About this role
Job summary
We are looking for Registered Nurses who have a passion and commitment to providing individualised, patient-centred care to patients with a life-limiting illness, and to providing care and support for relatives and carers on the Inpatient Unit.
Please note: Unfortunately we are not able to consider applicants who require sponsorship to work in the UK.
Main duties of the job
You will be NMC Registered with experience in offering specialist knowledge and skills in caring for patients with life limiting illness.
You will be compassionate with a good understanding of the needs of patients living with life limiting illness and their loved ones.
About us
We are Garden House Hospice Care, the Hospice for North Hertfordshire. We are a multi award-winning hospice that puts the patient at the heart of everything we do.
Patients on our Inpatient Unit are looked after by our specialist team 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We provide support and care to patients with a wide range of symptoms associated with a life-limiting illness, as well as their families.
We support our patients by providing symptom control, psychological support and end-of-life care. Our high nurse-to-patient ratio ensures that patients are able to get the dedicated support that they might need.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To offer specialist knowledge and skills in caring for patients with life limiting illness and their carers.
- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate care from the point of admission through to discharge or death.
- To be skilled in specialist communication, e.g., delivering significant news about disease progression, prognosis and dying and be skilled at supporting patients and families through this, as well as coaching other team members.
- To ensure patients have the opportunity for personalised care and support planning that includes advance care planning, ReSPECT and treatment escalation planning.
- Have knowledge of and providing care to patients and families of different cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds.
- Participate in the hospice MDT, patient planning meetings, discharge planning and bereavement meetings as necessary.
- To ensure that the dignity, safety and confidentiality of all patients is respected at all times and that all patients receive the highest possible standards of physical, psychological and spiritual care.
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- A minimum of 2 years experience of life limiting disease management or palliative and end of life care
- Experience of team and ward management
- Experience of personalised care and support planning that includes advance care planning, ReSPECT and treatment escalation planning
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working
Desirable
- Experience of undertaking service evaluation
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in Adult Nursing
- NMC Registration
Desirable
- Recognised History Taking and Physical Assessment Training or willingness to undertake.
- Advanced communication skills and ReSPECT training
- Mentorship qualification or Practice Assessor and Practice supervisor training
- Leadership course/experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of research based clinical experience
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of the needs of patients living with life limiting illness
- Able to demonstrate the needs of the families, carers and those close to patients living with life limiting illness
- Able to demonstrate the governance needed to ensure safe delivery of care
Desirable
- Extended clinical knowledge and skills
- Evidence of further study relating to frailty, palliative care or end of life care
- Evidence of service development
- Non-medical prescribing
- Understanding of relevant national policy and practice initiatives
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Understands a high standard of patient care and works in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct and Practice
- Ability to assess complex needs of patients and plan, implement and evaluate appropriate nursing interventions
- Ability to lead team by acting as nurse in charge for shifts
- Ability to motivate nursing team and take initiative when appropriate
- Excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills
- Time management skills
- Teaching skills, able to teach students, junior staff other health care professionals
- Computer skills with the ability to use electronic patient record systems
Desirable
- To be able to support colleagues in stressful and emotional situations
- To be able to solve complex issues
- To be able to balance conflicting priorities and manage a challenging workload in a calm and professional manner
- Experience of the use of audit to support quality improvement
- Understanding of the process of introducing change and innovation into nursing practice.
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
Garden House Hospice Care
Address
Gillison Close
Letchworth Garden City
Hertfordshire
SG6 1QU
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.ghhospicecare.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)