Specialist Palliative Care Cns - Halifax, United Kingdom - Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
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Halifax, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Specialist Palliative Care CNS - Band 6

For Calderdale Care Homes

Full-time 37.5hrs/wk

23-month fixed term contract / secondment opportunity


An exciting new opportunity has become available in the Calderdale Community Specialist Palliative Care Team at Calderdale & Huddersfield Foundation Trust for a full -time Clinical Nurse Specialist to join an established and evolving team.

The wider team to provide a 7-day service, working closely with multiple agencies and professionals as part of an MDT approach, and presents excellent opportunities for professional development.


We are seeking a dynamic nurse, who can demonstrate excellent communication skills and have a passion for delivering the highest quality holistic end of life care to patients and families.


This care home component is a part of the wider palliative care service and likely to continue to evolve over time.

This post presents an exciting opportunity to individuals to influence and enhance the provision of high-quality care that patients in 24hour care settings, and their families / carers, deserve at end of life within Calderdale community.

Full details can be found on the 'NHS Jobs' website.

For more information, please contact

  • Abbie Thompson
  • CHFT Matron for End of Life Care
Jayne Bargh - Community Specialist Palliative Care Team Leader

Main Tasks

  • To work within the multiprofessional team to manage the caseload of Care Home patients presenting with specialist palliative care needs.
  • To undertake an effective nursing assessment and intervention service within CHFT.
  • To liaise and work alongside the appropriate multiprofessional teams to support patients' needs to ensure admission avoidance from the 24hour care home setting.
  • Act as a resource for patients, families, carers and health professionals about diagnosis, treatment, followup and end of life care needs.
  • To ensure that the key worker role and holistic needs assessment are identified and undertaken at appropriate points of the patient care pathway in liaison with other site specific multiprofessional teams.
  • Liaise with other specialist palliative care teams within the locality to ensure timely referral/review of patients with specialist palliative care/end of life care needs.
  • To support advance care planning as appropriate.
  • To help the development of a sustainable and effective nursing assessment and intervention service across the Trust.
  • Provide symptom management and control advice.
  • Support integration of end of life care tools.


The specialist palliative care nurse will be a key team member in the delivery of specialist palliative nursing services to enable and support timely and effective care and assessment and intervention for patients with specialist palliative care needs in all settings.


They will, as part of the specialist palliative care service, support the specialist nursing service undertaking the assessment and triage of patients, ensuring patients and carers receive high quality care, support and advice.


The post holder will provide advice and support to other members of the multi-professional teams involved in the care of patients with specialist palliative care needs.

Clinical Duties

  • Provide specialist palliative care advice to clinical teams.
  • Undertake comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health care needs.
  • Demonstrate specialist skills and knowledge.
  • Use advanced communication skills to impart information, advice and support at all levels.
  • To provide timely holistic assessment of physical, social, emotional, psychological needs of patients at presentation and other points of contact as appropriate, ensuring early initiation of investigation, referral or management.
  • Work collaboratively with QUEST and other clinical teams to facilitate individualised patient care based on principles of evidencebased practice.
  • Involve patients, their families and carers in the planning and delivery of their care.
  • Monitor investigation results, initiating further assessment/review of treatment pathway as required.
  • Liaise with all service areas to ensure timely review/treatment of patients with specialist palliative care needs.
  • Engage in service development as appropriate.
  • Provide guidance and support for patients making choices relating to preferred place of care and advance care planning.
  • Provide symptom management advice.
  • Utilise Independent prescribing and Clinical Assessment skills to improve patient care delivery, undertaking all necessary clinical governance policies.
  • Support the Macmillan specialist palliative care nursing team leader to initiate service change, through review of key performance indicators and quality outcomes.
  • Liaise with key partners in primary and tertiary care to ensure patients/families receive timely, effective specialist palliative care intervention.
  • Manage and maintain own clinical caseload, p
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