Senior Nurse - Hospice Community Services

Job summary

St Luke's Hospice has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced nurse to join our Hospice Community Services (HCS) which is a unique award winning flagship service offering innovative models of care that works collaboratively and influence other providers. This post is offered on a full or part-time basis & is based at Basildon Hospice, however you will need to work in the community.

You will be a vital part of a supportive, friendly & specialist team who have a great reputation for ensuring that patients, families/carers receive seamless support in the community. In this role, you will work flexibly to support & deliver care. You will undertake triage & rapid response visits, manage palliative discharges, assess & review care support, conduct full patient assessments & plan care.

Main duties of the job

• To use telephone triage to assess patient & family need, giving advice & support.
• To offer face to face assessment, to provide the best & appropriate care for patients at the end of life which meets their choice & to support their families/carers experiencing the patient's journey alongside them.
• To take a clinical lead within St. Lukes Hospice Community Services working at a specialist level & ensuring standards are maintained throughout the team.
• To be able to provide high standards of nursing care for palliative patients according to their assessed plan of care/need.
• To assess initially & onward review to meet the above needs in any setting.

About us

We are a local charity providing compassionate care to people whose illnesses are no longer curable. We promote dignity in dying and empower people to make the choices they want, from the moment they are diagnosed. Our care considers peoples medical, spiritual and emotional needs, including support for loved ones and carers. Anyone living in Basildon and Thurrock can call on us 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Working alongside other healthcare providers, our specialist services are available at the hospice, out in the community or in a persons place of residence. Together, we fulfil peoples choices at the end of their life. We are a charity and the services we provide are free. We rely on voluntary income from local people to deliver the care they deserve. To have an informal chat about working for us or to discuss access requirements for disabled applicants contact the HR Team by calling 01268 526 259.