Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job Description 1. JOB DETAILS Job Title: Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Band: 6 Location: Community Hours: As on contract, to include on-call Team/Directorate: Community Cluster Responsible To: Community Cluster Team Leader (CCTL) Responsible For: N/A Accountable to: Chief Nurse 2. JOB PURPOSE To deliver an excellent standard of evidence-based specialist palliative nursing care and clinical advice. To promote dignity, encompassing a person-centred approach, to positively enhance the lives of patients in the community with complex life-limiting illnesses. 3. KEY RESULT AREAS/PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 3.1 Main Responsibilities Provide advanced specialist palliative care by contributing highly experienced clinical judgement and knowledge in complex palliative and end of life care in order to promote best practice for adults with life limiting illnesses. Demonstrate advanced communication skills and professionalism in all interactions with patients and those close to them, carers and other professionals in order to promote and maintain Hospiscare values. Contribute to the daily clinical leadership of junior staff within the community team to ensure team effectiveness, cover and cohesion. Deliver education and learning, both internally and externally, for all those involved in palliative/end of life care, to ensure evidence based practice. Attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary, complex care and Gold Standards Framework (GSF) or End of Life meetings to promote best practice. Contribute to Hospiscares clinical governance and audit process in order to support continuing quality improvement and learning. Assess and identify complex bereavement and effectively communicate with the Supportive Care team to enable a seamless handover into Hospiscares Bereavement Care Services. Infection Prevention and Control Maintaining a safe environment for patients, visitors and employees is everyones responsibility. All staff are required to adhere to Hospiscares Infection Prevention and Control Policy and make every effort to maintain high standards of infection prevention and control at all times. This includes ensuring personal and team compliance with all relevant policies and procedures, and acting upon or reporting any identified risks. Disclosure and Barring Service This role requires a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced level check with Adults and Children Barred Lists. 3.2 Key Contacts Internal: CCTL and Community teams Chief Nurse Ward Manager and IPU team Medical team Supportive Care Services Clinical Governance Clinical Administration Learning & Development team External: Patients and those close to them Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS Community Services General Practitioners Residential and Nursing Homes Social and Domiciliary Care Workers Providers of out-of-hours services 3.3 Health & Safety Ensure that Health and Safety guidelines and fire regulations are strictly adhered to Comply with safe working practices as defined by Hospiscare Complete online training as and when required Take reasonable care for your own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by acts or omissions at work Report any accidents, incidents or near misses as soon as reasonably practicable Manage own work life balance and general wellbeing, including any relevant pressures in respect of lone working, travel, difficult environments and challenging situations 3.4 General Be aware of and adhere to Hospiscare policies and procedures at all times Take part in progress/performance reviews throughout the year Cooperate with other Hospiscare departments Attend training courses and complete online training modules as required to meet the requirements of the post Take responsibility for own personal development, seeking out opportunities to learn new skills Undertake any other duties as requested by management which are reasonably deemed to be within the scope of the role 3.5 Other Apply the Hospiscare values and behaviours to every aspect of the role at all times Promote and maintain the brand standards of Hospiscare