To work as part of a multi-professional team providing palliative nursing care interventions for patients and their families across clinical services.
Main duties of the job
To provide clinical and managerial leadership to nursing and allied staff, ensuring effective day to day running of Community Services and the Inpatient Unit.
About us
St Wilfrid's Hospice provides specialist palliative and end of life care both in the community and at our hospice, supporting patients living with a terminal illness, and their loved ones. Reaching out to transform end of life care for the people of Eastbourne, Seaford, Hailsham, Uckfield, Heathfield and all the points in between. As a registered charity, our services are provided free of charge, with 70% of our funding provided by voluntary donations, gifts and wider activities where our Fundraising and Retail teams have strong connections and participation with the local community.
Job responsibilities
We are looking for a permanent full-time Team Leader in our Community Nursing Team, and a Team Leader in our Inpatient Unit for a fixed-term of 2 years working 22.5 hours a week. The Community Team Leader will work as part of a multi-professional team providing palliative nursing care interventions for patients and their families across clinical services. They will provide clinical and managerial leadership to nursing and allied staff, ensuring effective day to day running of Community Services, including nurse Line, same day response team and Care at Home, whilst supporting the Community Nurse manager and the Associate Director for clinical services. The Inpatient Unit Team Leader will work as part of a multi-professional team providing palliative nursing care interventions for patients and their families across hospice services. They will provide clinical and managerial leadership to nursing and allied staff, ensuring effective day to day running of the IPU, whilst supporting the Head of IPU.
Benefits included:
* We offer a generous holiday entitlement of 27 days per year plus bank holidays
* Contributory pension scheme with the option to continue any existing NHS pension scheme membership
* Discounted cinema tickets
* Employee assistance programmes
* Additional training opportunities
* Supportive working environment
* We are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements for this role including; various shift patterns and part time hours.
If you have any questions regarding your application please do not hesitate to contact the Human Resources team on 01323 434209 or email. Please note that CV's will not be accepted, unless candidates are unable to complete our application form due to a disability. Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* * Substantial experience as a Registered Nurse
* * Community experience
* * IT literate
* * Car Driver
* * Teaching Qualification
* * Clinical supervision supervisor
* * Advanced Physical assessment
* * Advanced Communication skills
Experience
* * Flexibility
* * Ability to respond to rapidly changing situations
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.
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