Job summary
The post holder will provide vision and leadership in the field of palliative and end of life care across the Trust, with the opportunity to shape an evolving service at a time of change and growth. They will work as a key member of the Senior Leadership team in collaboration with nursing, medical and other healthcare professionals to develop and ensure exceptional palliative and end of life care across the Trust.
The Trust is going through substantial transformational change and the post holder will lead, supported by the Lead Nurse for Palliative Care, the transformation of Hospital Palliative Care. The post holder will have clinical and managerial responsibility for Hospital Specialist Palliative Care and End of Life Care services across the University Hospitals Dorset NHSFT and will retain some clinical practice in order to maintain their clinical expertise. They will provide expert professional advice to other professionals, multidisciplinary groups, patients and carers. They will ensure evidence-based practice is maintained, ensure high quality training and education is delivered, and develop policies and guidelines to support the provision of high-quality care.
They will have a significant role in clinical governance processes and the UHD End of Life Steering Group. They will report directly to the Lead Nurse for Specialist Palliative Care and be a core member of the Palliative Care Senior Team.
Main duties of the job
- Provide leadership, management duties and support for the Hospital Specialist Palliative Care Team and End of Life Care Team.
- Lead developments in practice consistent with the Palliative and End of Life patient care priorities set out nationally and locally.
- Develop new roles and redesign services in line with best practice and evidence-based care.
- Play a key role in ensuring the principles of clinical governance are implemented both at a local level and across the Trust for Palliative and End of Life Care.
- Measure and monitor the quality of Palliative and End of Life Care being delivered throughout the Trust, including patient safety, patient experience, user engagement and clinical outcomes.
- Be responsible for staff supervision and support, including delivery of appraisals and personal development plans feeding into the annual Learning Needs Analysis (LNA).
About us
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
There are on average just over 700 deaths per quarter within University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust (UHD) hospitals. Providing palliative and end of life care in the acute hospital setting is not just a specialist role and is the job of everyone working in the Trust. Based on national drivers One Chance to Get it Right: Improving peoples experience of care in the last few days and hours of life (Leadership Alliance for the care of dying people, 2014)1 and Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care: A national framework for local action 2015-20202, the UHD End of Life Care Strategy 2021- 20263 aims to improve the care given in the last months, weeks, days and hours of life across all domains, and support the bereaved.
The UHD End of Life Care strategy is underpinned by the core vision of providing outstanding end of life care to all those who come into contact with the University Hospitals Dorset NHS Trust and the knowledge that there is only one chance to get it right.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- oSpecialist palliative care experience ideally in multiple sites (community, hospice, hospital)
- oExperience in leading and managing staff including AHP and support staff
- oProven experience in managing and implementing change
- oExperience of being accountable for the delivery of a clinical/nursing service
Qualifications
Essential
- oExperience of being accountable for the delivery of a clinical/nursing service
- o1st Level Registered nurse/Midwife /AHP on relevant part of the Register
- oRelevant post registration specialist training at masters level equivalent.
Skills
Essential
- oWell-developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams
- oEffective and strategic influencing collaborative working
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Address
the Hospital Palliative Care Team - RBH
BOURNEMOUTH
BH7 7DW