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About the Role:
This role involves delivering specialist palliative care to patients in Cheshire East, including inpatient, outpatient, and community settings. A key responsibility includes supporting safe discharges and holistic assessments, ensuring patient and family needs are met.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work as part of a medical team on the inpatient unit, performing clinical reviews and supporting safe discharges.
- Provide specialist palliative care input to outpatient/daycare services and undertake community visits.
- Undertake holistic assessments of patients using examination and diagnostic skills, including prescribing where appropriate.
- Support families and carers, liaise with healthcare professionals, and mutually agree upon care plans.
- Manage a caseload of patients with varying needs, providing specialist advice and support both in person and via telephone.
- Coordinate care for palliative patients across East Cheshire.
- Act as a role model and resource for other staff, supporting team members and mentoring clinical colleagues where appropriate.
- Maintain professional development, knowledge, skills, and competencies, ensuring adherence to professional standards.
- Support hospice development and quality assurance measures via audits, policies, procedures, and service reviews.
- Participate in research projects as required.
- Develop, plan and deliver education to peers and colleagues.
- Undertake other duties commensurate with the post and grade.
- Comply with control of infection prevention and management protocols.
Skills and Expertise:
- Band 7 Advanced Nurse Practitioner qualification.
- Extensive experience in palliative care.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong diagnostic skills and ability to prescribe.
- Experience in managing patient caseloads.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Excellent communication skills with patients, families, and healthcare professionals.
- Knowledge of hospice policies and procedures.
- Commitment to professional development.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.