Consultant Nurse
Job Description
Job summary
The Consultant Nurse reports into the Director of Clinical Services. As a Consultant Nurse for palliative care, the role will centre around the 4 pillars of advanced practice: notably clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research. The post holder is expected to practice in line with the governments original vision for the role of Nurse Consultant. (1999/ 217 (NHS Executive)
Main duties of the job
An expert practice function. The Nurse Consultant must be able to deliver high quality care to patients, enable other practitioners to maintain professional expertise, and be able to exercise a high degree of personal autonomy within their role.
Education, training and development function. Nurse Consultants should be able to contribute to the training and education of others, establishing formal links with local education providers. They should also contribute to the development of qualified staff in their specialist fields.
Professional leadership and consultancy function. Nurse Consultant should be able to demonstrate leadership skills which will support and motivate others, in order to continuously improve quality of care and standards of practice. They should be a source of expertise and knowledge for others in their specialist fields.
Practice, service development, research and evaluation. Nurse Consultants should contribute to development of professional practice, through the promotion of evidence-based practice, audit of standards of care. They should also have a role research and evaluation of practice within their specialist fields.
About us
St Giles Hospice is a registered charity founded in 1983 by the Reverend Paul Brothwell, originally to improve the care of local people dying with cancer.
We now support patients, and their loved ones, living with a terminal illness.Our dedicated team provides individually-tailored care, free of charge, either at the hospice or in patients own homes across our communities.
We spend close to £10 million a year providing our specialist services. With just 18% of this funded by the Government, we rely heavily on donations and income generation from the local community.
Job responsibilities
The role entails but is not limited to:
Being an expert in the clinical management of patients with complex palliative care needs
To support the Community team in service delivery whilst supporting the team with any clinical escalations.
To act as an expert clinical practitioner, initiating advanced skills and clinical decision making.
Support the medical team both across the community team and the inpatient unit
Demonstrate advanced clinical skills and knowledge that informs practice decisions in a variety of clinical settings
To independently prescribe medications / treatments, order investigations and independently admit to the appropriate in patient setting or refer on to another speciality
To oversee and supervise others in developing their competence to confident decision making
To recognise the limits of own clinical knowledge and skills and to seek medical support whenever needed to provide safe, effective, and timely patient care.
To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own clinical and professional activities.
Provides professional and clinical leadership, providing a highly visible and authoritative presence ensuring the delivery of excellence in core
The post holder will provide a corporate function in advising executive leadership team with professional nursing advice on palliative care services and service-related issues.
Be part of the clinical on call rota
To strive for effective partnership working with other health and social care providers in the area which supports seamless care for all patients within St Giles Hospice.
To support the Director of clinical services in the delivery of the Clinical Strategy
To support Quality Improvement across the organisation by leading in/participating in clinical audit/research
To identify key deliverables for St Giles Hospice and the improvements required to achieve these
To provide learning opportunities for nurses and other health care professionals by working alongside them, and/or via mentorship and supervision. This includes providing inter professional support for staff of all disciplines
To influence strategic developments in pursuit of advancement of quality of patient care and the patient experience
Contributes to the strategic and operational planning of the service and the developments of professional practice both in the organisation and across its partners involved in the delivery of health and social care locally and nationally.
Support Clinical Governance across the organisation
Contribute to Medicines Management working group, policies and procedures
Always deliver high quality care to patients and families
Recognise areas for Quality Improvement, audit and research and in turn develop plans and pathways to deliver on these
Building links with other Nurse Consultants to innovate through the sharing of ideas
To be current and expert in all areas of palliative care and share knowledge with all others within St Giles Hospice
Support Clinical Nurse Specialists and other appropriate professionals in audit programmes to further build on the model of Quality Improvement
Make a significant contribution to the clinical governance agenda by ensuring practice is evidence based and through the development of staff competence at all levels.
Be key in ensuring that all care carried out by St Giles Hospice is evidence based, safe and audited regularly and appropriately
Be a key member of the hospice wide clinical audit group, ensuring that quality improvement is always paramount
Play an active part in Infection control, Health & safety and Equality & diversity issues.
Work alongside Medical Staff in leading clinical research programmes and involve other professionals where appropriate
Represent the Hospice at external networks and report on progress to Director of Clinical services
Just so you know:
We may review applications before the application review date, however, if you apply after the application review date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role, this may be earlier than the closing date.
If you have not heard within 14 days of the application close date, then please consider that your application has been unsuccessful at this time.
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st Level Registered Nurse
- Non-Medical Prescriber
- Degree -Specialist Palliative Care or Specialist Community Practitioner
- Hold relevant Masters degree
- Palliative Care/Oncology qualification
Desirable
- Leadership and management qualification
- Teaching Qualification
- Interest in further study PhD level
Other Requirements
Essential
- Valid driving licence
- Eligibility to work in the UK
- Please note that St Giles Hospice does not hold a sponsorship licence and is therefore unable to accept sponsorship requests
Experience
Essential
- Experience working as a senior clinician
- Experience working across settings within a multi-professional environment
- Experience of reviewing and developing services and managing change
- Experience of designing and delivery of education
- Demonstrated ability to prioritise
- Quality Improvement in all areas
- Knowledge and understanding of clinical risk management
- Experience of Clinical Governance
- Experience of clinical audit and research
- Experience of leading a Palliative Care team
Skills
Essential
- Excellent leader with proven leadership skills
- Optimal communication and interpersonal skills
- Autonomous practitioner
- Ability to prioritise workload
- Sound IT skills
- Experience of and interest in clinical data reporting
- Ability to be creative and flexible in order to develop services
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Empathetic
- Team player
- Able to work under pressure
- Collaborative
- Ambassador for St Giles Hospice
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