Senior Staff Nurse, Hospice at Home Team

Saint Francis Hospice

The closing date is 22 May 2024

Job summary

Are you passionate about Palliative and End-of-life care, ensuring people have a choice about where they wish to spend their last weeks of life?

Do you want to further develop your skills and have the time to care for people at home in the community?

If so, we would be delighted to hear from you and are willing to share our expertise.

We are currently looking to recruit into our dedicated, well established and highly regarded Hospice at Home Team.

This is an excellent opportunity for those Staff Nurses with significant post registration experience who have a desire to work in specialist palliative care.

Applications will be shortlisted upon receipt, therefore interviews will take place on an ongoing basis and shortlisted candidates will be given at least 7 days notice by email of invitation to interviews.

Main duties of the job

Our Hospice at Home Team is a team of Senior Staff Nurses and Health Care Assistants who provide hands on nursing care to people in their own home, as well as supporting those around them, to enable them to remain in their preferred place of care.

If you are an enthusiastic and passionate team player, with excellent communication skills, have keenness and confidence with the ability to work independently and have an overall compassionate flexible approach to care delivery, we would be delighted to hear from you.

It is essential that the post holder is required to have the ability to travel efficiently and effectively to people's homes across various locations within the hospice catchment area, and who can obtain their own insurance for business use.

We will in return offer attractive pay benefits including enhanced unsociable rate of pay; vehicle user and travel allowance, parking permits for the areas we visit, as well as free onsite parking. Professional Supervision, Reflective Practice, and Annual Appraisal in addition to supporting your well-being with other staff benefits.

We encourage and offer extensive professional development opportunities linking with our own on-site Education centre.

We will provide you with a professional, supportive caring working environment with the opportunity to transfer existing NHS superannuation scheme or a private pension scheme is also available.

About us

We are not a Licensed Sponsor & therefore are unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not have the Right to Work in the UK.

We are a dynamic, forward thinking organisation delivering a full range of specialist palliative care services for patients with life limiting illness. We achieved Outstanding in our CQC inspection & have reconfigured our services to meet the changing needs of our local community. We support 5 Clinical Commissioning Groups & have a robust governance structure in place. We provide inpatient clinical services within a modern, personal & friendly 18-bedded unit, as well as Specialist Community Crisis Support Service, Hospice at Home Service & Specialist Day Therapy Service. We also have the hospice Pepperell Education Centre that has an excellent reputation for delivering high quality education programmes and study days.

All communication regarding your application including invitations to interviews will be sent to the email address you have stated on your application form. Please ensure that you provide contact business email addresses for your referees, one of which must be your current or most recent employer.

Please note that we are a charity & not part of an NHS Trust & we are situated in a quiet location in the village of Havering-atte-Bower, outskirts of Romford, therefore please consider our location when applying.

Date posted

15 February 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£31,930 to £36,589 a year enhancements for hours worked, overnight, at weekends & BH

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

B0483-081

Job locations

St. Francis Hospice

Broxhill Road

Havering-atte-bower

Romford

RM4 1QH

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB TITLE

Senior Staff Nurse- Hospice at Home.

GRADE

5b - hospice payscales not Agenda for Change

HOURS OF DUTY

Full Time 37.5 hours across 7 day service (Part Time considered).

REPORTS TO

Hospice at Home Team Leader

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Director of Quality, Care & Support services

Head of Community Services

Hospice at Home Co-ordinator

Hospice at Home Team

Primary Care Team/District Nurses

Saint Francis Hospice multi-professional team

Specialist Community & Crisis Support Team (Clinical Nurse Specialists)

Community Liaison

Marie Curie Service

RESPONSIBLE FOR

This role does not have line management responsibility however will support the junior members of team

JOB SUMMARY

To work as a member of the hospice at home team. To provide appropriate palliative nursing care and support to patients and their carers in their own homes across our catchment area of Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Brentwood and Redbridge. To liaise with other members of the multidisciplinary team Hospice at Home Lead, Hospice at Home Coordinator, Primary Health Care team, Clinical Nurse specialists, Social care providers.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To provide appropriate physical, emotional and spiritual care in agreement with the patient and their family

To communicate effectively and appropriately with patients and carers and liaise with other professionals involved in their care on behalf of the Hospice at Home team

Have an understanding of the importance of multi-professional team-working and the ability to promote it within the organisation

Have an understanding and awareness of behaviours and interpersonal skills that are vital to effective team working and practice them at all times

Work proactively to maintain effective communication networks with all departments within the hospice to maintain a seamless delivery of educational services

Participate in the co-ordination of the Hospice at Home service on a seven day rota as required in the absence of the service coordinator and as directed by the Hospice at Home team Lead

To attend regular Hospice at Home meetings, reflective practice and multidisciplinary team meetings

To accurately document care given within NMC guidelines both written and electronically as appropriate.

To be competent in the use of iCare and other patient information systems used within the hospice setting.

To recognise and report changes in the patients condition and respond appropriately to maintain effective symptom control

Advocate for patient and family whilst care and symptom control taking place at home in instances of medication request follow up, monitoring and raising concerns with key workers and appropriately involved health professionals.

To provide physical care complying with manual handling policy and continually perform risk assessment in the patients home

To teach, empower and enable families to care for the patient

To support the primary care team with the setting up and maintaining the administration of medication via syringe drivers as directed.

To recognise the impact that a terminal disease can have on a patient and their family and to support them through this process, respecting the individuality and rights of the patient and promoting their independence

To care for the body after death and support family members/carers after death

To take forward training opportunities and skills to further develop senior staff nurse role with verification of death, clinical examination & diagnostics and non medical prescribing.

To participate and initiate teaching, audits, surveys or other clinical governance activities as required/requested

To practice in accordance with health and safety policies, lone working policy and adheres to fire regulations and maintains own personal safety accordingly

To participate in own personal development through all mandatory training and suitable internal/external study days

Participate and contribute to hospice Widening Access groups and Special Interest groups as appropriate

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

To act within the legal and statutory rules relating to nursing practice as laid down by the Nursing & Midwifery Council.

To be responsible and ensure adherence to professional Revalidation expectations and process.

Adhere to the policies and conditions of service of Saint Francis Hospice relating to sickness and absence, conduct, Health and Safety, Data Protection and any others that are relevant.

Take responsibility for own professional and personal development which will be monitored in supervision sessions and in the annual appraisal system.

To be responsible for any equipment provided by the hospice for the role in the community and the safekeeping of such items when not in use.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Some information received or supplied during the course of duty will be of a confidential nature confidentiality is not to be breached and is a disciplinary matter.

Ensure that computerised data is managed within the requirements of the Data Protection Act.

Report accidents/incidents or potential hazards and to work in accordance with the Hospices Health and Safety at Work Policy.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

RGN - 3 years plus post registration experience

Palliative care experience

Ability to travel efficiently and effectively across various locations within the hospice catchment area.

ANNUAL LEAVE 27 inclusive of Bank Holidays

HOURS 37.5 hours per week

A weekly rota with flexible shift pattern consisting of early, flexi and late shifts.

A willingness to do an occasional night shift if service requires.

Service runs 7 days a week. 365 days a year.

Early 0900-1700

Flexi 1000-1800

Late 1300-2100

Nights 2200-0700

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF POSTHOLDER

SENSITIVITY AND PROFESSIONALISM: As an employee of Saint Francis Hospice you should expect that it is likely that you will come into contact with patients, their families and members of the public who are at the end of life or recently bereaved. All employees are expected to respond to people recounting and expressing their emotions about such events with sensitivity and understanding, and to know enough about the services that the Hospice provides to be able to signpost people who may benefit from our services to the relevant contacts.

CONFIDENTIALITY: The post holder must maintain confidentiality, security and integrity of information relating to patients, staff and other hospice matter during the course of duty. Any breach of Confidentiality may become a disciplinary issue.

DATA PROTECTION: It is the responsibility of all staff to be aware of their obligations in respect of the Data Protection Act 2018.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITES: The hospice is committed to the development of positive policies to promote equal opportunity in employment and has a clear commitment to equal opportunities. All employees have a responsibility to ensure that they understand the standards expected and that they promote and adhere to the equal opportunity measures adopted by the hospice.

HEALTH AND SAFETY: All staff must be familiar with section 2 of the Health & Safety Policy, Organisation of Health and Safety. This documents sets out the responsibilities of all staff for health and safety, whether in a supervisory capacity or not. Policy section 3 (arrangements for Health and Safety) provides an overview of training for competence in Health and Safety matters.

HOSPICE IDENTITY BADGES: Hospice ID badges must be worn at all times whilst on duty.

SMOKING: The hospice acknowledges its responsibility to provide a safe, smoke free environment, for its employees, service users and visitors. Smoking is therefore not permitted at any point whilst on duty, in accordance with the guidelines set down within the Hospice No Smoking Policy.

REGISTRATION COMPLIANCE/CODE OF CONDUCT:

All employees who are required to register with a professional body to enable them to practice within their profession are required to comply with their code of conduct and requirements of their professional registration.

WORKING TIME REGULATIONS: The Working Time Regulations 1998 require that you should not work more than an average of 48 hours in each week. For example, in a 26 week period you should work no more than 1248 hours.

Please note that this job description is not definitive or restrictive in any way. It is a guide to the responsibilities of the role. It may be reviewed, in consultation with the post holder, in light of changing circumstances and the changing needs of the Hospice.

The post holder will be expected to perform any other such duties as might reasonably be required by the Director and will work in accordance with all Hospice Policies and Procedures