About this role
Job summary
Are you a Band 6 Nurse looking for a new challenge and would like to be part of something truly meaningful?
Are you a compassionate and skilled Band 6 Nurse looking for a new and rewarding challenge? At Birmingham Hospice, every day is an opportunity to make a profound difference. Our patients and their families are at the heart of everything we do, from our Inpatient Units to our Living Well Centres and bereavement support services.
We are proud of our new 24/7 Specialist Palliative Urgent Response (SPUR) service - providing timely, specialist palliative care for people across Birmingham and Solihull when they need us most. This innovative service operates around the clock and offers both day and night shifts.
About the role
As a Clinical Specialist, you will play a key role in delivering rapid, compassionate palliative care. You will:
Respond to urgent calls within a twohour timeframe
Provide facetoface assessments and clinical interventions in patients homes
Support with prescribed and overthecounter medications
Make timely referrals and maintain accurate clinical records in line with legislation
This role is ideal for an autonomous practitioner who thrives in a dynamic, communitybased environment and is passionate about delivering excellent endoflife care
Main duties of the job
What Were Looking For:
Registered Nurse (Adult) qualification (e.g. RGN)
Healthcare degree or working towards one
European Certificate in Essential Palliative Care
Evidence of continued professional development
Significant post-registration experience in palliative and end-of-life care
Sensitivity to the changing physical, psychological and spiritual needs of patients and their families
Why Join Birmingham Hospice?
Be part of a supportive and forwardthinking charity
Receive a generous benefits package
NHS hospice staff: enjoy recognition of continuous service, including pension and annual leave entitlements
At Birmingham Hospice, you will be surrounded by dedicated, compassionate professionals who share one mission: to make every moment matter.
Apply via our website: birminghamhospice.org.uk/about-us/join-us
For an informal chat, please contact: Kellie Owen: [email protected] Kerry Millard: [email protected]
About us
Birmingham Hospice provides expert palliative and end of life care for people and their families living with life-limiting illnesses.
We believe that all people in Birmingham should have access to the best specialist care and support - when, where and how they need it. Our vision is a future where everyone with a life-limiting illness will live and die with dignity and in comfort. Our mission is to enable more people from all communities to access the care of their choice at the end of life.
During a recent CQC inspection our sites have been rated outstanding, with independent health care regulators highlighting that colleagues and services are caring, responsive and well-led.
Our outstanding teams are passionate about providing the very best care, and patients and their loved ones are at the heart of everything we do.
Our values of kindness, respect, innovation, togetherness, positivity and openness are at the centre of who we are, what we do and how we behave. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive, welcoming, caring and supportive team. We are offering a competitive salary, with generous holiday allowance, a contribution pension scheme, and a commitment to investing in our people through employee benefits and ongoing professional development.
Job description Job responsibilities
The Specialist Palliative Response Service (SPRS) will be delivered between the hours of 20:00 and 08:00.
During these hours the clinical role will be to respond to urgent palliative response visits within a 2-hour timeframe.
The role will require you to:
Act as an autonomous practitioner working independently and in conjunction with other health professionals
Assess and treat the conditions of patients within their own homes and initiating referrals as appropriate
Work collaboratively with hospice, community, primary care and acute teams, to meet the needs of patients and support the delivery of policy and procedures
Provide expert professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues and ensure the maintenance of clinical excellence
Provide education and training to other staff and students
You matter because you are you, and you matter at the end of your life. We will do all we can not only to help you die peacefully, but also to live until you die
Dame Cicely Saunders
Main duties and responsibilities
Demonstrate excellent self-management in time and workload
Be able to adapt to unforeseen circumstances and multiple demands on time
Prioritise and visit patients presenting with a range of palliative, end-of-life and acute conditions, making any necessary referrals in an appropriate manner
Assess, implement and evaluate specialist care for patients
Provide specialist palliative and end-of-life care and support to patients and their families/loved ones in the place they call home as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF
Be sensitive to patients and their families/loved ones changing physical, psychological and spiritual needs
Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with current legislation
Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice), reviewing as required
Liaise with external services/agencies and the patients usual community teams to ensure the patient continues to be supported appropriately
Support and escalate safeguarding matters in accordance with local and national policies
Support and participate in shared learning within the system
Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach (e.g. RCA)
Support the provision of accurate and timely data to support the team and organisation.
General duties
Confidentiality
All employees are required to uphold the confidentiality of all information records in whatever format, encountered in the course of employment and after it.
All employees are bound by the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulations when, in the course of their employment, they deal with information records relating to individuals.
Equality and Diversity
The hospice is committed to promoting an environment that values diversity. All staff are responsible for ensuring that they treat individuals equally and fairly and do not discriminate on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. The hospice expects all staff to behave in a way that recognises and respects diversity in line with the appropriate standards.
Health and safety
All employees have a responsibility under the terms of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 to protect and promote their own health and that of others in the workplace.
All employees must comply with all hospice health and safety procedures infection control.
The prevention and control of infection is the responsibility of everyone who is employed by the hospice. Employees must be aware of infection control policies, procedures and the importance of protecting themselves and their clients in maintaining a clean and healthy environment.
Information governance
All employees are responsible for ensuring they undertake any training relating to information governance, read the hospices policies, procedures and guidance documents relating to information governance, and understanding how this affects them in their role.
Professional development
All employees must participate in an annual appraisal and develop a personal development plan with their line manager.
All employees are responsible for maintaining their statutory and mandatory training.
Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults
The hospice is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All employees and volunteers are expected to behave in such a way that supports this commitment pandemic or major incident.
In the event of a pandemic or major incident, the post holder may be asked to undertake other duties not necessarily commensurate to the banding of this role. This could include duties in any part of the hospice. Prior to undertaking any duties, the member of staff will have full training and induction. We wont ask any member of staff to undertake duties for which they are not competent or where they feel unsafe in their environment or could put patients or themselves at risk.
The job description is not exhaustive and may be amended following appropriate consultation in the light of business needs.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Significant relevant post-registration experience of working in palliative and end-of-life care Experience of working within a community team Experience of forging excellent relationships across professional boundaries Sound knowledge and application of up-to-date evidence-based practice and trends Knowledge of principles of research, audit and quality improvement methodology Experience and ability to use relevant IT packages, e-mail and electronic patient records Clinical skills including (but not limited to) oral and subcutaneous drug administration, syringe driver management and verification of death
Desirable
Teaching skills
Personal Skills and Attributes Essential
Excellent communication skills Ability to deal with complex/challenging situations Ability to work independently and as part of a team Effective leadership skills Excellent time management skills Willingness to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service Car owner/driver with full current UK driving licence
Qualifications Essential
Relevant HCP qualification with current NMC/HCPC registration (e.g. RGN/HCPC) Healthcare related degree of working towards European Certificate in essential Palliative Care Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
Non-medical prescribing qualification (V300) Advanced Health Assessment Advanced communication skills training/course, or willingness to undertake
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 Birmingham Hospice
Address 76 Grange Road
Erdington
Birmingham
B24 0DF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.birminghamhospice.org.uk (Opens in a new tab)