Job Description
Salary Scale: £28,538 - £35,010 per Annum (FTE)
Hours: 37.5 (would consider part time)
You will be required to work regular shift patterns which will include days, nights, regular weekends, and Bank Holidays to cover the needs of the Hospice. Overgate Hospice has twelve Inpatient beds and a Day Hospice that provides the highest standard of compassionate & evidence-based specialist palliative care and end of life care for adults in Calderdale, who have active, progressive and life limiting illnesses.
Minimum Qualifications/Experience:
* Registered Nurse
* The post holder must comply with all aspects of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and maintain own registration with the NMC
Key Working Relationships:
* Patients, their relatives, carers, and friends
* All other nursing & medical staff, ward clerks, housekeeping & catering staff, clinical admin staff & volunteers
Duties & Responsibilities:
* Clinical: Work with nursing colleagues to deliver skilled, practical, and compassionate nursing care.
* Negotiate clinical options and decisions with the patient, family, and multidisciplinary team.
* Identify hopes and goals of the patient and family and work with them towards their achievement.
* Monitor both physical and psychological symptoms of the illness.
* Identify new problems and discuss options for resolving them.
* Teach the skills of practical nursing care to enable carers to manage and develop confidence.
* Ensure that nursing documentation is recorded accurately and that regular reviews of patients' care plans are maintained.
* Responsible for the organisation of patient care and the delegation of duties to nursing staff.
* To act as Team Co-ordinator when required and support junior nursing staff.
* Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure patients are effectively managed.
* To provide support and guidance when dealing with advice call requests.
* To ensure that high standards of nursing care are maintained.
Educational:
* To act as a Link Nurse in designated areas.
* To participate in the induction, training and ongoing supervision of team members, new staff, students, and volunteers.
* To participate in Overgate education and training programmes.
* To act as a mentor or clinical supervisor to colleagues and visiting students as appropriate.
Professional:
* Work within the NMC Code of Professional Practice and within policies, procedure, and guidelines of Overgate Hospice.
* Participate in regular staff meetings.
* Establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, relatives, and all visitors to the Hospice.
* Take responsibility for own continuing professional development and performance.
* Ensure confidentiality is maintained to meet professional requirements.
Managerial:
* To order supplies of nursing stores and equipment.
* To support the ward sister in risk assessment and minimisation.
* To manage verbal complaints and refer on when unable to resolve.
* Actively participate in benchmarking and auditing clinical practice.
Financial:
* Make effective use of resources, being mindful of costs.
Managing Self:
* To undertake appraisals identifying, developing, and agreeing your own development plan.
* To access clinical supervision.
This job description is not exhaustive and will be reviewed periodically. All employees must adhere to Overgate Hospice policies and procedures, including health and safety, safeguarding, and infection control practices.
Valuing Diversity and Equality: All employees should carry out their duties in accordance with the values and principles of valuing diversity and equity of provision.
Healthcare Associated Infection: Healthcare workers have an overriding duty of care to patients and are expected to comply fully with best practice standards.
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