Lead Nurse - Palliative and End Care; XR

Lead Nurse - Palliative and End of Life Care (XR09)

. JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY This senior leadership post will support the delivery of high-quality palliative and end of life care for patients and families across the Trust, in line with NICE guidance NG142, NG31, QS12 & QS144, the Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care , and the Service Specification for Palliative and End of Life Care for Adults January 2023.

The role will also play a key part in supporting CQC inspection readiness for End of Life Care. The post holder will lead the Trust-wide development of palliative and end of life care services, working closely with the Director of Nursing, Chief Nurse team, Heads of Nursing, CSU triumvirate teams and the Lead Clinician for Palliative and End of Life Care to ensure a strategic, coordinated approach.

The post holder will work in partnership with colleagues across the wider health community, including patient and public involvement organisations, Higher Education Institutes and the voluntary sector, to deliver the priorities of the Leeds Palliative Care Network End of Life Care Strategy. The role includes professional leadership for nurses and Allied Health Professionals delivering palliative and end of life care, ensuring evidence-based, high-quality care across patient pathways.

You will also have line management and professional accountability for the Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist team (approximately 20 WTE), including recruitment, performance management, workforce planning, appraisals and delegated budget responsibility. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY Represent the Trust on local, regional and national committees relating to Palliative and End of Life care Act on behalf of the Trust to lead the preparation for EOLC CQC inspections and lead on assurance reporting during inspections Using expert knowledge, practice and critical judgement skills continually seek to identify areas of care where current practices could be changed or modified to improve patient outcomes Undertake root cause analysis to investigate incidents and complaints and make recommendations and share learning relating to palliative and end of life care To synthesise information gained through local and national audits, complaints and local intelligence in order to lead changes in guidance, education and care delivery to ensure high quality care is delivered to dying patients and their families Be responsible for setting and monitoring standards of care in respect to the dying patient Prepare and present regular reports for the organisation on the development of palliative and end of life care services Provide visible, strong professional leadership for palliative and end of life care specialist nurses Provide effective leadership through the Heads of Nursing, CSU triumvirate teams Matrons, Clinical Educators and Clinical Nurse Specialists to ensure patients and their families receive high quality, responsive, appropriate nursing care in appropriate environments within all areas of responsibility Leads on ensuring provision of end of life care training across Nursing and AHP workforce Provide professional advice on end of life care and palliative care nursing to the Chief Nurse Team, Medical, Director, Director of Nursing Corporate, Director of Quality, Lead Cancer Clinician, AHP leads, Heads of CSUs, Matrons and Head of Patient Experience.

Working with the Chief Nurse team and Matrons, acting as an expert nurse for palliative and end of life care, lead the development of palliative and end of life care nursing, ensuring that key drivers for service improvement and workforce development are integral to the process. Ensure robust success criteria and performance review processes are in place which identify the impact and added value of the palliative and end of life care nursing contribution.

As part of the Palliative Care Team, actively contribute to delivery of the Trusts End of Life Care and Palliative Care service targets, working with Heads of CSUs, MDTs and Matrons to ensure implementation of national End of Life Care and Palliative Care standards and financial targets, supporting CSUs and MDTs to maintain and improve progress where necessary Support CSUs and MDTs in managing the clinical governance and risk management agendas in relation to palliative and end of life care services Work with the Director of Quality, Chief Nurse, Director of Nursing Corporate, Medical Director, End of Life Care Steering group and the Lead Clinician for Palliative and End of Life to ensure robust performance review processes are in place in relation to palliative and end of life care standards and service targets.

Actively contribute to the development of the Leeds Palliative Care Network and its clinical pathways, ensuring a patient focus to the pathways and that workforce modernisation is integral to the pathway development Lead on the development of patient and public involvement strategies for palliative and end of…