Job summary
Marie Curie is seeking experienced Senior Nurses to develop a new and exciting palliative integrated discharge service from acute sites across Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. Apply today for a rewarding career where you can help shape the future of palliative care within the region!
Main duties of the job
The new service will involve Senior Nurses proactively identifying patients that are approaching the end of their lives, ensuring supportive conversations are had to enable them and their loved ones to discuss their preferences and wishes. Working with the Health Boardss existing teams and the patients loved ones, the Senior Nurses will ensure holistic assessments are undertaken to support fast track assessments and ongoing care and treatment plans. This will include advance care planning and the completion of clear and comprehensive treatment escalation plans. The Senior Nurses will work as part of the Health Boards discharge team and collaborate with the existing multi-disciplinary and specialist palliative care teams to ensure patients are discharged safely and timely to an alternative care setting according to preference and need. The Senior Nurses will also work closely with Marie Curies existing Hospice Care at Home Service to utilise our care and support capacity to facilitate discharges into the community.
About us
Every day of your life matters - from the first to the last. When you work for Marie Curie, you understand that better than ever. We're a passionate, committed and diverse team of more than 4,400 staff and 12,000 volunteers, here for people living with any terminal illness, and their families. We offer expert care, guidance and support, to help them get the most from the time they have left. Everyone knows our daffodil, but it's our warmth, creativity and care that touch lives. Here, we take the time to really get to know the people we care for and those who love them. And we do whatever it takes to give them the final days and hours they deserve.
Date posted
30 April 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£37,898 to £45,637 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
6355
Job locations
Abercynon
Cwm Taf
CF45 4SN
Employer details
Employer name
Marie Curie
Address
Abercynon
Cwm Taf
CF45 4SN