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Palliative Care Team Lead

Royal Berkshire Nhs Foundation Trust, Reading

Palliative Care Team Lead

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Royal Berkshire Nhs Foundation Trust, Reading

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 days ago, 4 Nov | Get your application in today.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

Job ref: 62293d586445429cab1743fa1cc072ab

Location ref: Reading

Full Job Description

We are looking for a senior leader who will be responsible for leading the Palliative Care Team, driving service development, education, governance, quality improvement and research, while ensuring the delivery of compassionate, evidence-based palliative and end of life care across the organisation.

The role if fulltime over 5 days a week, and the successful candidate will be working weekends and Bank Holidays.

Main duties of the job

To improve standards of palliative and end of life care by facilitating the development of practice to ensure that patients with palliative care needs and their families/carers have a quality experience including a thorough holistic assessment and a plan of care to address their individual needs.

To operationally manage the development and implementation of a consistent and effective service and to improve outcomes in palliative care across the Trust.

To act as clinically proficient in palliative care providing specialist advice at clinical and operational level.

In liaison with the Consultant Nurse and other members of the multidisciplinary team to facilitate the development of palliative care at clinical and Trust level.

In liaison with the Consultant Nurse to support the development of staff caring for patients with palliative care needs.

With the oversight of the Consultant Nurse and Consultants in Palliative Medicine, operationally lead on the palliative and end of life education within the Trust.

To work collaboratively with the Consultant Nurse in developing and implementing palliative care strategies.

Diversity makes us interesting... Inclusion is what will make us outstanding.

Inequality exists and the journey to eliminate it is not easy. Every step we take will be a purposeful step forward to deliver a truly inclusive culture where all our people are enabled to deliver outstanding care, where background is no barrier, and where everyone can be their authentic self and we truly represent our patient community.

Direct job link

https://www.jobs24.co.uk/job/palliative-care-team-lead-127691520
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