Job summary
We are proud to support and care for patients and their families at their most vulnerable time. We want to make it possible for more people, who wish to stay at home, to be cared for in familiar surroundings and with friends and family around them.
Our Community Service includes Clinical Nurse Specialists, Registered Nurses and Multi Skilled Healthcare Assistants working together to deliver expert end of life and specialist palliative care to patients and families in their own home.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a dynamic, highly motivated, forward thinking registered nurse to join our community service as a Community Palliative Care Staff Nurse. Working alongside the Clinical Nurse Specialists and Multi Skilled Healthcare Assistants (MSHCA), you will take responsibility for a caseload of patients who require follow-up care and rapid interventions at home. You will also have oversight of planned packages of care delivered by our team of MSHCA, supporting them to safely deliver personal care at home throughout our 7 day service. Your clinical knowledge and assessment skills will be used to support patients who call for urgent assistance. You will work across the full week and week-ends be responsible for supporting the MSHCAs.
About us
Were proud to offer a caring and supportive working environment for our team as much as for our patients. Our benefits include:
- Beautiful working environment with peaceful outdoor spaces
- Flexible and family-friendly policies, including Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, and Pawternity Leave
- Tech Scheme and Cycle to Work Scheme
- Free on-site parking
- Personal pension scheme (with continuation of your NHS pension if applicable)
- Generous holiday allowance (increasing with service)
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for confidential financial, legal, and wellbeing support Health Cash Plan (covering up to five children, with optional partner inclusion)
- Regular wellbeing events and staff engagement opportunities
At North Devon Hospice, we're committed to listening to our people, celebrating their contributions, and continually improving how we work together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Working as part of the Hospice to Home team within our Community Palliative Care Service to deliver both planned care and rapid interventions at home
- Support the Clinical Nurse Specialist team with support calls and visits around H2H responsibilities
- Providing skilled nursing care to patients receiving palliative and end of life care in the community across the full week
- Contributing to the supervision and oversight of packages of care delivered by Multiskilled Healthcare Assistants (MSHCA)
- Support with administration tasks and funding for patients care. (LWAH and CHC)
- Taking responsibility for elements of the risk assessment and care planning for people at home and leading on care coordination at weekends while working closely with District Nursing team and other community teams
- Providing skilled, evidence based, person-centred nursing care, always working within own levels of competence and scope of practice without direct supervision and in accordance with hospice policies and procedures
- Ensuring that all nursing procedures are carried out in accordance with hospice policies, acting as a role model for good practice within the nursing team from admission, throughout the patient stay to discharge planning
- The assessment of patient need and development of care plans that reflect the physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual needs of patients and their families and carers
- Overseeing the work of MSHCAs as appropriate to ensure they are responding to needs and providing clinically effective care
- Coordinating rapid response visits with all community teams involved
- Establishing and maintaining sensitive and caring therapeutic relationships with patients, families and carers in planning and delivery of care as appropriate, to ensure that they understand and agree with the programme of care being provided
- Working with patients and family members to ensure they feel respected, empowered, and involved in decisions about their care and wellbeing
- Educating and supporting families/carers to deliver end of life are at home
- Able to offer support to them using the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool (CSNAT)
- Supporting patients and families to provide feedback via the Carers Opinion Tool, about our services and use this to support our continued improvement and development
- Providing support, information and advice to patients, their families and carers and other professional colleagues as appropriate
- Understanding your role as weekend registered practitioner, knowing when and to whom to escalate concerns to
- Maintaining accurate, timely and comprehensive records of patient care
- Ensuring that patient confidentiality is always maintained
- Ensuring families/carers understand how to safely store and administer medication.
To be able to safely administer controlled drugs in accordance with Hospice policies and procedures
- Working in line with professional NMC Guidelines and legal requirements
- In the absence of a senior member of staff, taking charge of the shift and knowing when and to whom you should escalate concerns
- As part of the multidisciplinary team, actively identifying areas of risk, reporting incidents, and taking immediate action as necessary utilising the appropriate hospice policies and procedures
- Working as part of the team and using reflection and observation to support everyone to create and maintain a culture of continuous improvement
- Participating in standard setting, monitoring the quality of the service provided and identifying how current practice may be improved
- Participating in reviews, projects, and audit activity as appropriate
- Demonstrating a continued commitment to professional and personal development to ensure that professional competencies are maintained and developed to continue to meet the needs of the service
- Utilising educational opportunities to facilitate learning in the clinical environment and participating in and delivering training
- Participating as appropriate in the training, education and assessment of learners including, but not limited to, new staff, pre-registration nurses, trainee nursing associates and healthcare assistants
- Participating in the induction of new staff as requested
- Participating in, and promoting clinical supervision and reflective practice
- Undertaking other duties as may be required, and which are consistent with the responsibilities of the post including working in other clinical areas as appropriate to meet the needs of the service as directed by the Clinical Team Lead or nurse in charge
- Ensuring that you always follow good infection control practice and that you are familiar with infection control policies, procedures, and guidance relevant to your area of work
- Understanding your role in the safeguarding of adults and children by being able to identify risks, and recognise signs of harm, abuse or neglect including how to report concerns and take immediate action to protect a person at risk of harm or abuse
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Working as part of the Hospice to Home team within our Community Palliative Care Service to deliver both planned care and rapid interventions at home
- Support the Clinical Nurse Specialist team with support calls and visits around H2H responsibilities
- Providing skilled nursing care to patients receiving palliative and end of life care in the community across the full week
- Contributing to the supervision and oversight of packages of care delivered by Multiskilled Healthcare Assistants (MSHCA)
- Support with administration tasks and funding for patients care. (LWAH and CHC)
- Taking responsibility for elements of the risk assessment and care planning for people at home and leading on care coordination at weekends while working closely with District Nursing team and other community teams
- Providing skilled, evidence based, person-centred nursing care, always working within own levels of competence and scope of practice without direct supervision and in accordance with hospice policies and procedures
- Ensuring that all nursing procedures are carried out in accordance with hospice policies, acting as a role model for good practice within the nursing team from admission, throughout the patient stay to discharge planning
- The assessment of patient need and development of care plans that reflect the physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual needs of patients and their families and carers
- Overseeing the work of MSHCAs as appropriate to ensure they are responding to needs and providing clinically effective care
- Coordinating rapid response visits with all community teams involved
- Establishing and maintaining sensitive and caring therapeutic relationships with patients, families and carers in planning and delivery of care as appropriate, to ensure that they understand and agree with the programme of care being provided
- Working with patients and family members to ensure they feel respected, empowered, and involved in decisions about their care and wellbeing
- Educating and supporting families/carers to deliver end of life are at home
- Able to offer support to them using the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool (CSNAT)
- Supporting patients and families to provide feedback via the Carers Opinion Tool, about our services and use this to support our continued improvement and development
- Providing support, information and advice to patients, their families and carers and other professional colleagues as appropriate
- Understanding your role as weekend registered practitioner, knowing when and to whom to escalate concerns to
- Maintaining accurate, timely and comprehensive records of patient care
- Ensuring that patient confidentiality is always maintained
- Ensuring families/carers understand how to safely store and administer medication.
To be able to safely administer controlled drugs in accordance with Hospice policies and procedures
- Working in line with professional NMC Guidelines and legal requirements
- In the absence of a senior member of staff, taking charge of the shift and knowing when and to whom you should escalate concerns
- As part of the multidisciplinary team, actively identifying areas of risk, reporting incidents, and taking immediate action as necessary utilising the appropriate hospice policies and procedures
- Working as part of the team and using reflection and observation to support everyone to create and maintain a culture of continuous improvement
- Participating in standard setting, monitoring the quality of the service provided and identifying how current practice may be improved
- Participating in reviews, projects, and audit activity as appropriate
- Demonstrating a continued commitment to professional and personal development to ensure that professional competencies are maintained and developed to continue to meet the needs of the service
- Utilising educational opportunities to facilitate learning in the clinical environment and participating in and delivering training
- Participating as appropriate in the training, education and assessment of learners including, but not limited to, new staff, pre-registration nurses, trainee nursing associates and healthcare assistants
- Participating in the induction of new staff as requested
- Participating in, and promoting clinical supervision and reflective practice
- Undertaking other duties as may be required, and which are consistent with the responsibilities of the post including working in other clinical areas as appropriate to meet the needs of the service as directed by the Clinical Team Lead or nurse in charge
- Ensuring that you always follow good infection control practice and that you are familiar with infection control policies, procedures, and guidance relevant to your area of work
- Understanding your role in the safeguarding of adults and children by being able to identify risks, and recognise signs of harm, abuse or neglect including how to report concerns and take immediate action to protect a person at risk of harm or abuse
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC registration as a Registered Nurse
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Post registration experience in end of life care, palliative care, or a related field
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC registration as a Registered Nurse
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Post registration experience in end of life care, palliative care, or a related field
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).
