End of Life Care Facilitator

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Leeds

End of Life Care Facilitator

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Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Leeds

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 9 Jul | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: f4865989cf104bc88c9480bf8f14f49f

Full Job Description

We are looking to replace an End of Life Care Facilitator for Care Homes in Leeds, following a recent retirement of the previous post holder. The End of Life Care Facilitators for Care Homes are senior community nurse practitioners providing end of life education, training and clinical support for staff working in care homes with and without nursing within Leeds. The team works closely with care home managers and their staff to increase their knowledge, skills and confidence in caring for residents at end of life, embedding best practice and avoiding inappropriate hospital admissions. The role involves delivering direct clinical care alongside care home staff, providing practice based support, advice and staff development and contributing to the delivery of education, training and clinical audit programmes that support the delivery of high quality care. The postholder will be part of our wider LCH Palliative Care Team which collectively provides 7 day clinical support and advice. We are looking for a person who has experience of delivering palliative and end of life care in the community as part of a wider multidisciplinary team and also has experience of working with a caseload of patients and in supervising other members of staff ., The post holder will support the delivery of palliative and end of life care (PEoLC) to residents within Leeds care homes and be responsible for their own practice within their speciality area as an autonomous community nurse practitioner, ensuring that they practice within their sphere of competence and knowledge. In doing so, they will:

  • Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate patient centred programmes of palliative and end of life care as part of a multidisciplinary team.
  • Support and develop the PEoLC knowledge, skills, confidence and competence of care home clinicians to assess, plan deliver and evaluate patient centred programmes of PEoLC.
  • Support PEoLC quality improvements within care homes.
  • Please review the Job Description and Person Specification attached for full requirements of the role.

    Working for Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Leeds Community Healthcare provides a range of community-based health services across the whole city. We treat people in their homes, local health centres and community hospitals, and work in partnership with other local Trusts, charities and Leeds City Council. We have a strong culture based on deeply-held values, and our focus at all times is on delivering high quality care to the people of Leeds. In our most recent CQC evaluation, we were rated "Good", with our Adult Services rated "Outstanding" for caring.

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