About this role
Job summary
Are you a compassionate and motivated Registered Nurse who is passionate about delivering outstanding palliative and end of life care? As our Registered Nurse, you will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide high-quality, person-centred care to patients across our inpatient, community and hospice services. You will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care, supporting patients and those important to them through some of life's most challenging times. If you are a caring, skilled and adaptable nurse who thrives in a collaborative environment, we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Provide high-quality palliative and end of life nursing care through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care. Undertake comprehensive clinical assessments and regularly review patient needs to ensure appropriate care delivery. Administer prescribed medications and deliver effective symptom management to promote patient comfort and wellbeing. Support patients and their families in care planning and decision-making, acting as an advocate where appropriate. Provide emotional support to patients, families and carers throughout illness, end of life care and bereavement.
Lead shifts when required, ensuring the safe and effective coordination of patient care and staff resources. Maintain a safe, therapeutic and supportive environment for patients within hospice and community settings. Supervise, support and mentor Healthcare Assistants, students, trainees and other staff members. Maintain accurate, confidential and up-to-date patient records in accordance with professional and legal requirements. Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and external healthcare professionals to deliver coordinated patient care.
Contribute to clinical governance, quality improvement initiatives, audits and service development activities. Report and manage incidents, complaints and risks in line with organisational policies and procedures. Ensure clinical areas and equipment are maintained to the highest standards of safety, compliance and patient care.
About us
We are a highly regarded hospice team dedicated to delivering outstanding specialist palliative care. We offer a supportive working environment, opportunities for professional development, involvement in education and service improvement projects, and the chance to make a meaningful difference to patients and families when they need it most.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide specialist palliative and end of life nursing care, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and compassionate patient care, whilst supporting colleagues, contributing to service development and maintaining compliance with professional and organisational standards."
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Experienced Registered Nurse with current NMC registration and evidence of recent CPD.
Desirable
- Evidence of study in relevant subjects at level 6
- Clinical supervision and/or mentorship qualification and/or a recognised teaching qualification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate understanding of current professional nursing issues relating to palliative and end of life care.
- Confident in use of IT, knowledge of Data Protection principles and Information Governance
- Ability to work under pressure and flexibly across different clinical settings and shift patterns.
- Experience in the management of complex needs and medicines management at the end of life.
- Knowledge of symptom control towards and at the end of life including pharmacological management of symptoms
Desirable
- Experience in community nursing, palliative care, end of life care, oncology or general medical nursing.
- Experience in research audit, standard setting and/or clinical governance.
- Experience in delivering training.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills with Good command of spoken English (assessed at interview) and numeracy skills.
- Ability to demonstrate leadership skills, including motivational and collaborative working
- Ability to use initiative, work autonomously and prioritise workload.
- Positive change agent, enthusiastic, assertive and positive attitude
- Caring, kind, empathetic and compassionate.
- Awareness of the need for sensitivity, compassion and confidentiality and ability to cope with sensitive issues.
Desirable
- Awareness of the Health & Social Care Act 2012, NMC Code of Practice and Behaviour for Nurses and Midwives and the Care Quality Commission Key Lines of Enquiry for hospices.
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
St Peter & St James Hospice
Address
North Common Road
North Chailey
Lewes
West Sussex
BN8 4ED
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://stpjhospice.org/ (Opens in a new tab)