Job summary
Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care services are provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The post holder will be required to work across shifts covering 9:15pm 7:15am as part of an extended community team working in the patients home environment including, as required, in care homes.
Although based in the community, post holders may occasionally be required to work in other Rennie Grove Peace care settings in order to ensure adequate staffing levels and to gain experience of the wider hospice delivery of care.
Main duties of the job
You will need to demonstrate your abilities in the following areas:
Proactively contribute to the delivery of high-quality safe evidence based care.
Responding to SOS calls, visiting patients in their own homes t provide palliative and end
of life care.
To lead on and co-ordinate assessment, planning and evaluation of individualised patient
centred care.
Ensuring a holistic approach that is sensitive and responsive to the patients
ever changing needs.
To be responsible for the co-ordination and smooth running of a shift and visits ensuring
it is well organised.
As a member of the wider Rennie Grove Peace Care staff sign up and demonstrate
delivery of the organisational agreed mission, vision and values.
Acting as a Rennie Grove Peace ambassador within the community.
As a lone worker, be responsible for your own and others safety.
For an informal chat about this role contact Sharon Parkins, Head of SW Herts Community Services on Sharon.Parkins@renniegrovepeace.org
Applications will be reviewed and invited to interview as received. We reserve the right to close the advert at any time, therefore we encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible.
About us
The Company
At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, were all about making every moment matter for our patients and families, and you can play your part in that. We will support people of all ages who are affected by a progressive life- limiting illness (and those who care for them), to live as well as possible by providing choice and ease access to a wide range of palliative care and bereavement services across Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire.
We provide care and support for adults and children diagnosed with cancer and other life-limiting illness, and their families, visiting day and night. Its important work and, to make it all happen, we need talented and passionate people.
Our commitment to Equality and Diversity
At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care we strive to continuously demonstrate our values. These values are embedded in our recruitment and selection process and we are fully committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in both our workforce and within our culture.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To undertake holistic needs assessment that explores individual patients and their
carers/families physical, emotional spiritual, practical, welfare right and if appropriate
the families pre and post bereavement need, using a variety of tools to support the
process.
To be able to develop, update and monitor the individualised care plans ensuring they
are patient centred and support the identified patient needs, including ongoing referrals
to other services as required.
To be able to deliver both generalist basic and complex specialist nursing care
interventions that are responsive to the individual patients requirements.
To be able to communicate highly sensitive information, ensuring patients and their
families/carers are adequately supported.
To be able to demonstrate through electronic and paper documentation and verbal
communication the care undertaken and the patient outcomes.
To be responsible in leading on initial holistic assessment and reviews of care when
required and discharge planning from service.
To be able to communicate effectively to own team, extended team and outside agencies,
ensuring continuity of care is maintained across the different care settings/home.
To follow all agreed clinical procedures and statutory regulations related to Medicine
Management.
At identified shifts be responsible for dealing with any service enquiries, calls and
referrals as required.
To signpost and inform patients and their families/carers of the range of services
available to them, external resources and day to day information relating to the service.
Attend relevant MDT meetings as appropriate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To undertake holistic needs assessment that explores individual patients and their
carers/families physical, emotional spiritual, practical, welfare right and if appropriate
the families pre and post bereavement need, using a variety of tools to support the
process.
To be able to develop, update and monitor the individualised care plans ensuring they
are patient centred and support the identified patient needs, including ongoing referrals
to other services as required.
To be able to deliver both generalist basic and complex specialist nursing care
interventions that are responsive to the individual patients requirements.
To be able to communicate highly sensitive information, ensuring patients and their
families/carers are adequately supported.
To be able to demonstrate through electronic and paper documentation and verbal
communication the care undertaken and the patient outcomes.
To be responsible in leading on initial holistic assessment and reviews of care when
required and discharge planning from service.
To be able to communicate effectively to own team, extended team and outside agencies,
ensuring continuity of care is maintained across the different care settings/home.
To follow all agreed clinical procedures and statutory regulations related to Medicine
Management.
At identified shifts be responsible for dealing with any service enquiries, calls and
referrals as required.
To signpost and inform patients and their families/carers of the range of services
available to them, external resources and day to day information relating to the service.
Attend relevant MDT meetings as appropriate.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Registered General Nurse/Paramedic.
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- Relevant postgraduate qualification relating to speciality or evidence of transferable experience.
- Significant post registration palliative, oncology or long-term conditions experience.
- Able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Good administrative and record keeping skills and able to work with good attention to
- detail.
-
- Strong organisational skills.
-
- Understanding of current palliative care matters.
-
- IT literate and experience of using an electronic patient record system.
-
- Ability to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations.
-
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
-
- Strong problem-solving skills and able to implement new initiatives.
-
- Willingness to undertake a nominated extended role (champion/mentor)
-
- Calm and approachable manner.
-
- Flexible attitude to working
-
- Willingness to work in other areas of patient services.
-
- A commitment to the visions, values and objectives of Rennie Grove Peace Hospice.
Desirable
- Mentorship course or willingness to undertake mentorship responsibility.
- Experience of participating in clinical audit/quality management
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Registered General Nurse/Paramedic.
-
- Relevant postgraduate qualification relating to speciality or evidence of transferable experience.
- Significant post registration palliative, oncology or long-term conditions experience.
- Able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Good administrative and record keeping skills and able to work with good attention to
- detail.
-
- Strong organisational skills.
-
- Understanding of current palliative care matters.
-
- IT literate and experience of using an electronic patient record system.
-
- Ability to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations.
-
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
-
- Strong problem-solving skills and able to implement new initiatives.
-
- Willingness to undertake a nominated extended role (champion/mentor)
-
- Calm and approachable manner.
-
- Flexible attitude to working
-
- Willingness to work in other areas of patient services.
-
- A commitment to the visions, values and objectives of Rennie Grove Peace Hospice.
Desirable
- Mentorship course or willingness to undertake mentorship responsibility.
- Experience of participating in clinical audit/quality management
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).
