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Title: Clinical Nurse Specialist (Community based)
Salary: AFC Band 6
Hours: 30 hours per week
Contract Type: Fixed Term - Until 31st March 2022
Based: Cardiff & The Vale Hospice
Closing date: 25th October 2021
Interview date: 8th November 2021
We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated and proactive individual for an opportunity to join a well-established and highly regarded team.
As a Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will demonstrate the ability to work autonomously and make critical judgements using expert skills and experience in order to provide the highest possible care to patients in the community with cancer or other life limiting conditions. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in assessing and managing the patients' needs at the end of their life.
You will be enthusiastic and forward thinking with excellent communication skills and want to positively contribute to the team and the Marie Curie Hospice. Candidates must be registered nurses and a nursing degree, or equivalent, is essential. You will be keen to further develop your skills in a specialist setting. The ability to drive with access to a vehicle insured for business use is also required.
What we are looking for:
- RGN Level 1 Registration
- Principles and practice of specialist palliative care
- Good knowledge of professional accountability and responsibility and the limitations of the role.
- Recent/current experience in Specialist Palliative Care and Caseload Management
What's in it for you:
- Continued access to NHS Pension Scheme (subject to eligibility)
- Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
- Continuous development
- Industry leading training programmes
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Flexible Working
For more information or an informal chat please contact our Clinical Nurse Specialist Team Manager, Donna Lee on
Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.
We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.
This role will be subject to receiving a satisfactory Enhanced criminal record check.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Agencies need not apply.
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Person Specification
Time and Resource Management
- Delivers on plans, using appropriate product/project management tools
Communication
- Listens to others and asks clarifying questions to understand complex requirements.I
Initiative and Problem Solving
- Identifies problems, suggests possible solutions and effectively implements agreed solutions.
Role Specific Knowledge and Skills
- Essential – Experience with Javascript.
- Essential – Experience with React.
- Essential – Experience with Node.js.
- Essential – Experience with HTML & (S)CSS.
- Essential – Able to work with new technologies and adapt to new approaches.
- Essential – Strong collaboration and communication skills.
- Essential - Experience architecting scalable solutions and writing well designed, testable, code.
- Desirable – Familiarity with Agile and Continuous Integration approaches.
- Desirable – Experience with Salesforce CRM.
Role Specific Experience and Qualifications
- Essential – Computer Science degree, or equivalent professional experience.
- Desirable – Experience working in education and/or education technology.