Are you a dedicated and caring nurse who wants to provide passionate, professional and responsive care?
Join Katharine House Hospice in our Outpatients department, where you'll work alongside other Healthcare professionals and have the time to provide an extra level of support to our patients.
We are Katharine House Hospice, and we're dedicated to providing compassionate care to people in our community affected by progressive illnesses. Everyone here plays an integral role in making this possible.
This is an opportunity for a motivated, enthusiastic nurse with excellent standards of patient care and outstanding communication skills to join us and be part of our growing team.
Main duties of the job
As our Outpatient Nurse, you'll be working in our new Therapy and Wellbeing Centre where we now run an Outpatient service where patients can be seen by a variety of multi-disciplinary team members. You will form part of a team comprising of Outpatient Lead, Outpatient Deputy Lead, Staff Nurses, Health Care Assistants and Volunteers who will be responsible for the delivery of high quality, patient-centred, holistic care to patients, carers, and their families.
Here's what you can expect:
* Delivering excellent care: Ensuring our patients and their families receive an outstanding, caring service, professionally delivered within a safe environment.
* Managing patient information: Ensuring that the assessment and discharge of patients is safe and effective and transfer documentation is of an agreed standard.
* You’ll be working Monday to Friday, although flexibility to work Bank Holidays and weekends will be needed.
About us
What we offer:
* Annual leave: 33 days per annum, which includes bank holidays (pro rata for part time), increasing after five and 10 years service.
* Pension scheme: We match contributions up to 7% to a NEST scheme. If you're currently contributing to the NHS pension scheme you can continue to do so.
* Death in service benefit: Reassurance should the worst happen. 2 x salary to your family.
* Employee assistance programme: Providing support for your wellbeing.
* Training and development opportunities: Continuous learning and professional growth.
* Occupational sick pay: Support during times of illness.
* Healthcare cash benefit plan: Contributory plan to help cover health-related expenses.
* Free on-site parking.
* Free uniform and PPE.
Job responsibilities
Role Objectives
To ensure that patients and families receive outstanding and safe care whilst attending the centre.
To ensure that the Nursing and the Care team work in an effective and efficient way and be able to identify situations that require senior intervention or escalation as needed.
The post holder will have responsibility for development and maintaining competence in the skills required to work in specialist palliative care.
They will play a part in continuing to develop and maintain clinical standards ensuring that Katharine House Hospice meets local and national standards for providing Specialist Palliative Care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse/RMN on the NMC Register.
* Diploma or Degree in Nursing.
* Post Registration study relevant to Palliative and End of Life Care.
Experience
* Has extensive experience in providing Palliative or End of Life care gained through clinical practice.
* Has evidence of Post Registration CPD relating to Palliative and End of Life Care.
Skills and attributes
* Team player and able to delegate tasks to staff.
* Demonstrates a non-judgemental and empathic approach.
* A reflective practitioner who takes part in supervision.
* Demonstrates safe practice and can identify areas of unsafe practice and can deal with these reporting appropriately.
* Ensures that they remain competent themselves and take responsibility for the competence of junior staff.
* Has obtained Advanced communication skills training and can demonstrate this skill.
* Demonstrates leadership and can motivate staff and act as a role model.
* Can safely and efficiently lead a shift taking responsibility for off duty and cover.
* Will teach all members of the team and other colleagues within the MDT.
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.
£32,600 to £37,340 a year dependent on experience and relevant qualifications.
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