Clinical Nurse Specialist Palliative Care CNS

Clinical Nurse Specialist
Palliative Care
CNS
Hospital
North Dublin

Our client an established hospital in North Dublin wishes to recruit a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care. The CNS will support care of patients & their families. This is an exciting opportunity to work for a reputable expanding hospital.

* Assess the needs of the patients, families and other carers and provide specific advice/support as appropriate. This will include advising and supporting the multi-disciplinary teams to enable them to provide high quality care, for example giving advice on pain and symptom control, care planning, social and psychological care, communication and resources as appropriate.
* Participate in the provision of information to patients and their carers regarding their disease, treatment and services available.
* Identify the specific education needs of individual patients and carers and facilitate meeting those needs.
* Work in an advisor and complementary role to the primary care team in providing specialist palliative care to those referred to the service who are assessed as requiring this level of care.
* Provide pain and symptom control, advice and support to patients with palliative care needs.
* Undertake an initial assessment of referred patients to ascertain their particular care needs.
* Liaise with all other relevant healthcare professionals involved in their patients' care so as to determine the patients needs.

Required:

* Be registered on the general division of the register of nurses NMBI
* Higher Diploma in Palliative Care area
* Have at least 3-5 years relevant experience
* Have proven clinical and professional ability
* Management experience desirable but not essential.
* Excellent Organisational skills
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
* Leadership and management skills
* Good IT skills
* Work on own initiative or as part of a team
* Approachable person
* Empathy


This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate are you looking for your next step in your career?

Excellent Salary & benefits for the right candidate
For more information & full job spec Please Call Maria O' Dwyer to on Applyfor a confidential chat & please email your full CV as a word attachment to Apply

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