Senior Staff Nurse-Palliative Care Day Services

Job summary

Meadow House Hospice provides specialist palliative care for adults across Ealing and Hounslow through our inpatient unit, community teams and developing Day Service. We are seeking an experienced Staff Nurse to join our Day Services team, supporting patients attending for planned assessment, intervention, education and symptom management.You will work closely with the Clinical Nurse Specialist and wider multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, compassionate care for patients with complex palliative needs, often at an advanced stage of progressive illness. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to an evolving Day Services model, supporting timely interventions, advance care planning and collaborative working across hospice and community settings.

The successful candidate will have:

o Experience in Specialist Palliative Care and/or Oncology, including end of life care

o A compassionate, empathetic approach to patient and family care

o Ability to work effectively with the MDT and volunteers

o Ability to remain calm and professional under pressure

o Ability to deputise for the CNS when required

o Self-motivation and ability to work independently

o Commitment to ongoing professional development

o Strong organisational and IT skills

We offer ongoing professional development, support and study leave to help you achieve your career goals.

For visit or information, please contact Jenny Draper (CNS) on 0208 967 5179

Main duties of the job

o Delivery of nursing care to all patients in the Day Services setting

o Supervises and coordinates patients, families and volunteers, providing direction and support in absence of the Day Services Manager/CNS.

o Effective discharge planning.

o Assist in meeting the requirements of the Clinical Governance programme pertaining to Day Services.

o Ensures the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care in the Day Services setting.

o Acts as a resource and educator to staff, patients and their carers and pre-registered students in Day Services.

o Ensures effective communication within the Day Services both among staff and with patients and their relatives and carers.

o Deputises for the Day Services Manager/CNS as required.

o Represents the Day Services at meetings internally and externally in absence of the Day Services Manager/CNS

o Develops specialist skills and knowledge that are required to deliver palliative care in a Day Services setting

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.