Job summary
To apply for this role, click on the supporting link and complete a St Clare Hospice application form telling us why you feel you are suitable for this role (in particular, explaining how you fulfil the requirements set out in the Person Specification).
Please note St Clare Hospice do not hold a Certificate of Sponsorship, we are therefore unable to sponsor visa applications.
Overview of role
Are you passionate about delivering truly person centred care in a hospice setting where time, compassion, and dignity are prioritised? At St Clare Hospice, we offer a rare opportunity to work in an environment where you can focus on what matters most providing outstanding palliative and end-of-life care with the time and space to do it properly.
We are currently recruiting to our 8-bedded Inpatient Unit, a calm and supportive space where patients and their families are at the heart of everything we do.
You do not need to be an expert in palliative care to join our team what matters most is your compassion, commitment, and willingness to learn. We are looking for the right person, and we will support you with full training and development to help you thrive in your role.
Please read the job description (link below) for further details.
For an informal discussion, please contact:
Rosie Hewer (IPU Manager)on 01279 773713 or by email rosie.hewer@stclarehospice.org.uk
Right to Work
St Clare Hospice do not hold a Certificate of Sponsorship, we are therefore unable to sponsor visa applications.
Main duties of the job
To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide a high standard of specialist
palliative care to patients and their families. To lead the shift, ensuring that high standards
of care across the IPU are maintained.
About us
At St Clare Hospice, our vision is that every adult with a life limiting condition in our local
communities should have access to palliative care services wherever and whenever they
need them, so that they can make the most of every moment, no matter how long they
have left to live. Our many different services provide patients, their families and carers,
with physical, emotional, social, psychological and spiritual support, at home, or here at
the Hospice.
Our Inpatient Unit (IPU) has eight single, en-suite rooms where we care for patients who
have been admitted for symptom management and/or end of life care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Clinical
To be a safe practitioner and work within the NMC Code of professional standards
of practice and behaviour.
Provide holistic assessment of patients and families care needs, plan interventions
required and ensure those interventions are actioned and their effectiveness
evaluated.
To communicate effectively with patients and families, ensuring they are actively
involved with their own care planning.
To support patients and families through grief and loss and the life changing
consequences of a palliative diagnosis.
To liaise with appropriate members of the multi-professional team (internal and
external to the organisation) in order to ensure co-ordination and continuity of care
on discharge and a smooth transition between different care settings.
To maintain clear, accurate and legible patient documentation.
To work across the 24-hour service, including weekends, nights and bank holidays
as required.
Education
To supervise and support junior colleagues, volunteers and students working on
the IPU.
To actively participate in ward meetings and ensure that accurate information is
fed back to the appropriate members of the multi-disciplinary team.
To take responsibility for own ongoing education and professional development
plan.
To support and participate in the education and development of colleagues.
To be involved in the training programme of professional visitors/learners where
appropriate.
To mentor new staff members and students.
Management
To act as a role model for all colleagues, providing encouragement and motivation
to achieve goals for the service.
To take charge of a shift, maintaining high standards of care escalating issues as
required.
To take responsibility for the care of their allocated patients.
To maintain a safe environment for those within the IPU.
To be aware of cost implications and make effective use of resources.
To apply evidence-based practice in their own nursing care and to encourage
colleagues to do the same.
To work within other clinical areas within the Hospice as required.
To actively participate in multidisciplinary team meetings and ensure that accurate
information is shared with IPU team.
Quality
To actively participate in, quality improvement, clinical audit, and research as a
means of monitoring and improving standards of care.
To take responsibility for a link nurse role on the IPU e.g., tissue viability, infection
control etc.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Clinical
To be a safe practitioner and work within the NMC Code of professional standards
of practice and behaviour.
Provide holistic assessment of patients and families care needs, plan interventions
required and ensure those interventions are actioned and their effectiveness
evaluated.
To communicate effectively with patients and families, ensuring they are actively
involved with their own care planning.
To support patients and families through grief and loss and the life changing
consequences of a palliative diagnosis.
To liaise with appropriate members of the multi-professional team (internal and
external to the organisation) in order to ensure co-ordination and continuity of care
on discharge and a smooth transition between different care settings.
To maintain clear, accurate and legible patient documentation.
To work across the 24-hour service, including weekends, nights and bank holidays
as required.
Education
To supervise and support junior colleagues, volunteers and students working on
the IPU.
To actively participate in ward meetings and ensure that accurate information is
fed back to the appropriate members of the multi-disciplinary team.
To take responsibility for own ongoing education and professional development
plan.
To support and participate in the education and development of colleagues.
To be involved in the training programme of professional visitors/learners where
appropriate.
To mentor new staff members and students.
Management
To act as a role model for all colleagues, providing encouragement and motivation
to achieve goals for the service.
To take charge of a shift, maintaining high standards of care escalating issues as
required.
To take responsibility for the care of their allocated patients.
To maintain a safe environment for those within the IPU.
To be aware of cost implications and make effective use of resources.
To apply evidence-based practice in their own nursing care and to encourage
colleagues to do the same.
To work within other clinical areas within the Hospice as required.
To actively participate in multidisciplinary team meetings and ensure that accurate
information is shared with IPU team.
Quality
To actively participate in, quality improvement, clinical audit, and research as a
means of monitoring and improving standards of care.
To take responsibility for a link nurse role on the IPU e.g., tissue viability, infection
control etc.
Person Specification
Personal Qualities and Attributes
Essential
- Commitment to equality and valuing diversity and
- understanding of how this applies to own area of work
- A positive, can-do attitude to work
- Commitment to the aims and charitable objectives of St Clare
- Hospice
Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness and understanding of the needs of patients
- receiving palliative and end of life care
Experience
Desirable
- Experience of working in a palliative care environment.
- Experience of teaching/presenting
Qualifications
Essential
- First level Registered Nurse
- Evidence of personal professional development
Desirable
- Qualification in specialist palliative care
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- 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 cope effectively with the demands of working in a
- specialist palliative care unit
- Excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills
- Good time management skills
- Ability to motivate nursing team and take initiative when
- appropriate
Other requirements
Essential
- Ability to work shift patterns including night shifts and
- weekends as internal rotation
Person Specification
Personal Qualities and Attributes
Essential
- Commitment to equality and valuing diversity and
- understanding of how this applies to own area of work
- A positive, can-do attitude to work
- Commitment to the aims and charitable objectives of St Clare
- Hospice
Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness and understanding of the needs of patients
- receiving palliative and end of life care
Experience
Desirable
- Experience of working in a palliative care environment.
- Experience of teaching/presenting
Qualifications
Essential
- First level Registered Nurse
- Evidence of personal professional development
Desirable
- Qualification in specialist palliative care
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- 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 cope effectively with the demands of working in a
- specialist palliative care unit
- Excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills
- Good time management skills
- Ability to motivate nursing team and take initiative when
- appropriate
Other requirements
Essential
- Ability to work shift patterns including night shifts and
- weekends as internal rotation
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).
