Job summary
Nurse Associate
- Hours: 37.5 hours per week (part time hours considered)
- Location: Watford Peace Hospice (Travel between all Rennie Grove Peace offices may be required as part of this role.)
- Salary: Rennie Grove Peace Band 4 - £27,485 - £30,162 per annum (pro rata)
- Closing date: 27 April 2026 at 12 noon
- Interview date: 5 May 2026
This role will suit someone who:
- 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.
Main duties of the job
- Deliver high quality Specialist Palliative and End of Life nursing care as part of the In-Patient unit multidisciplinary team.
- To support the Registered Nurse in ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient centred care, ensuring a holistic approach that is sensitive and responsive to the patients ever changing needs.
- To ensure Rennie Grove Peace organisational vision and values are integral to the care delivered and role undertaken.
- As the named nurse provide and monitor the holistic nursing care for an allocated number of patients each shift.
- As a registered associate nurse take responsibility and be accountable for your own actions or omissions, and to act in the best interests of your patients at all times.
- Recognise and work within the limits of their competence as defined by the NMC Code of Conduct for Nurses, Midwives and Nursing Associates.
- Acting as a Rennie Grove Peace ambassador within the community.
About us
At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, our unique care provides a lifeline of compassion and support to patients, carers, and families facing progressive life-limiting illness. We provide palliative and end of life care support, including bereavement services, within Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire and our patient services are available to adults, as well as patients transitioning into adult services (16 to 25 years.) Bereavement support is offered for all ages to families of patients and those around them, as well as throughout the community, in schools and workplaces.
We are proud to offer care in the place that best suits the individuals needs, whether that's at home, in a care home, in a short stay in our inpatient unit, out in the community, or in our purpose-built Living Well Centre facilities. As a hospice care charity, we have offered this support, free of charge, for over 40 years.
Our staff team of 340+ includes a wide range of patient-facing disciplines plus operational support based in Watford, Tring, St Albans, Chalfont St Giles and Berkhamsted. The Charity is now one of the larger UK hospice charities, reaching a GP population of 797,037 of whom 75% live in Hertfordshire and 25% in Buckinghamshire.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To undertake a holistic needs assessment that explores individual patients, and their carers/family's physical, emotional, spiritual, practical, welfare rights and, if appropriate, the family's pre and post bereavement needs, using a variety of tools to support the process.
- To be responsible for patient assessment, planning of care, giving and supervising safe and compassionate care, and evaluating the effectiveness of care under the supervision of the registered nurse you are working with.
- To work with the registered nurse to develop, update and monitor the individualised care plans ensuring they are patient centred and support the individual identified patient needs.
- To be able to deliver basic and complex specialist palliative and nursing care interventions that are responsive to the individual patients requirements.
- Have knowledge of common palliative and EOLC symptoms and management strategies with experience to anticipate changes and knowledge of when to seek advice.
- To be able to communicate highly sensitive information, ensuring patients and their families/carers are adequately supported.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To undertake a holistic needs assessment that explores individual patients, and their carers/family's physical, emotional, spiritual, practical, welfare rights and, if appropriate, the family's pre and post bereavement needs, using a variety of tools to support the process.
- To be responsible for patient assessment, planning of care, giving and supervising safe and compassionate care, and evaluating the effectiveness of care under the supervision of the registered nurse you are working with.
- To work with the registered nurse to develop, update and monitor the individualised care plans ensuring they are patient centred and support the individual identified patient needs.
- To be able to deliver basic and complex specialist palliative and nursing care interventions that are responsive to the individual patients requirements.
- Have knowledge of common palliative and EOLC symptoms and management strategies with experience to anticipate changes and knowledge of when to seek advice.
- To be able to communicate highly sensitive information, ensuring patients and their families/carers are adequately supported.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Educated to GCSE, including Maths and English
- IT experience and ability to input into the electronics record system following induction training
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and refer to a registered health or care professional
- A good understanding of technology with a working knowledge of Microsoft office packages i.e. 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.
- 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:
- - Caring and compassionate
- - Engage and empower.
- - Strive for excellence.
- - Develop and innovate.
- - Respect and value.
Desirable
- NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or Care Certificate
- Experience of working within a Palliative Care/long-term condition setting
- Experience of working with volunteers
- Strong problem-solving skills and able to implement new initiatives.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Educated to GCSE, including Maths and English
- IT experience and ability to input into the electronics record system following induction training
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and refer to a registered health or care professional
- A good understanding of technology with a working knowledge of Microsoft office packages i.e. 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.
- 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:
- - Caring and compassionate
- - Engage and empower.
- - Strive for excellence.
- - Develop and innovate.
- - Respect and value.
Desirable
- NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or Care Certificate
- Experience of working within a Palliative Care/long-term condition setting
- Experience of working with volunteers
- 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).
