Community Specialist Palliative Care Team Lead East - Wadebridge, United Kingdom - Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Wadebridge, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Community specialist palliative care team lead EAST Cornwall:

Band 7:

Main area

Community specialist palliative care team lead EAST Cornwall

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Grade

Band 7

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Contract

Fixed term: 6 months (secondment considered)

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Hours

Part time
Flexible working

18.45 hours per week
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Job ref
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Site
- wadebridge health office
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Town
- wadebridge
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Salary
- £41,659 - £47,672 Pro Rata
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Salary period

Yearly

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Closing

Today at 23:59Thank you for your interest in joining us at
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

_ Strategic Themes_

_ Great Care_
- _Care based on what matters to people. _
- _Care provided at home or close to home. _
- _Improvement through learning, research and innovation. _
- _Prevention and alternatives to hospital._

_Great Organisation_
- _Buildings that support health and wellbeing. _
- _Technology enabled care. _
- _Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services. _
- _Safe, efficient, effective and productive._

_Great People_
- _A place people love to work and feel valued. _
- _Living our values with staff (all voices count). _
- _Attract, grow and develop talent. _
- _Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen._

_Great Partner_
- _Encourage and enable effective partnerships. _
- _Joined-up community services. _
- _Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities. _
- _Reduce our impact on the environment._
- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._

Job overview:

An exciting opportunity has arisen to manage a team of specialist community palliative care nurses in the East of Cornwall.

This is a temporary 6-month post to cover staff absence and so a secondment opportunity would also be considered.

Please contact Chloe Thornton ICM for further details

Main duties of the job:

The post holder will provide professional/Clinical leadership for Specialist Palliative care and end of life care within a locality area.

To support service improvement for Specialist Palliative Care and End of Life Care services, to manage a team of nurse specialists and lead by example.

Acting as a resource for Specialist Palliative Care and End of Life Care within the locality for other health and social care professionals

In partnership with Locality Directors and Integrated Care Managers the post holder will ensure robust systems are in place to monitor and evaluate implementation of guidance, policy and strategy for Specialist Palliative care and End of Life care.

Working for our organisation:

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us.

As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals.

Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see 'supporting documents'.

Person specification:

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