About this role
Job summary
We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Community Nurse (Palliative Care) to join our team, providing high-quality, person-centred care to patients with life-limiting illnesses in their own homes.
This rewarding role involves supporting patients and their families through complex physical, emotional, and psychological needs, helping them achieve the best possible quality of life. You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams, including GPs, specialist nurses, therapists, and hospice services, to deliver coordinated and holistic care.
If you are passionate about delivering outstanding palliative and end-of-life care within the community and want to make a meaningful difference to patients and families, we would love to hear from you.
Please note: we are not part of the NHS and therefore we do not hold a licence to enable visa sponsorship.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work autonomously and as part of a team contributing to the provision of 24/7 Specialist Palliative/End of Life Care. They will be responsible for not only providing care, but for providing advice and support to patients, their families and other healthcare professions within the community.
The postholder will provide support to patients in their own homes or preferred place of care who have palliative or end of life care needs, raising clinical standards and promote a learning environment for other health care providers.
They will be responsible for planning, assessing, implementing, and evaluating care in partnership with the Multidisciplinary Teams and out of hours providers.
About us
At Mountbatten making our employees feel valued is as important to us as making sure that our patients are safe. We are looking for people that live our values to help us make a difference to the thousands of patients and their families who come to us for help and support every year.
Our vision at Mountbatten is of a world where all dying people and those close to them, have access to expert care of the highest quality, provided by compassionate and professional teams.
Our Values
We care about what we do. We appreciate that people are different and we are kind and compassionate to our patients and families, to our local community and to each other
We are experts in our field. We are professional at all times, aspiring to be the best that we can be in everything that we do
We are innovative and bold. We respond quickly and creatively to the changing needs of our society within the scope of our human and financial resources
We respect our community. We exist for our local population, now and into the future, and we believe that we can achieve more together by working in partnership with others
Job description Job responsibilities
KEY TASKS
To provide an environment that encourages patients and their families to play an active part in their care enabling them to voice their wishes about current and future care requirements
To provide advanced levels of clinical decision-making through assessment and interpretation of clinical information to support patients, families and carers who have complex or rapidly changing physical symptoms, emotional or practical needs
To assess, plan, implement and evaluate patients care needs as required by your designated patients, including admittance to the Hospice/Hospital and advanced care planning including identifying their preferred place of death
Provide appropriate pain and symptom management and provide directional support for their psychological and spiritual needs of the patient, their families, and carers
Provide support, information and advice to patients, families, colleagues, and other healthcare professionals, including supporting the Mountbatten Care Co-Ordination Centre
Prioritise daily duties in response to patient and family requirements in a manner that maintains and promotes quality, NMC code of practice, the patients care needs and the values of Mountbatten
To be fully conversant with organisational medicines policies and palliative care guidelines, algorithms and administer medication in line with these controls procedures
To provide training support in the use of syringe drivers and provide teaching to others including, staff nurses and students in collaboration with the Community Team and other professionals
In accordance with Mountbatten Infection Control policy and procedures, promote an environment that supports infection prevention and control policies and procedures, ensuring that they and other staff practice in accordance with these documents
The postholder will act as an advocate for their patients and families ensuring their views are known to the team including in the case of advance care planning and occasions where offered care is declined
To be familiar with and implement safeguarding policies, the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguarding (DOLS)
Identify risks as they arise and carry out risk assessments, taking immediate remedial action as required and updating risk assessments regularly and notify Managers immediately, ensuring these are added to the Risk Register
Ensure self and others adhere promptly to the incident reporting policy and complete appropriate forms and action plans
Record all patient information on the designated Mountbatten systems, including SystmOne and ensure that all patient records are accurate and maintained in accordance with procedures
To provide ongoing support to carers and families at the time of death and in the early days of bereavement including contributing to the provision of bereavement support
***Please refer to the attached Job Description, which includes the Person Specification, for the full duties of this rewarding role with us here at Mountbatten***
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Demonstrable experience of caring for vulnerable adults in a care/hospital or hospice setting Experience of working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams and the ability to form good working relationships at all levels including volunteers
Skills Essential
Strong communication skills needed to explain complex and sensitive information effectively in both written and oral to both patients, families, carers and other professionals Excellent IT Skills
Qualifications Essential
First Level Registration with NMC and in possession of a relevant degree in Health/Nursing Studies
Desirable
Registered Independent Prescriber (V300) or willingness to undertake Mentorship qualification Teaching qualification or module
Other Essential
Physically capable of undertaking safe manual handling of patients and equipment Full UK Driving Licence (Clean) Owns vehicle with Business Use Insurance
Abilities Essential
Able to adapt to the specific needs of patients requiring palliative or end of life care Able to be an effective advocate for the patient with multi-disciplinary teams across all healthcare settings Able to work shift patterns on a rota basis including nights, weekend, bank holidays
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Mountbatten Isle of Wight
Address Halberry Lane
Newport
Isle of Wight
Hampshire
PO30 2ER
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.mountbatten.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)