End of Life Urgent Care Service Registered Nurse

Job summary

Registered Nurse within the End-of-Life Urgent Care Service (EOLUCS)

x2 2-Year Fixed-Term Posts Available

Full or Part-Time Hours Considered.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, well-motivated professional to specialise in end-of-life care.

St Luke's is delivering on its vision of a Hospice without Walls with the support of its End-of-Life Urgent Care Team, as a Registered Nurse for the End-of-Life Urgent Care Service you will assist in supporting community-based end of life (EOL) patients in meeting their preferred place of care/death and prevent inappropriate admission to secondary care.

To be a part of this caring and compassionate team as a Band 5 Nurse, you will need to be able to work autonomously and be responsible for ongoing holistic assessments and planning of care to meet the patients practical, psychological, spiritual, and social needs.

You will work closely with both primary and secondary care health professionals and other Hospice colleagues; therefore, good communication skills are essential.

Main duties of the job

For further information regarding the main duties of this role, please see the Job Description attached.

About us

St Lukes is a friendly, dynamic, and progressive organisation, where innovation and a can-do ethos is championed; we would value those with the desire to work in this specialist area.

As a staff member of St Lukes, you will receive an attractive employment package, which includes 7 weeks annual leave rising with service (inc. bank hols) and membership to a cash back health plan.

We would encourage informal discussions regarding this post with the Clinical Lead Sarah Earl on 01752 964 200.