Job Type:
Permanent
Job Sector:
Health, Medicine
Region:
Europe
Location:
Letchworth
Salary:
£43,470 to £44,340 per annum
Salary Description:
£43,470 - 44,340 per year + £2k Welcome Bonus NHS Pension
Posted:
20/10/2024
Recruiter:
Jarrodean Healthcare
Job Ref:
NSP1410/01
Applications are invited from experienced senior Registered Nurses to join the 12-bedded Inpatient Unit team at our client's award-winning Hospice based in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire. This centre of excellence provides free specialist palliative care for patients, families, and carers facing life-limiting illnesses from across North Hertfordshire, Stevenage, and towns and villages in Central Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire, serving a population of around 260,000 people.
As the Junior Sister/Charge Nurse on the Inpatient Unit, you will support the IPU Manager in team leadership ensuring optimum care standards for patients and families. You will support staff nurses, HCAs, and student nurses to deliver direct and indirect care.
This is a full-time post, but we are open to hearing from candidates seeking to negotiate part-time hours. The shifts are either early or late with the option of a long day 07:30 - 21:00. Night Duty is 20:30 - 08:00.
The Inpatient Unit has 12 beds that provide expert care to patients with complex palliative, end-of-life care needs. You will:
* Utilise your experience and specialist knowledge of palliative care to deliver appropriate symptom control, care, and medication.
* Be skilled in specialist communication, informing patients and relatives.
* Act as a role model at all times and contribute to the provision of high-quality, specialist nursing care.
* Provide effective managerial and clinical leadership of IPU staff in conjunction with or in the absence of the IPU Manager.
Person requirements:
* Registered Nurse with full UK NMC registration
* At least two years post-registration experience of life-limiting disease management or palliative and end-of-life care
* Experience taking charge of the shift
* Ability to motivate a team effectively in an emotionally demanding environment
The additional benefits of working for this organisation include:
* A £2,000 welcome bonus
* Continuation of Pension & Long Service for those transitioning from the NHS
* Free on-site parking
* Cycle to work scheme
For an insight into Jarrodean as a Consultancy and for a summary of all current roles visit jarrodean.com.
#J-18808-Ljbffr