Staff Nurse - Inpatient Services

Job responsibilities

Main Tasks:

1. To ensure that the IPS service delivers an excellent standard of care to patients and their families

2. To lead a team of nurses for a shift (all) and dependent on experience on occasion lead the IPS for a shift in the absence of a more senior nurse

3. To offer timely and individual care based on need, using referral criteria, regular patient review, assessment, re-assessment and discharge criteria as appropriate

4. To provide direct delivery of care to patients

5. To provide symptom control for patients including the administration of medicines in line with Thames Hospice Policy

6. To communicate fully and effectively with patients, their families and professional colleagues to ensure a safe and needs led care pathway, with particular consideration given to discharge

7. To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team to ensure a co-ordinated and defined management plan / plan of care for each patient. To include review and discharge as appropriate and attend MDT meetings as required

8. To maintain accurate healthcare records, written and computer based, liaising with community colleagues and in line with Thames Hospice organisational policy and professional requirements

9. To participate in training, of student nurses and external stakeholders as required (dependent on experience and mentorship qualification)

10. To monitor practice and competence for Bank RNs and Health Care Assistants by regularly working with them as part of a shift (dependent on experience)

11. To support and work with the IPS Team Sisters to develop and maintain effective partnership working with the multidisciplinary team

12. To communicate, when required, with external care agencies, GPs and community teams to facilitate best working practice and service provision

13. To participate in an annual audit of the service, to identify if improvements and / or changes have enabled an improved patient and care experience

14. To report accidents, incidents and complaints in area of responsibility as per procedure, participating in investigations as required

15. To work to the processes for maintaining role boundaries and patient confidentiality

16. To maintain personal and professional development including own attendance at Thames Hospices mandatory training

Experience

Essential

• Specialist Knowledge and Experience
• Knowledge and understanding of current developments in palliative care
• Willingness to work towards a credit bearing award in End of Life Care
• Awareness of national Care Quality Commission monitoring requirements
• Awareness of the need to meet required KPIs
• Recent experience of undertaking nursing assessments and care planning for patients
• Evidence of sound clinical decision making independently and as part of the multidisciplinary team
• Team working
• Experienced in maintaining effective relationships with colleagues
• Ability to quickly build a rapport and establish professional relationships with others, based on
• trust and understanding
• Able to take and act on instruction from the CNS
• Organisation
• Ability to organise own workload and to prioritise care needs of a defined patient caseload
• Communication
• Experience of communicating effectively with all members of the multidisciplinary team, both
• verbally and in writing
• Experience of communicating effectively with patients, carers and families, both face to face and
• on the telephone
• Analytical
• Experience of using multiprofessional records to fully and accurately document patient care andinteractions
• Personal drive, commitment and resilience
• Enthusiastic, committed and able to use initiative, ensuring delivery of objectives
• Commitment to ensuring the patient is central to all decisions about the provision of care
• Able to remain calm and in control when under pressure
• IT skills
• Ability to use Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and Outlook. Knowledge of the workings of databases
• Special conditions
• Appointment is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check including Barred Lists
• The post holder must maintain their professional registration
• Must be able to drive and have access to own car, current driving Licence with insurance cover for
• Business Use
• Applicants should be willing and able to work shifts including nights
• Post holder immunised for Hepatitis B, MMR, Tuberculosis and Chickenpox

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Adult or Mental Health)

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).