Outpatients Clinical Nurse Specialist

The purpose of the role is to provide high quality specialist palliative nursing care, skills, advice and support to patients, carers and those important to the patient.

This role will support the delivery of planned care across Rennie Grove Peace Hospice.

This role will suit someone whois an experienced palliative care nurse who would like to be part of an outpatient service which aims to ensure equity of access to Rennie Grove and Peace services.

Main duties of the job

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• - First level Registered Nurse
• - Degree Level or modules in Palliative Care or another relevant subject

Additional Criteria

Essential

• -Evidence of continuous personal and academic development
• -Proven palliative care experience
• -Nurse prescriber/commitment to successfully achieve this qualification as agreed with line manager
• -Advanced assessment skills training/commitment to attend this qualification
• -Advanced communication skills training
• -Proven experience of managing people / strong clinical leadership.
• -Proven experience of effective team working
• -IT literate including a good knowledge of Excel, Word, a clinical IT system.

-Excellent written and verbal communication skills

-Good organisational skills

-Teaching and presentation skills

-Advanced assessment skills and specialist symptom control knowledge to plan, implement and evaluate nursing care

-Drive and enthusiasm with a positive approach

-Ability to work autonomously and as an effective member of the team

-Caring and empathetic approach

-Commitment to the organisation mission and values

-Sensitivity and understanding to the needs of your team and customers, many of whom may have experienced Rennie Grove and Peace Hospice Care services or be bereaved.

-Be a perfect match with our values:

-We are caring and compassionate

-We engage and empower

-We strive for excellence

We develop and innovate

We respect and value

Desirable

• -Nurse prescriber/ commitment to successfully achieve this qualification
• -Advanced assessment skills training /

-Advanced communication skills training

-Experience of teaching within a clinical setting

-Experience of successfully implementing and supporting change

-Experience of leading and motivating teams of volunteers.

-Strong problem-solving skills and able to implement new initiatives.

About the employer

At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, our unique care provides a lifeline of compassion and support to patients, carers, and families facing progressive life-limiting illness. We provide palliative and end of life care support, including bereavement services, within Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire and our patient services are available to adults, as well as patients transitioning into adult services (16 to 25 years.) Bereavement support is offered for all ages to families of patients and those around them, as well as throughout the community, in schools and workplaces.

We are proud to offer care in the place that best suits the individuals needs, whether that's at home, in a care home, in a short stay in our inpatient unit, out in the community, or in our purpose-built Living Well Centre facilities. As a hospice care charity, we have offered this support, free of charge, for over 40 years.

Our staff team of 340+ includes a wide range of patient-facing disciplines plus operational support based in Watford, Tring, St Albans, Chalfont St Giles and Berkhamsted. The Charity is now one of the larger UK hospice charities, reaching a GP population of 797,037 of whom 75% live in Hertfordshire and 25% in Buckinghamshire.