Senior Staff Nurse, Hospice at Home Team
Saint Francis Hospice
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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 October 2024
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£33,527 to £38,418 a year enhancements for hours worked, overnight, at weekends & BH
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
B0483-109
Job locations
St. Francis Hospice
Broxhill Road
Havering-atte-bower
Romford
RM4 1QH
Employer details
Employer name
Saint Francis Hospice
Address
St. Francis Hospice
Broxhill Road
Havering-atte-bower
Romford
RM4 1QH
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