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About
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) is one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in the UK, with a national and international reputation for the excellence of its services and its role in teaching and research.
Find out more about the Trust on their web-site at www.ouh.nhs.uk
Watch how OUH goes about delivering compassionate excellence on the ouhnhs YouTube channel
Band 6 Specialist Nurse - Hospital Palliative Care Team
Closed for applications on: 10-May-2024 10:12
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 10-May-2024 10:12
Key details
Location
- Site
- Churchill Hospital
- Address
- Old Road
- Town
- Oxford
- Postcode
- OX3 7LE
- Major / Minor Region
- Oxfordshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent: 36 hours per week
- Hours
- Part time - 36 hours per week (Extended hours and weekend working will be required)
Salary
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Palliative Care
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values
Job overview
The Hospital Palliative Care Team provides specialist palliative care advice and support to inpatients across all hospital sites. Weekend and extended hours working will be required.
Palliative or End of Life Care experience is essential.
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A band 6 specialist nurse position is available in the Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust Hospital Palliative Care Team, based at Sobell House, covering the Churchill, John Radcliffe, Horton and Nuffield sites. We are seeking a passionate and self-motivated individual who is capable of working as part of a busy multidisciplinary team supporting the delivery of palliative care throughout the Trust. The team provides specialist and holistic assessments and liaises with a wide range of healthcare professionals to provide compassionate palliative care and facilitate excellent end of life care for patients and their families. We are looking for candidates who demonstrate advanced communication skills and nursing leadership qualities and who are able to act as a role-model to staff across the Trust. A strong commitment to education and teaching is important. In return we will be able to offer a supportive and friendly working environment, with access to mentorship and training and opportunities for relevant ongoing study.
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Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Specialist Nurses will be able to;
- Assess individuals, families and populations holistically using a range of different methods, using physical assessment and advanced history taking skills and other specialist health needs assessments.
- Use their expert knowledge and clinical judgement to decide whether to refer patients for investigations and discuss potential diagnoses with members of the wider MDT or when to consult other members of the team for advice.
- Decide on and carry out treatment, which may include advice on the prescribing of medicines, or referring patients to an appropriate specialist.
- Ensure the provision of continuity of care.
- Assess and evaluate, with patients and /or carers, the effectiveness of the treatment and care provided and make changes as needed.
- Work autonomously within a wider health care team and as a lone practitioner.
- Work across professional, organisational and system boundaries and proactively develop and sustain new partnerships and networks to influence and improve health, outcomes and healthcare delivery systems.
KEY RESULT AREAS:
Clinical Practice:
Specialist Nurses will:
- Work within their scope of practice within the specialist area of practice, autonomously as well as within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Work clinically to optimise health and wellbeing, demonstrate decision making related to history taking and physical assessment of patients.
- Plan, prioritise and manage complete episodes of care with support from the wider team and mentor, working in partnership with others, delegating and referring as appropriate to optimise health outcomes and resource use, providing direct support to patients and clients.
- Act as key worker where this model exists.
- Use professional judgement in managing complex and unpredictable care events.
- Draw upon an appropriate range of multi-agency and inter-professional resources in their practice.
- Appropriately define boundaries in practice and be aware of limitations.
- Promote a high standard of specialist nursing by initiating and coordinating the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of the holistic needs of patients/families through evidence based practice following agreed policies, protocols and guidelines.
- Practice a high standard of communication including highly sensitive and complex information to develop and sustain partnership working with individuals, groups, communities and agencies. Utilise evidence based information through a variety of communication media.
- Maintain adequate patient documentation to NMC requirements for all patients seen and advice given in any practice setting and contribute to clinical activity/data collection as required.
COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment , we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination.
Nursing and Midwifery: For candidates applying from outside the UK: Please be advised that we work in partnership with Envertiz who will be managing your recruitment therefore by applying you are consenting to us passing your contact details and application to Envertiz so they can manage your recruitment and on-boarding. If you do not consent to this, please do not apply.
Probation Period: This post is subject to a 6 month probationary period. If you currently hold a contract of employment with the Oxford University Hospitals, this will not apply. This statement does not apply to Medical staff or Executive Appointments.
Referencing: When providing employment reference details please provide correct work related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your first referee will need to be your line manager, supervisor or clinical lead from your current or most recent post or place of study. Please note that if you have previously worked for the Trust we will require a reference from your last Manager, this information is essential if your offer of employment is to be confirmed.
Next Steps: Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification, and that your supporting statement reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria. Candidates selected for interview will be contacted after the short-listing process, usually within 2 weeks. (Please note that shortlisting times vary when applying for a Medical position within the Trust). The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system; therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.
No unsolicited recruitment agency telephone calls or emails.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Registered Nurse
- • Graduate
- • Evidence of postgraduate study
Desirable criteria
- • Relevant palliative/end of life study
- • Post graduate qualification
- • Teaching/Assessing or mentorship qualification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Demonstrates an understanding of palliative care
- • Demonstrates knowledge of the key professional issues and NMC guidelines relating to professional practice
- • Significant experience of end of life care
- Demonstrates knowledge of symptom management and strategies used within palliative care
- Evidence of MDT working
- Management experience
- Has participated in audit and evaluation
- Experience of acting as a mentor to others
- Teaching and assessing experience
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of applying research evidence to clinical practice.
- Understands relevant national strategy / policy and how this relates to the service
- Specialist palliative care experience
- Leadership role
- Experience working across organisational boundaries
- Used to effectively utilising clinical supervision
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- • Confident in own knowledge base, aware of learning needs and seeks guidance when appropriate
- • Previous experience of formal/informal teaching of patients and staff
- • Demonstrates skilled written and verbal communication skills; IT skills
- Able to critically review and articulate clinical information and form a clinical plan
- Used to using an Electronic Patient Record system and has basic computer literacy with document management and data entry
Desirable criteria
- • Negotiation skills;
- Awareness of own leadership skills/style
- Advanced communication skills training
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- • Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
- • Clinically confident
- • Commitment to maintaining own professional practice
- Demonstrates an ability to establish good working relationships
- Demonstrates self-awareness with regard to professional practice and well-being
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mary Walding
- Job title
- Lead Specialist Palliative Care Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 857017
- Additional information
Rachel Hadfield, team coordinator: [email protected] 01865 221741
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