Job summary
Working flexibly to
provide and ensure a high standard of holistic specialist palliative care to
people with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition and to their
families; including direct clinical care at end of life within the Inpatient/
Hospice environment, alongside and in support of the Medical and
Multidisciplinary Team.
Main duties of the job
Duties are many and varied and include:
Act as a
Key Worker to allocated patients, co-ordinating their care alongside the
multi-professional team.
Discuss
and establish patients' objectives for coming into the hospice on and
throughout the admission and evaluate as appropriate.
Ensure the safe administration of medications.
Assess
the needs of patients and relatives requiring intervention from other
professionals/therapies and refer appropriately.
Base
clinical practice on current research-based evidence.
Act as a
clinical lead as appropriate i.e. infection control, wound care or diabetes.
Verify
when a death has occurred, notifying relatives and carers as appropriate.
Care for
the deceased patient by administering last offices and ensuring the safe and
timely removal of the body from the hospice.
Communicate
effectively with patients, carers and the bereaved to establish and maintain
trusting relationships.
Establish
and maintain effective communication and working relationships with
multi-professional teams within the Hospice and in the community.
About us
St Barnabas House provides specialist
palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas
through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living
well services.
If you demonstrate an understanding of
palliative care and have a desire to advocate our values of caring, connected,
and courageous, we would be happy to hear from you.
In return, we provide education and support
to develop your career as well as a collegiate multi-professional team
environment of support & experience.
With your breadth of experience and
transferable skills, coupled with our supportive and friendly team, we can help
you to succeed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
St Barnabas House provides specialist
palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas
through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living
well services.
Are
you keen to join a multi-professional team who delivers high standards of care
to people living with life limiting illness? Come and join our skilled and
supportive night team.
If you demonstrate an understanding of
palliative care and have a desire to advocate our values of caring, connected,
and courageous, we would be happy to hear from you.
In return, we provide education and support
to develop your career as well as a collegiate multi-professional team
environment of support & experience.
With your breadth of experience and
transferable skills, coupled with our support and friendly team, we can help
you to succeed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
St Barnabas House provides specialist
palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas
through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living
well services.
Are
you keen to join a multi-professional team who delivers high standards of care
to people living with life limiting illness? Come and join our skilled and
supportive night team.
If you demonstrate an understanding of
palliative care and have a desire to advocate our values of caring, connected,
and courageous, we would be happy to hear from you.
In return, we provide education and support
to develop your career as well as a collegiate multi-professional team
environment of support & experience.
With your breadth of experience and
transferable skills, coupled with our support and friendly team, we can help
you to succeed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN or RN Adult Branch.
- Diploma level qualification or willingness to attain.
- Teaching qualification/experience of mentoring other colleagues, student nurses.
- Teaching qualification/experience of mentoring other colleagues, student nurses.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of using a palliative care approach to patient care.
- Experience of supervising junior staff.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to facilitate individualized evidence-based care.
- Leadership insight with the evidence of effective team co-ordination skills.
- Ability to prioritise work load and be flexible to changing demands.
- Ability to share knowledge with others to develop and influence practice.
- Able to maintain active and contemporaneous records.
- Well-developed coping strategies.
- Good understanding of palliative care principles and philosophy.
- Basic pain and symptom control knowledge.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN or RN Adult Branch.
- Diploma level qualification or willingness to attain.
- Teaching qualification/experience of mentoring other colleagues, student nurses.
- Teaching qualification/experience of mentoring other colleagues, student nurses.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of using a palliative care approach to patient care.
- Experience of supervising junior staff.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to facilitate individualized evidence-based care.
- Leadership insight with the evidence of effective team co-ordination skills.
- Ability to prioritise work load and be flexible to changing demands.
- Ability to share knowledge with others to develop and influence practice.
- Able to maintain active and contemporaneous records.
- Well-developed coping strategies.
- Good understanding of palliative care principles and philosophy.
- Basic pain and symptom control knowledge.
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).
