Job summary
As a Registered Nurse Associate on our Rapid Response Team, you will work under the leadership of a Senior Registered Nurse and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to provide high-quality, evidence-based specialist palliative care and clinical advice. You will hold a Foundation Degree and be registered with the NMC, with experience in specialist palliative care preferred. In this role, you will also liaise with the Clinical Nurse Specialist and wider community teams to ensure patients are appropriately prioritised.
Main duties of the job
Job purpose:
To work within the multi-disciplinary team and alongside experienced registered nursing staff to contribute to the ongoing assessment of patients, and to the provision and monitoring of care.
To provide holistic and person-centred care and support for patients, working independently across the full range of nursing activities under the leadership of senior nursing staff.
To promote dignity, encompassing a person centred approach, to positively enhance the lives of patients with complex life limiting illnesses.
About us
As an independent local charity, Hospiscare has been supporting people in Devon living with life-limiting illnesses for over 40 years. We’ve expanded our area over that time and now cover over 1,000 square miles of our county including Exeter and Central and East Devon. If you’ve been diagnosed with any type of terminal illness, our expert doctors and nurses are here to help. Our services include support at home, a specialist palliative care ward, outpatients clinics, and supportive therapies. We support over 2,000 people each year, in some of the hardest times possible. With just 18% of our funding coming from the NHS, we need to raise around £10 million a year to continue to provide our care, relying on the generous support of local people and communities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Here’s a fantastic opportunity to join our amazing clinical team on the newly formed Rapid Response Team at Searle House in Exeter as a Registered Nurse Associate
22.5 hours/week, 3 days over 7 days, covering shifts 8:30 am to 7:00 pm
Hospiscare Band 4: £ 26,530 – 29,114 per annum pro rata
As a Registered Nurse Associate on our Rapid Response Team, you will work under the leadership of a Senior Registered Nurse and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to provide high-quality, evidence-based specialist palliative care and clinical advice. You will hold a Foundation Degree and be registered with the NMC, with experience in specialist palliative care preferred. In this role, you will also liaise with the Clinical Nurse Specialist and wider community teams to ensure patients are appropriately prioritised.
Why should you join us?
Benefits include:
- Career development opportunities
- Flexible and compassionate workplace
- Wellbeing and mental health support
Full job description
Closing date: Sunday 27th October 2024
Interviews: Thursday 7th November 2024
Hospiscare is Disability Confident and a MINDFUL EMPLOYER which promotes equal opportunities for all and welcomes applications from all sections of the community regardless of sex, disability or any other protected characteristic.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Here’s a fantastic opportunity to join our amazing clinical team on the newly formed Rapid Response Team at Searle House in Exeter as a Registered Nurse Associate
22.5 hours/week, 3 days over 7 days, covering shifts 8:30 am to 7:00 pm
Hospiscare Band 4: £ 26,530 – 29,114 per annum pro rata
As a Registered Nurse Associate on our Rapid Response Team, you will work under the leadership of a Senior Registered Nurse and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to provide high-quality, evidence-based specialist palliative care and clinical advice. You will hold a Foundation Degree and be registered with the NMC, with experience in specialist palliative care preferred. In this role, you will also liaise with the Clinical Nurse Specialist and wider community teams to ensure patients are appropriately prioritised.
Why should you join us?
Benefits include:
- Career development opportunities
- Flexible and compassionate workplace
- Wellbeing and mental health support
Full job description
Closing date: Sunday 27th October 2024
Interviews: Thursday 7th November 2024
Hospiscare is Disability Confident and a MINDFUL EMPLOYER which promotes equal opportunities for all and welcomes applications from all sections of the community regardless of sex, disability or any other protected characteristic.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of of working under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Demonstrable experience of assessing, planning and evaluating treatment and nursing care plans
- Demonstrable experience of management of syringe drivers
Desirable
- Experience of working within specialist palliative care
- Experience of working with volunteers
- Experience of providing and receiving complex sensitive information
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the scope of the Nursing Associate role within the multi-disciplinary team and of how the role may contribute to service development
- Understanding and evidence of application of the NMC and other professional codes of conduct, including revalidation requirements
- Understanding of the complexities of working with individuals at times of distress and conflict
Desirable
- Awareness of theoretical nursing models and understanding of their impact on delivery of care
- Awareness of key issues relating to End of Life care including policy developments
Skills
Essential
- Developed time management skills, including the ability to prioritise own delegated workload, and to work as part of a team
- Developed communication and interpersonal skills
- Developed IT skills
Personal attributes
Essential
- Ability to work autonomously and act on own initiative, seeking advice/escalating issues when appropriate
- Flexible and adaptable with the ability to respond positively in a rapidly changing environment.
- Commitment to continuous professional development.
- Ability to evaluate own strengths and development needs
- Ability and willingness to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities, supporting and acting as a role model to students and more junior team members
- Awareness of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in all areas of work
Additional requirements
Essential
- Able to participate in the 7 day/week rota
- Able to travel throughout the area covered by Hospiscare
- Capable of fulfilling the physical and manual handling demands of the role, including administering of basic life support
Desirable
- Able and willing to work at different Hospiscare locations on occasion
- Car owner and driver
Qualifications
Essential
- Foundation degree
- Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
Desirable
- Palliative care course/qualification
- Qualified equipment prescriber
- Willing to work towards Diploma/higher degree level qualification
- Verification of Death
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of of working under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Demonstrable experience of assessing, planning and evaluating treatment and nursing care plans
- Demonstrable experience of management of syringe drivers
Desirable
- Experience of working within specialist palliative care
- Experience of working with volunteers
- Experience of providing and receiving complex sensitive information
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the scope of the Nursing Associate role within the multi-disciplinary team and of how the role may contribute to service development
- Understanding and evidence of application of the NMC and other professional codes of conduct, including revalidation requirements
- Understanding of the complexities of working with individuals at times of distress and conflict
Desirable
- Awareness of theoretical nursing models and understanding of their impact on delivery of care
- Awareness of key issues relating to End of Life care including policy developments
Skills
Essential
- Developed time management skills, including the ability to prioritise own delegated workload, and to work as part of a team
- Developed communication and interpersonal skills
- Developed IT skills
Personal attributes
Essential
- Ability to work autonomously and act on own initiative, seeking advice/escalating issues when appropriate
- Flexible and adaptable with the ability to respond positively in a rapidly changing environment.
- Commitment to continuous professional development.
- Ability to evaluate own strengths and development needs
- Ability and willingness to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities, supporting and acting as a role model to students and more junior team members
- Awareness of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in all areas of work
Additional requirements
Essential
- Able to participate in the 7 day/week rota
- Able to travel throughout the area covered by Hospiscare
- Capable of fulfilling the physical and manual handling demands of the role, including administering of basic life support
Desirable
- Able and willing to work at different Hospiscare locations on occasion
- Car owner and driver
Qualifications
Essential
- Foundation degree
- Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
Desirable
- Palliative care course/qualification
- Qualified equipment prescriber
- Willing to work towards Diploma/higher degree level qualification
- Verification of Death
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).
