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Job summary

Main area
Palliative Care
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent: Part Time considered
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Part time hours will be considered)
Job ref
225-DIV2-6251184
Employer
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
New Cross Hospital
Town
Wolverhampton
Salary
£50,952 - £57,349 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/06/2024 23:59

Employer heading

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust logo

Lead Nurse Palliative Care/Senior Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Band 8a

 

 

Job overview

This role is as Lead Nurse/Senior ANP for the Palliative Care Team.

This is a growing service which is pivotal in supporting the patients and their families within our care across the organization, with guidance and support at this delicate time in their lives.

You will lead the team and work closely with the Clinical Lead and Senior Management Team with the Oncology/Haematology and Palliative Care Group.

You will be a registered nurse working at  advanced level practice and be a non medical prescriber who has a proven track record working clinically with this client group.

 

Main duties of the job

You will be accountable for , ensuring safe and effective clinical practice, enhancing the patient’s experience and ensuring effective contribution to the delivery of the organization's objectives.

You will practice within an ethical framework based upon dignity and respect for the well-being and safety of patients and clients

 

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.  We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will demonstrate expert and extensive knowledge in areas such as diagnostics, therapeutics, the biological, social and epidemiological sciences, and enhanced skills in areas such as consultation and clinical decision-making in a variety of settings.

You will mange and develop the performance of the team and manage a devolved budget ensuring efficient and effective use of resource.

For further details please refer to the full JD.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria
  • NMC Registration
  • Full Degree in health care
  • Non medical Prescribing
  • Health Assessment Module
Desirable criteria
  • Full Masters Degree in Healthcare

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant experince in palliative Care working autonomously
  • Experience in a leadership role at a senior level
  • Experience of service development/improvement within healthcare

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerNursing Times Workforce Summit & Awards WinnerStep into health

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Clare Banks
Job title
Matron Oncology/Haematology and Palliative Care
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07547190914

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Building 12
New Cross Hospital
Wolverhampton Road
Wolverhampton
WV10 0QP
Telephone
01902 481900
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