Community Specialist Palliative Care Nurse
Summary
Undertake holistic health assessments of patients with complex palliative and end of life care needs in community settings To demonstrate required Nursing skills e.g. syringe driver care, basic wound care, pressure area care, catheterisation within the professional sphere of confidence. To proactively plan, co-ordinate, deliver and evaluate the provision of a high-quality specialist palliative and end of life care within the community and across the primary and secondary care interface ensuing onward referrals are made as appropriate. Make appropriate clinical decisions independently and seeking senior guidance where necessary in reviewing, monitoring and managing patients. Assess plan and evaluate care for patients, their families and carers Monitor patient needs and interventions and appropriately report to the identified key worker. To provide education to patients, their families and health professionals. Actively participate and contribute to the weekly multidisciplinary specialist palliative care team meeting discussing individual palliative patients with the wider specialist palliative care multidisciplinary team and caseload management / reviews. Actively participate and contribute to other locality multidisciplinary team meetings as an expert palliative care/end of life professional Provide patients and their families /carers with information Work as part of a multidisciplinary teams acting as patient advocate for specialist palliative and end of life nursing advice and care. They will be expected to work with a wide range of health and social care professionals who work within the acute and community setting. Please see JD and PS for detailed responsibilities.
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