Job summary
Community Hospice at Home Senior Staff Nurse/Paramedic
- Hours:37.5 hours per week (part time hours considered)
- Location:Rennie Grove Peace Bucks Locality
- Salary: Rennie Grove Peace Band 6- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (pro rata)
- Closing date:01 July 2025 at 12 noon
- Interview date:09 July 2025
The purpose of the role is to provide high quality specialist palliative nursing care, skills, advice and
support to patients, carers and those important to the patient. This role will support the delivery of
planned and unplanned care across Rennie Grove Peace Hospice.
Main duties of the job
The role of Community Hospice at Home Senior Staff Nurse/Paramedic is toprovide high quality specialist palliative nursing care, skills, advice and support to patients, carers and those important to the patient. This role will support the delivery of planned and unplanned care across Rennie Grove Peace Hospice.
Main duties and responsibilities
- Actively participate in the development of the organisations planned and unplanned community Hospice at Home model of care.
- To work as part of the multidisciplinary team to provide a high standard of individualised patient/family care and support.
- To be responsible for those patients allocated on a daily basis.
- To ensure that excellent standards of support and clinical practice and care are achieved.
- Deliver specialist palliative nursing care to patients requiring planned and unplanned care. This will include a multi-disciplinary approach for our higher acuity patients with daily virtual and in-person reviews in their homes.
- To work with wider Hospice team as well as system partners to support delivery of care and enable patients to remain in their preferred place of care.
- Improve patient outcomes and experience by providing physical and emotional support to patients, coordinating their care services.
- Participate in activities such as audits and case reviews in order to improve the Hospice at Home service.
- 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 thats 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% inBuckinghamshire.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Deputise for Clinical Nurse Specialist as required in times of absence.
- Be responsible for looking after an allocated group of patients each day.
- Through practice, role modelling, teaching, and mentorship, provide staff support and training, to
enhance the teams own development.
- Carry out regular 1 to 1s and individual performance review process (annual and mid-year reviews)
for direct reports and complete personal development plans.
- Be competent to work alone with patients and their families in the home environment, under the
guidance of the Clinical Nurse Specialist.
- To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work including the daily
management of patients.
- Supporting those patients allocated from day to day in partnership with other members of the
multidisciplinary team and wider system partners and under the guidance of the Clinical Nurse
Specialist.
- Ability to work autonomously with designated patients alongside a degree of flexibility due to the
unpredictable nature of the role.
- Demonstrating and applying a knowledge of the options for achieving control of symptoms in liaison
with other health care professionals.
- Act as a skilled educator who is able to advise patients, families and multi-professional colleagues
appropriately under the guidance of the Clinical Nurse Specialist and wider MDT.
- Act as clinical supervisor for designated clinical staff.
- Participate in the orientation / mentorship of new staff and volunteers under guidance of the Clinical
Nurse Specialist.
- Maintain quality in own work and contribute to the development of other
- Understand and comply with all Rennie Grove
Peace policies and procedures.
- Maintain required organisational standards for
all mandatory training.
- Keep up to date with current legislation and any
further professional training, relevant to role.
- Demonstrate ongoing personal and professional
development in accordance with annual Individual Progress Review (IPR) system.
- Ensure that information (in any form) relating
to patients, staff, volunteers, customers and supporters is protected and
treated confidentially at all times and complies with current data protection
laws.
See Job Description for full details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Deputise for Clinical Nurse Specialist as required in times of absence.
- Be responsible for looking after an allocated group of patients each day.
- Through practice, role modelling, teaching, and mentorship, provide staff support and training, to
enhance the teams own development.
- Carry out regular 1 to 1s and individual performance review process (annual and mid-year reviews)
for direct reports and complete personal development plans.
- Be competent to work alone with patients and their families in the home environment, under the
guidance of the Clinical Nurse Specialist.
- To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work including the daily
management of patients.
- Supporting those patients allocated from day to day in partnership with other members of the
multidisciplinary team and wider system partners and under the guidance of the Clinical Nurse
Specialist.
- Ability to work autonomously with designated patients alongside a degree of flexibility due to the
unpredictable nature of the role.
- Demonstrating and applying a knowledge of the options for achieving control of symptoms in liaison
with other health care professionals.
- Act as a skilled educator who is able to advise patients, families and multi-professional colleagues
appropriately under the guidance of the Clinical Nurse Specialist and wider MDT.
- Act as clinical supervisor for designated clinical staff.
- Participate in the orientation / mentorship of new staff and volunteers under guidance of the Clinical
Nurse Specialist.
- Maintain quality in own work and contribute to the development of other
- Understand and comply with all Rennie Grove
Peace policies and procedures.
- Maintain required organisational standards for
all mandatory training.
- Keep up to date with current legislation and any
further professional training, relevant to role.
- Demonstrate ongoing personal and professional
development in accordance with annual Individual Progress Review (IPR) system.
- Ensure that information (in any form) relating
to patients, staff, volunteers, customers and supporters is protected and
treated confidentially at all times and complies with current data protection
laws.
See Job Description for full details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level Registered Nurse or Paramedic.
- Willing to or working towards of have completed further study in Palliative Care or relevant area.
- Commitment to follow the organisations education pathway.
- Evidence of continuous personal and academic development.
- Proven palliative care experience or related speciality.
- Proven experience of effective team working.
- IT literate including a good knowledge of Excel, Word, a clinical IT system.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Good organisational skills. Able to prioritise clinical duties.
- Drive and enthusiasm with a positive approach.
- Ability to work autonomously and as an effective member of the team.
- Caring and empathetic approach.
- Commitment to the organisation mission and values.
- Sensitivity and understanding to the needs of your team and customers, many of whom may have experienced Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care services or be bereaved.
Desirable
- Advanced communication skills training or commitment to achieve this.
- Evidence of extended roles within their practice.
- Experience working with volunteers.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level Registered Nurse or Paramedic.
- Willing to or working towards of have completed further study in Palliative Care or relevant area.
- Commitment to follow the organisations education pathway.
- Evidence of continuous personal and academic development.
- Proven palliative care experience or related speciality.
- Proven experience of effective team working.
- IT literate including a good knowledge of Excel, Word, a clinical IT system.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Good organisational skills. Able to prioritise clinical duties.
- Drive and enthusiasm with a positive approach.
- Ability to work autonomously and as an effective member of the team.
- Caring and empathetic approach.
- Commitment to the organisation mission and values.
- Sensitivity and understanding to the needs of your team and customers, many of whom may have experienced Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care services or be bereaved.
Desirable
- Advanced communication skills training or commitment to achieve this.
- Evidence of extended roles within their practice.
- Experience working with volunteers.
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).
