Full Time, 37.5 Hours per week

Salary – Starting at £62,793 (equivalent to 2 years completed AfC 8b) + on-call supplement, increasing to £68,525 at 4 years completed + an agreed on-call supplement

A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for a Nurse Consultant to join Trinity Palliative Care services.

Trinity Hospice has been at the heart of the Fylde coast for more than 39 years, providing compassionate care for people on their journey towards the end of life. Our dedicated specialist nursing teams touch the lives of thousands of patients and families each year, with one vision for the future that everyone across Blackpool and the Fylde coast has access to high-quality end-of-life care. Would you like to work for an award-winning charity that is striving to ensure that all the residents of the Fylde Coast have access to the best of end of life care available?

The post holder will be a clinical expert in the field of Palliative Care and will be expected to fulfil the 4 domains of consultant level practice, as set out in NHS England’s Multi-professional consultant-level practice capability and impact framework (2020) working across the Fylde Coast.

They will practice at an advanced clinical level and exercise high levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care.

The role is intended to be split 50/50 between: –

1. Direct autonomous Clinical Practice, potentially working across Palliative Care services (inpatient unit, community, and hospital liaison teams) on the Fylde Coast. They may have direct clinical responsibility for a patient cohort and will be expected to provide leadership and support for other Clinicians.
2. Provide leadership, education, and Clinical Supervision for a team of Advanced Clinical Practitioners working clinically within the service (there are currently 5 directly clinical ACPs within the service).

The successful candidate will be joining an organisation which is highly rated by the people who work there. The 2023 Staff Survey found 98% of respondents enjoy the work that they do, 96% were proud to work for our Charity and 96% enjoy working with the people within the organisation.

Our Staff Benefits:

• 38 days annual leave each year, pro rata (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
• Professional Registration fees reimbursed
• Various Health and Wellbeing benefits including annual flu and Covid-19 vaccinations, access to complementary therapy and counselling.
• Free car parking on site
• Discounted staff meals
• Pension scheme, or NHS Pensions are transferable
• Maternity/Paternity benefits

Trinity is a great place to work, having an outstanding rating with the Care Quality Commission and Investors in People Gold accreditation. If you are looking to join a thriving, increasingly innovative organisation, which puts passion and care at the heart of its operations, then this may well be the post for you!

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Dave Kay via 01253 952591.

To apply for this role please visit NHS Jobs (please note – Trinity Hospice is not part of the NHS but utilise the NHS vacancy platform)

https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/                            Job Reference J181-B0270-24-0025

Closing Date:  25 September 2024