pension (If applicable) Option 2 - Join our generous contributory Pension Scheme, 7% of your monthly salary paid, together with a personal contribution by you.
(option to increase your contributions to be double matched by the Trust, up to a limit of 9%) Job description Job responsibilities ** For details of the job description and personal specification please refer to the separate Job Description document ** Person Specification Qualifications Essential ** For details of the job description and personal specification please refer to the separate Job Description document **