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Job overview

Trafford Specialist Palliative Care Team 

The Associate Macmillan Palliative Care Nurse will work as a member
of the wider locality based multidisciplinary Macmillan Palliative Care
Supportive Service. The team is very supportive and a full
competency-based induction will be offered, supported by a Band 7
Clinical Nurse Specialist.

The post holder will support Neighbourhood teams to deliver locally driven high quality care, responsive to patient and carers’ needs. The focus of the multidisciplinary approach will be to support patients and carers to live well, prevent inappropriate hospital admission and meet their preferred priorities for care.

Main duties of the job

Registered Nurse

Up to date registration with the NMC

Health Related Degree or equivalent portfolio experience

Experience evidenced by completion of specialist short courses, post-graduate training, etc. or relevant 

Relevant post registration experience

Experience in delivering palliative care.

Experience of working collaboratively

Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team

Experience of working in a community setting.

Experience of teaching training others

Experience of supporting and supervising other staff in the clinical environment

Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools relevant to cancer/palliative care.

Demonstrate the application of evidence to work in palliative care Advanced communication skills or willing to undertake 3 day National Advanced Communication Skills training

Understanding of the Specialist Palliative Care Nurse role and roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group)

Knowledge of the principles of Clinical Governance/Audit

In depth knowledge of National Policies and Procedures (relevant to the specialist client group)

Good presentation skills both written and verbal

Good caseload management skills including experience of managing own caseload

Car Driver/access to a car for work purposes 

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

 At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.