Job summary
Inpatient Unit Staff Nurse
- Hours: Full time - 13 x 11.5 hours across a 4 week rota (part-time hours considered)
- Location: Peace Hospice, Watford
- Salary: Rennie Grove Peace Band 5: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum (pro rata)
- Closing date: 2 June 2025 at 12 noon
- Interview date: 9 June 2025
Main duties of the job
The role of an Inpatient Unit Staff Nurse is to deliver high quality Specialist Palliative and End of Life nursing care as part of the In- Patient Unit multidisciplinary team.
This role will suit someone who
- Is an experienced nurse who would like to be part of an IPU which aims to ensure equity of access to Rennie Grove and Peace services.
- Works under pressure with the ability to meet deadlines.
- Can quickly build trusting, empathetic and caring relationships with volunteers, customers, employees and head office teams, not forgetting local traders and the community.
- Is flexible and enjoys the variety of work in a fast-moving environment.
- Has good interpersonal skills.
- Has strong organisational skills
About us
Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care started formally operating in July 2023, through the merger of two successful organisations, Rennie Grove Hospice Care and Peace Hospice Care. We offer exceptional, specialised and highly valued care, serving our local community of people affected by life-limiting illness or bereavement, across Herts and Bucks.
Our merger is bringing together the best of both organisations so that we can:
- Serve our communities with a wider range of services
- Reach more local people
- Strengthen our ability to secure more resources
To enable every local person to receive the care they need, when they need it, wherever they need it.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will therefore need to demonstrate your abilities in the following areas:
- Leading on and coordinating assessment, planning and evaluation of individualised patient centred care. Ensuring a holistic approach that is sensitive and responsive to the patients ever changing needs.
- Maintaining a respectful non-judgemental and caring attitude ensuring the Rennie Grove Peace Hospice vision and philosophy of care is integral to the care delivered and role undertaken.
- The coordination and smooth running of a shift ensuring it is well organised and staff and patients are safe.
- Acting as a Rennie Grove Peace ambassador within the community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will therefore need to demonstrate your abilities in the following areas:
- Leading on and coordinating assessment, planning and evaluation of individualised patient centred care. Ensuring a holistic approach that is sensitive and responsive to the patients ever changing needs.
- Maintaining a respectful non-judgemental and caring attitude ensuring the Rennie Grove Peace Hospice vision and philosophy of care is integral to the care delivered and role undertaken.
- The coordination and smooth running of a shift ensuring it is well organised and staff and patients are safe.
- Acting as a Rennie Grove Peace ambassador within the community.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Willingness to complete Rennie Grove Hospice Care educational programme.
- Experience of being part of a multi professional team.
- Experience of shift /caseload management.
- A good understanding of technology with a working knowledge of Microsoft office packages ie Word, Excel and Outlook.
- Able to build good working relationships.
- 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..
- Flexible attitude to working
- Sensitivity and understanding to the needs of the volunteers and customers, many of whom may have experienced Rennie Grove Peace services or be bereaved themselves..
- Be a perfect match with our values.
Desirable
- Experience of working within palliative care/long term conditions or an oncology setting
- Experience of participating in a clinical development audi.t
- Ability to support change and influence.
- Experience of leading and motivating teams of volunteer.
- Strong problem-solving skills and able to implement new initiatives.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Willingness to complete Rennie Grove Hospice Care educational programme.
- Experience of being part of a multi professional team.
- Experience of shift /caseload management.
- A good understanding of technology with a working knowledge of Microsoft office packages ie Word, Excel and Outlook.
- Able to build good working relationships.
- 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..
- Flexible attitude to working
- Sensitivity and understanding to the needs of the volunteers and customers, many of whom may have experienced Rennie Grove Peace services or be bereaved themselves..
- Be a perfect match with our values.
Desirable
- Experience of working within palliative care/long term conditions or an oncology setting
- Experience of participating in a clinical development audi.t
- Ability to support change and influence.
- Experience of leading and motivating teams of volunteer.
- Strong problem-solving skills and able to implement new initiatives.
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).
