Employer: University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Forest Holme Hospice
Town: Poole
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 pa/pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/09/2024 23:59
Band 5
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for two qualified nurses to join the inpatient nursing team at Forest Holme Hospice. We are looking for motivated individuals with a high standard of nursing skills to care for patients with life limiting conditions and complex symptoms. An ability to demonstrate compassion and a genuine interest to work within the field of specialist palliative care is essential.
The successful candidates will need to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to work flexible hours. Shifts involve a mixture of long days/nights 07:00-19:30 or 19:00-07:30. Candidates may also be required to work some short shifts, 07:00-15:00 and 11:30-19:30.
Previous NHS nursing experience is essential. Palliative care experience is desirable.
Informal visits are welcomed for candidates.
Base Location: Forest Holme Hospice, behind Poole lighthouse- opposite the Poole bus station.
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
In some cases this means that services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NMC Registered Nurse
* Advanced Diploma/Degree in Adult Health Nursing Studies
* Teaching Qualification
* Post registration courses related to Palliative Care
Experience
* Experience of caring for patients with acute and long term conditions
* Demonstrable clinical experience in End of Life Care
* Previous experience of looking after terminally ill patients.
* Previous experience in nursing in the NHS.
Interpersonal skills
* Effective communication using a variety of methods.
* Ability to communicate sensitive and complex information to patients, carers and significant others
* Able to work unsupervised and on own initiative
* Able to integrate and work within the MDT
* Organisation and planning skills
* Leadership and management skills
Technical Skills
* Basic IT skills
* Demonstrable ability with vital signs monitoring equipment and ability to recognise the deteriorating patient
* Non-IV and IV medication administration including administration of blood products
* Calculation of drug doses for infusions requiring frequent concentration
* Venepuncture and cannulation
* Awareness of audit
* Verification of Expected Death training
Knowledge
* Ability to demonstrate fundamental nursing knowledge and practice skills
* Knowledge of the End of Life strategy / quality markers/ advance care planning
* Knowledge of the conditions relevant to End of Life care
* Awareness of patient experience, quality and safety agendas that support Governance Frameworks
Please note:
Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.
This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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