Job Description

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the provision of high quality multi-professional learning environments within the Trust and will be required to work locally within services where inter-professional learning opportunities can be provided. The post holder will be required to support the Quality and Strategy Team, which may require cross boundary working.

• Work with the Specialist Palliative Care Strategy & Quality team to improve end of life care across the Trust and partner organisations through the delivery of education and training to staff through formal and informal sessions including ward-based training.
• Improve knowledge and confidence across organisational boundaries in sharing best practice.
• Support the implementation of all local palliative and end of life care tools across the organisation and ensure that the tools are available for use.
• Work with the Quality and Strategy team to identify areas of need/development and assist in the delivery of management plans to resolve the needs identified.
• Actively participate in local, regional and national audits
• Working with the Quality & Strategy team to support the delivery of the Palliative, End of Life and Bereavement Strategy
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills when communicating with professionals across the organisation in order to convey key messages about potential changes in practice relating to palliative and end of life care provision.

Main duties of the job
oSupport the specialist palliative care team and palliative and end of life project lead to develop staff confidence and competence whenusing end of life tools.
oProvide clinical support and be an expert resource for the implementation and ongoing appropriate use of end of life tools across allclinical areas.
oSignpost staff to appropriate palliative and end of life resources to guide care.
oBe a clinical role model through attending safety huddles and board rounds in order to promote the timely and appropriate use ofpalliative care resources and end of life tools.
oProvide ward-based training for professionals delivering end of life care, promoting the timely use of appropriate end of life tools.
oWork with the Palliative Care and End of Life Project Lead to address specific developmental needs relating to the use of local end oflife tools.
oHave knowledge of local and national initiatives relating to palliative and end of life care and ensure own compliance with regards to role specific and essential training.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.
Details
Date posted
19 September 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
38,682 to 46,580 a year per annum
Contract
Secondment
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
287-AMED-224-25
Job locations
Aintree Hospital
Longmoor Lane
Liverpool
L9 7AL
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities please see the Job description and Person specification attached Job description
Job responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities please see the Job description and Person specification attached
Person Specification
Role requirments
Essential

• 1st Level Degree
• Professional qualification, to a minimum of degree level, with up to date professional registration
• Experience of teaching, supervising and assessing healthcare students in the practice setting
• Experience of having worked across professional and organisational boundaries
• Practical experience of facilitating change
• Experience of developing and implementing new systems and procedures
• Detailed understanding of a range of regulatory body requirements
• In depth knowledge of Quality Assurance principles and framework
• Excellent time management skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to present to large groups of people
• Ability to teach and facilitate in a variety of settings with different groups of staff
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds
• Ability to work without supervision and use own initiative
• Obtained a Masters level study relating to education or is willing to undertake a Masters programme relating to education
• Practical experience of facilitating change
• Knowledge of different methods/ styles for teaching and learning
• Detailed understanding of curriculum development including the generation of learning outcomes
• Working knowledge of Inter-professional learning theory
• Microsoft office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access
• Excellent interpersonal skills able to engage and build effective relationships at all levels in stakeholder organisations
• Able to plan, implement and evaluate education programmes
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills
• Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadline
• Ability to work flexibly and manage competing priorities
• Consistently high attention to detail and quality of work
• Adaptable to meet differing learning styles/ preferences
• Broad range of clinical experience

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience of the private, voluntary and independent sector
• Post registration qualification in Palliative Care
• Ability to write evidence based reports
• Ability to supervise staff on a day to day basis
• Staff management/staff supervision

Person Specification
Role requirments
Essential

• 1st Level Degree
• Professional qualification, to a minimum of degree level, with up to date professional registration
• Experience of teaching, supervising and assessing healthcare students in the practice setting
• Experience of having worked across professional and organisational boundaries
• Practical experience of facilitating change
• Experience of developing and implementing new systems and procedures
• Detailed understanding of a range of regulatory body requirements
• In depth knowledge of Quality Assurance principles and framework
• Excellent time management skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to present to large groups of people
• Ability to teach and facilitate in a variety of settings with different groups of staff
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds
• Ability to work without supervision and use own initiative
• Obtained a Masters level study relating to education or is willing to undertake a Masters programme relating to education
• Practical experience of facilitating change
• Knowledge of different methods/ styles for teaching and learning
• Detailed understanding of curriculum development including the generation of learning outcomes
• Working knowledge of Inter-professional learning theory
• Microsoft office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access
• Excellent interpersonal skills able to engage and build effective relationships at all levels in stakeholder organisations
• Able to plan, implement and evaluate education programmes
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills
• Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadline
• Ability to work flexibly and manage competing priorities
• Consistently high attention to detail and quality of work
• Adaptable to meet differing learning styles/ preferences
• Broad range of clinical experience

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience of the private, voluntary and independent sector
• Post registration qualification in Palliative Care
• Ability to write evidence based reports
• Ability to supervise staff on a day to day basis
• Staff management/staff supervision

Skills Required