The post holder will be a proactive role model who designs, plans and delivers education and training to enhance the end-of-life care provided by professionals across Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust (CHFT) and Calderdale community settings including GPs and Care homes. The hours will be between Monday and Friday, working flexibly to cover the needs of the service.
They will work alongside the CHFT End-of-Life Care (EOLC) Facilitator in determining the Palliative and EOLC training and education requirements. The post holder will establish, develop and maintain effective working relationships within the Trust, local hospices, CHFT clinical educators and other EOLC education providers and engage and influence all levels of staff regarding end-of-life care. This will be an important aspect of this role, ensuring CHFT plays an active part in addressing challenges related to palliative and end of life care and promote the standards and expectations as outlined in the ambitions for palliative and end of life care: a national framework for local action 2021 -2026.
The post holder will ensure that CHFT staff are supported to receive the appropriate EOLC training specific to their role to enhance knowledge, confidence and skills in end-of-life care.
In addition, the post holder will facilitate quality and service improvement initiatives to support and develop the provision of end-of-life care.
The postholder: -
- Plan, design, deliver and evaluate staff training and education courses and events that will attract all professionals involved in the delivery of care at the end of life to provide high quality care.
- The post-holder will support the development and evaluation of the end-of-life care team to improve standards of end of life patients care and promote a seamless service.
- The role requires the ability to work autonomously and independently but within an integrated collaborative team. Follow professional guidance and refer to the End-of-Life Care Facilitator as appropriate.
- Promote outstanding care and work in a way that is patient-centred, involves service users, responds positively to feedback, and promotes learning and continuous improvement.
- Communicate effectively with colleagues on a timely basis to ensure staff and managers remain informed, engaged and own the work. This will include providing and receiving sometimes highly complex information which may be sensitive or contentious, where persuasive, motivational and negotiating or empathetic and re-assurance skills are required.
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
Have clinical expertise in end-of-life care to support the professional development of Registered Nurses, Medical staff, Nursing Associates, Associate Practitioners, Health Care Assistants, AHPs and other members of the multi-disciplinary team as appropriate.
- Work with CHFTs end of life strategy to improve end of life and bereavement care within the Trust and across the local area.
- Competently manage any barriers to communication in order to effectively understand and meet individual’s reported needs.
- Attend and develop the monthly Marigold bereavement café.
- Organise, participate, and evaluate community engagements and events, including dying matters and grief awareness weeks.
- Support EOLC service improvement initiatives across the footprint of CHFT.
