Advanced Nurse Practitioner / Clinical Nurse Specialist

Duties will be varied but will include working as part of the medical team on the inpatient unit, undertaking clinical reviews, admissions and supporting safe discharges. You will also provide specialist palliative care input to our outpatient/daycare services and undertake community visits to patients in their own homes. More specifically, this will include undertaking holistic assessments of patients using examination and diagnostic skills and where appropriate, prescribing. Your excellent communication skills will be utilised to support families and carers, liaise with other healthcare professionals, and mutually agree upon plans of care. With support from colleagues, you will manage a caseload of patients with varying needs. You will provide specialist advice and support to patients and carers, both face to face and via telephone. With the support of the multidisciplinary team, you will be pivotal in the co-ordination of care for palliative patients across East Cheshire, and link in
closely with specialist palliative care colleagues. You will be acting as a role model and resource for other staff, having a visible clinical profile and being supportive of other team members requesting advice. Where appropriate, you will act as a mentor to other clinical team members. It is essential that you uphold the standards of your profession and act accordingly to always maintain the excellent reputation of the hospice. You will take responsibility for and remain accountable for maintaining and updating your professional development, knowledge, skills and competencies. In addition, you will maintain your required organisational mandatory training requirements. You will be required to support ongoing hospice development and quality assurance measures via audits, policies, procedures and review of services. You will be required to participate in research projects as required by the organisation. Your role will also include leading on the development, planning and delivery of
education to peers and colleagues. And to undertake other duties as may be required and which are commensurate with the post and grade of the role.