The Specialist Community & Crisis Support service provides 24-hour specialist advice, support and facilitation of care for those persons with complex symptom management due life limiting illness and support to carers of the individual within the home setting, at a nurse led clinic environment or within the office on telephone support.

Our Referral Hub receives all referrals for individuals being referred to the hospice services, assessing and identifying the specialist interventions required

An opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, enthusiastic, self-motivated, experienced nurse with good clinical palliative care knowledge base, to join our well-established specialist community services as a Clinical Nurse Specialist (Bank). This post will provide varied senior experience in a multidisciplinary working environment delivering a 24/7 service to individuals, carers and other health care professionals in the community.   

The Services works within the boundaries of Barking & Dagenham, Havering, and Brentwood and provides out of hours’ advisory telephone support to Redbridge. Working collaboratively with other internal and external health care professionals is an essential part of the specialist service.

We are looking for a candidate who is working at a senior lever and  has excellent communication, assessment and prioritisation skills, and understands the needs of those receiving palliative care /end of life care, a working knowledge of evidence -based practice and the ability to develop a good knowledge base of current initiatives and developments in palliative care.

Would you like to share your specialist palliative care skills and expertise with us?  We offer excellent team working and a supportive working environment with opportunity to develop processes and policies unique to the service.

Please note that an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) will be undertaken as part of our pre-employment screening for the successful candidate.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact Evelyn Asiam/Jane Elmer, SCCS Team Leaders on 01708 753319 and ask for Ext 2343 or ask for Lesley Burrows, Head of Community Services. 

If you would like to apply for the Community Clinical Nurse Specialist position, please complete your application online via NHS Jobs.   The job reference number is B0483-235.