Job Summary
To provide palliative and end of life care within the community. To manage a small team and delegate work appropriately. To ensure supervision and appraisals are up to date. To ensure mandatory training is up to date within the team. To attend MDTs and liaise with the wider palliative care providers. To deliver care between 08.00 and 19.00 over 365 days a year.

Main duties of the job
To provide palliative and end of life care within the community. To manage a small team and delegate work appropriately. To ensure supervision and appraisals are up to date. To ensure mandatory training is up to date within the team. To attend MDTs and liaise with the wider palliative care providers. To provide emotional, psychological and emotional support to palliative patients within the community. To prescribe medication for symptom management.

About us
Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service.
• Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.
• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

Job responsibilities
HOURS OF WORK 08.00-1900 365 days a year

ROLE SUMMARY
To work as an autonomous practitioner within a Community palliative care team, supporting the delivery of the EPUT vision of patients being seen by the right person, with the right skills at the right time. To deliver appropriate care for patients in their own home/community setting requiring palliative/end of life care. Work autonomously on a daily basis to provide palliative support to a caseload of patients registered with a GP Practice or wider locality/geographical area. Provision of a high quality nursing service to individuals, families, groups in conjunction with other agencies, across South East Essex. To liaise with the wider multi-disciplinary team to ensure all agencies are working together to provide the best possible care. Responsibility for assessing, planning and providing care to a diverse client group with complex health care needs to ensure the highest standard of care is given which complies with current clinical guidelines and legislation. 1 Compassionate Empowering Open Liaison and coordination of services, working collaboratively with other agencies both voluntary and statutory to provide a seamless service to patients and their carers, being cognizant of local and national health policies. To manage a caseload and allocate work appropriately. To be responsible for appraisals and one to one of band 3 and band 6 within the team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES CLINICAL
Responsible and accountable for ongoing assessment, symptom management and psychological support, thus ensuring that the highest standard of service and care is delivered in a consistent and safe manner, within the home and community setting. Undertake a range of clinical duties/nursing procedures and participate in the development of guidelines and protocols and ensuring all policies are implemented and adhered to. Outlined below is an indicative but not exhaustive list of the clinical procedures to be undertaken as part of this role:

• Phlebotomy
• Pain control
• Male / Female catheterisation
• Management of Hickman/PICC Lines
• Involvement in Chronic Disease management
• Removal of drains
• Changing drainage chambers
• Palliative care support
• Syringe drivers
• Pain management
• Family support
• Controlled drug administration
• Wound care management
• Management of constipation
• Pressure Ulcer Management
• Pressure Ulcer Equipment
• O2 Therapy
• Referrals to other appropriate services
• Management of Chemotherapy patients
• Mentoring students / new staff
• Educating students, patients and carers
• Auditing / Benchmarking
• Developing IT skills / documentation

Person Specification
Essential

• 3 years post registration experience

Desirable

• Experience of working in palliative care

Clinical skills
Essential

• 3 years post registration experience
• Experience of working in the community
• Non-medical prescribing qualification or willingness to undertake

Desirable

• Experience of working in palliative care
• Experience of using SystmOne
• Lone working experience
• Experience as a line manager

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).