Night Sitter - End of Life Care

Job summary

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our Community Nursing Support Service (CNSS) Team in Portsmouth.

The CNSS team is an integral part of the Community Nursing Localities team that provide Nursing care to patients within their place of residence. Working alongside the Out of Hours Community Nursing Team, your role as a Night sitter will be between the hours of 2200 until 0700 and will support patients who are in the last weeks of their life and who wish to die at home or in their place of residence.

The service aims to support vulnerable patients and their families at home throughout the night to ensure continuity of care, aiming to support patients following unexpected events which would otherwise lead to distress for the patient, or possible hospital admission.

You will ideally have experience of working within the Community; experience in End-of-Life Care/Personal Care would be an advantage and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

You will be welcomed into the team and will receive regular Clinical supervision and support.

You must be a car driver with access to a vehicle.

Main duties of the job

Work as part of the Community Nursing team, during the night, caring for patients in the last three months of life who choice is to die in their home or place of residence.

Monitor planned care for patients whose condition is deteriorating, and care needs are increasing at the end of life and providing support and continuity for both patients and family/carers during the night.

• Communicate with a range of people (clients, carers, and voluntary and public sector agencies relevant to patient care).
• Support patients both physically and psychologically.
• Assist patients and their cares with personal care as need arises during the night and implement planned care e.g., medicine prompts, mobility support, emotional and physical support.
• Monitor patient progress using independent judgement to observe progress/deterioration in a patient's condition / situation during the night.
• Carry out safe moving and handling practice, on a daily basis for moderately dependent clients, in the community, in accordance with planned programmes of care and Trust policies.
• Undertake therapeutic handling with clients during personal care, transfer / mobility practice which may involve dealing with continence issues / body fluids.
• Undertake monitoring of diet and fluids during the night shift.
• Liaise with other professionals involved in the patient's care and / or treatment as agreed with registered professional.

About us

Make a difference with us

If you are looking for somewhere you can make a real difference and are passionate about keeping people safe, well and out of hospital, a career with us may be just what you're looking for. At Solent NHS Trust, we strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities.

We are proud to be an organisation which is focused on our people and we welcome people who share our values to come and work with us.

To deliver great care that is safe, simple and easy to access

To be a caring, flexible and supportive place to work

To deliver the best value for money

Our shared values support the development of a strong working culture. They breathe life into our organisation -- guiding and inspiring all of our actions and decisions. They enable us to be better at what we do and create a great place for our staff to work, whilst ensuring we provide the highest quality of care to our patients.

In creating our values, we spent time listening to our employees and members. Based on what people told us, we created our HEART values to reflect the deep belief that we are caring organisation at the centre of our community: Honesty, Everyone counts, Accountable, Respectful, Teamwork.

We are an accredited Real Living Wage employer.

We encourage and support our staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against Covid-19.