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Job overview

This vacancy could be opened to a band 6 development role for the right candidate 

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of the specialist palliative care team at 
NWAFT : influencing the holistic care of patients and carers with palliative end of life and specialist palliative care needs across NWAFT Hospital sites and the local community. The post includes supporting the delivery of a specialist palliative services across NWAFT Hospitals and the local community.

This vacancy could be opened to a band 6 Development role 

Main duties of the job

You will need to have an excellent knowledge of symptom control for patients with 
end of life malignant or non-malignant care needs and have experience of caseload 
management and key working specialist palliative care patients. 
The job will involve the education and training of other health professionals 
regarding end of life and specialist palliative care across both the acute hospital and 
local community. The successful applicants will need to be proactively involved in 
audit and clinical governance regarding end of life and specialist palliative care.
You will need to be enthusiastic, adaptable to change and have a real passion for 
delivering and implementing excellent standards of Specialist palliative care across 
both areas of practice, though this post will be primarily community based across our 
large rural and semi urban region; candidates will be required to be mobile and have 
their own vehicle.
All Nursing and Allied Health professional roles within the Team are rotational and 
candidates may also be asked to work in the Hospital setting depending on service 
and patient need. 
The successful candidate may be an experienced Palliative care Nurse looking to 
develop their career further: for the right candidate this role could be offered at Band 
6 as an exciting development opportunity leading to the Clinical Specialist Role when 
the essential criteria and competencies are achieved. 
We would invite previous candidates to reapply and encourage all candidates to 
demonstrate in their application form, with examples from practice, how they meet 
the job description and person specification. 
*Please Note the advert may close sooner than the date advertised due to levels 
of interest, closing of the advert will happen with no notice*

Working for our organisation

We are committed to ensure a work-life balance to all our staff by offering full time and part time roles, flexible working hours on a shift pattern to fit around your family life.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates form our local communities.

Benefits to you

• 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);
• NHS Pension Scheme:
• Flexible working opportunities;
• Increased hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
• Career development and training;
• Wellbeing support and activities;
• In-house physiotherapy Service;
• On-site canteens with subsidised meals;
• Subsidised staff parking (currently free). 
• Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough