Clinical Nurse Specialist

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Main duties of the job The Role

This post is offered on a full time, permanent basis, working 37.5 hours per week. Hours worked four shifts per week, over seven days on a rota basis, three shifts working 9.5 hours and one shift working 9 hours. We operate a 365 day service and offer pay enhancements for unsociable hours and weekend working.

Please note, the successful candidate will be an essential car user, therefore candidates must have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle.

About Us

St Catherines Hospice is a respected local charity providing specialist hospice care alongside statutory service partners (GPs, District nursing etc) across West Sussex and East Surrey.

We provide care in communities across Surrey and Sussex which are richly diverse and we want to reflect that in everything we do. We celebrate and support difference and welcome applications from all backgrounds. If you believe in the importance of what we do, share our values and want to be a part of an outstanding team building something important, wed love to hear from you.

This specialist role provides expert support to patients and families in the Community.

Job responsibilities About You

Are you an experienced clinician with a passion for delivering specialist palliative care? Are you an effective communicator, with substantial post-registration experience, with expertise in Palliative Care?

Do you bring confidence, resilience and a compassionate approach?

We are seeking a passionate leader with sound knowledge of end of life care with confidence in care planning and individual assessments. If you have computer literacy and experience teaching and developing others we would love to hear from you!

Clinical Nurse Specialist will bring:

• Ability to listen, plan and communicate
• Strong quality and governance awareness
• Working as part of an integrated team of clinicians
• Undertaking specialist palliative care assessments, and specialising in the advisory and Care Coordinator component of this support

Person Specification Qualifications

• Evidence of continued professional development related to this position
• Advanced physical assessment qualification or willingness to undertake
• Independent prescriber or willingness to undertake
• Sound knowledge of palliative and end of life topics and confidence to practice within the role
• Masters degree in palliative care or similar, or willingness to undertake
• modules towards achieving
• Degree/degree modules in leadership/management
• Teaching qualification
• Practice assessor and supervisor
• Research experience

Experience

• Substantial post registration experience and expertise in palliative
• For a full job description visit our website
• Experience of working with care homes

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.