Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, competent and experienced registered nurse to join our team.
You will be required to organise the nursing team in the absence of a more senior member of the team, deploying staff appropriately according to their skills and experience.
You will be required to report changes in patient progress effectively, both verbally and in written form and ensure that accurate, legible and holistic nursing records according to NMC guidelines and unit guidance are maintained.
You will need to interpret and present clinical information to patients and their relatives to ensure that they have sufficient relevant information during the patients stay.
During your career here at Severn Hospice, you would be required to not only continue with your own professional development but also mentor less experienced nurses.
At all times you must act as ambassador for Severn Hospice to patients, relatives, to colleagues and members of the public.
Main duties of the job
You must be able to deliver direct patient
care whilst co-ordinating and overseeing nursing practice.
You must be able to think on your feet whilst
assessing patient needs and know how to provide a safe environment for
patients.
An ability to work flexibly across the
organisation is imperative and you must be able to embed the practices and
culture of rehabilitative palliative care to effectively support people with
long term life-limiting conditions to live well.
You must be highly organised and motivated
and able to work individually and as part of a team. You must be confident in
working with outside agencies and community services.
It is very important that you can demonstrate
sensitivity in dealing with complex and confidential information from patients,
families and colleagues, giving advice and support when necessary and be able
to respond appropriately to the information given.
About us
Severn Hospice gives specialist care and
support free of charge to families across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and
Mid Wales who are living with an incurable illness.
We support families through the good days and
bad days because we believe that when cure is no longer possible, care is.
Since 1989, we have given free care and support to more than 34,000 people and
their loved ones during their time of greatest need. We now help more than
2,000 local people every year.
Our hospice is part of health services
offered to people living in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Mid Wales but
we are not part of the NHS. We are a completely independent charity, having to
raise around two-thirds of our running costs.
We have two hospices one in Shrewsbury and
the other in Telford. We have in-patient facilities and also offer Hospice at
Home service as well as Outreach services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The registered
nurse will be one of a team, providing care and support to the patient within
the home environment. They will ensure effective liaison and communication with
both the Hospice at Home Nurse Practitioners and key professionals involved in
the patients care.
Individuals will need to demonstrate the ability to work alone and as
part of a multi-disciplinary team. They will need to be flexible both in terms
of their approach to the variety of tasks they will need to undertake and in
terms of working hours.
The post holder will provide advice and support to patients and
establish supportive relationships and presence with GPs and other community
teams
The post holder will demonstrate palliative assessment skills, and will
be able to support, illustrate and disseminate such skills to other
practitioners while benefiting patient care.
To function as a competent clinical practitioner to deliver direct
patient care in response to an immediate need.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The registered
nurse will be one of a team, providing care and support to the patient within
the home environment. They will ensure effective liaison and communication with
both the Hospice at Home Nurse Practitioners and key professionals involved in
the patients care.
Individuals will need to demonstrate the ability to work alone and as
part of a multi-disciplinary team. They will need to be flexible both in terms
of their approach to the variety of tasks they will need to undertake and in
terms of working hours.
The post holder will provide advice and support to patients and
establish supportive relationships and presence with GPs and other community
teams
The post holder will demonstrate palliative assessment skills, and will
be able to support, illustrate and disseminate such skills to other
practitioners while benefiting patient care.
To function as a competent clinical practitioner to deliver direct
patient care in response to an immediate need.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Post qualification nursing experience
Desirable
- Palliative care in community experience
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Competent in symptom control and syringe drivers
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent nursing skills
- Good understanding of palliative care philosophy
- Good listening skills
- Good counselling skills
Desirable
- Awareness of wider palliative care issues
- Awareness of NICE guidelines
- Awareness of issues around non cancer patients
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN
- Palliative care study days or courses
Desirable
Aptitudes and Other Requirements
Essential
- Happy to work alone
- Calm and reassuring
- Able to take instruction and document events during shift
- Sensitive
- Emotionally strong
- Team player
- Able to solve problems
- DBS disclosure
- Prepared to work flexible hours inc. nights
- Willingness to undergo further training as required
- Car owner / driver
- Willing to travel within a 25 mile radius
Desirable
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Post qualification nursing experience
Desirable
- Palliative care in community experience
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Competent in symptom control and syringe drivers
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent nursing skills
- Good understanding of palliative care philosophy
- Good listening skills
- Good counselling skills
Desirable
- Awareness of wider palliative care issues
- Awareness of NICE guidelines
- Awareness of issues around non cancer patients
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN
- Palliative care study days or courses
Desirable
Aptitudes and Other Requirements
Essential
- Happy to work alone
- Calm and reassuring
- Able to take instruction and document events during shift
- Sensitive
- Emotionally strong
- Team player
- Able to solve problems
- DBS disclosure
- Prepared to work flexible hours inc. nights
- Willingness to undergo further training as required
- Car owner / driver
- Willing to travel within a 25 mile radius
Desirable
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).
Additional information
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).
