Junior Sister

Dorothy House Hospice

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Job summary

This is a full time position. You will be contracted to work 37.5 hours a week over a variety of shift patterns that could include late shifts, nights or early shifts.

Main duties of the job

During this role you will report to the Senior Sister within our In Patient Unit (IPU). The duties and responsibilities will include working as part of the IPU Team to provide specialist palliative care to those with a life limiting illness and their families and carers within a Multi-Disciplinary Team, in partnership with health and social care colleagues

About us

Here at Dorothy House we provide compassionate care and support for people in our community with a life-limiting illness. Our focus is on quality of life, helping patients to live well and die well. We're here for anyone in our community who's facing a life-limiting illness. Using our full breadth of service, we create individual care journeys which start at diagnosis and continue with bereavement support for family, carers and children.

Date posted

26 April 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

WEBREC1000117

Job locations

Winsley, Bradford-On-Avon, BA15 2LE

Winsley

BA15 2LE

Job description

Job responsibilities

JUNIOR SISTER | Band 6 £33,706 - £40,588 per annum

During this role you will report to the Senior Sister within our In Patient Unit (IPU). The duties and responsibilities will include:

To work as part of the IPU Team to provide specialist palliative care to those with a life limiting illness and their families and carers within a Multi-Disciplinary Team, in partnership with health and social care colleagues

To provide professional leadership and line management to the junior staff in line with DHHC's organisational strategy

To work with the Senior Sister to ensure that IPU is integrated into all multi-disciplinary teams and enables multi-disciplinary working

To deliver and enable staff to deliver, safe, quality care

To promote an environment of reflective practice and learning

To support an environment of open and honest accident and incident reporting and promote lessons learnt

Use clinical skills and knowledge to provide specialist advice and support to peers, patients and families this includes answering the 24-hour Advice Line

To develop and participate in revision of policies, procedures, protocols, care pathways and documentation

To work with the Senior Sister to arrange induction and mentorship programmes for new members of staff and volunteers.

To adhere to DHHC's management and HR policies and procedures

To work with the Senior Sister to highlight opportunities and areas of development for the IPU team

To make most effective use of clinical time to continually review ways of working and workforce development

To lead on quality improvement methodology to improve patient, family, carer and staff experience

To act as a mentor for new nursing staff

To participate in clinical supervision, reflective practice and coaching

To participate in the Education programme for Dorothy House Hospice Care

See our full detailed Job Description on our website for more information.

HOURS OF WORK

This is a full time position. You will be contracted to work 37.5 hours a week over a variety of shift patterns that could include late shifts, nights or early shifts.

ABOUT THE BENEFITS

Dorothy House is an incredible place to work, these are just a few of our benefits that we offer to our staff:

Generous holiday allowance for all roles, increasing with length of service

Fantastic refer a friend scheme

Excellent industry leading training and development programmes with many career development opportunities

Pension with Life Assurance

Travel and parking - We offer 45p per mile (currently enhanced due to fuel costs) for work travel. There is unlimited free parking in Winsley.

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Counselling and Mindful Employer Charter - providing our staff with information, advice and support for those experiencing stress, anxiety, depression or any other mental health conditions.

Simply Health - Providing insurance against certain everyday healthcare costs such as dental and optical treatments.

If this sounds like your ideal job, then we'd love to see your application. Please note that our vacancies can close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. We therefore encourage early submission of your application.