End of Life Facilitator - Clinical Nurse Specialist

As a registered nurse and degree holder, you will have proven experience working in supportive/palliative care and/or oncology, demonstrated by relevant qualifications.

To undertake and evaluate the effectiveness of generic and specialist end of life and bereavement care interventions which are consistent with evidence based practice, whilst transferring and applying knowledge and skills to meet the patients’ needs.

You will also be a non-medical prescriber (or be willing to work towards this) which will enhance autonomous clinical decision making and practice and be part of our out of hours service.

This post is also to facilitate palliative, end of life care and bereavement support teaching within the Trust.

To undertake and evaluate the effectiveness of generic and specialist end of life and bereavement care interventions which are consistent with evidence based practice, whilst transferring and applying knowledge and skills to meet the patients’ needs.

To evaluate palliative care & end of life teaching currently being carried out by the supportive care team, and to assess if any areas of palliative & end of life care are not being addressed.

Independently deliver significant news to patients with complex psychological needs and support both patients and their carers. Demonstrate advanced communication skills when dealing with difficult or challenging situations.

Manage clinical caseload, prioritising patient need across in-patient and out-patient settings to enable rapid response to referrals for urgent advice.

To actively lead on service development, education, research and audit and provide mentorship to relevant staff.

To discuss and agree short, medium or long term goals for bereavement care, prioritize and develop plans with the multi-professional team.

We will offer you an environment where you will be encouraged and supported in making a real difference to the delivery of patient care

The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.

We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Mark Warren Job title: Operational Lead and Snr Clinical Nurse Specialist Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 0161 446 3072

Mark Warren, telephone 0161 446 3072, email [email protected]