An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Band 5 staff nurse to join the team at Woodlands Hospice, based on the Aintree University Hospital site.
The successful candidate will work closley with the Ward Manager, Deputy Ward Manager and Senior Nurses in ensuring a high quality care is delivered within the Inpatient unit.
We are a 15 beded (Single Rooms) unit.
The candidate needs to be able to work in a fast paced busy area.
We deliver End of Life care aswell as providing treatments and symptom control, and phsycological support to our patients.
Ideally the candidate will have a miniumum of 12 months experience working in an acute area or within palliative care.
However candidates with palliative care experience will be considered.
Perform comprehensive assessment of patients nursing needs. Plan, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health needs and varying levels of complexity for patients requiring specialist palliative care.
Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records.
Involve patients and carers/relatives in the planning and delivery of care.
Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure patients needs are met, especially in relation to discharge planning.
Safely administer medicines, infusions and blood transfusions as prescribed.
Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers/relatives including sharing sensitive news.
Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
Act as a link nurse and resource for other nursing staff for a specific area of patient care.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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Responsible for managing and organising the care for a team of patients allocating resources (staff skills/knowledge and experience) as appropriate to ensure that high quality specialist palliative care is provided to all our patients and their carers.
Assist Ward Manager, Deputy Ward Manager and Senior Nurses in achieving and maintaining agreed bed occupancy and patient length of stay targets.
Support the Ward Manager and Deputy Ward Manager to maximise best use of clinical resources ensuring the effective and efficient use of physical and financial resources.
Contribute to the development of services within the IPU.
Contribute to allocated Care Quality Commission standards of quality and safety as they relate to the Inpatient unit. This may involve membership of working groups on specific area.
This advert closes on Monday 6 Jan 2025