Salary Circa £50K - £55k per annum, depending on experience (Equivalent to AfC Band 7/8a) + on call rota payment
Work Pattern: Full-time 37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday + on call weekend rota
Location: Esher, Surrey
Application Deadline: Sunday, February 16, 2025
Job Profile
About us:
Princess Alice Hospice is one of the top ten adult hospices in the UK, providing specialist palliative care and support to a community of more than a million people living in Surrey, south west London and Middlesex.
About the Hospice at Home team:
Our Hospice at Home service brings the skills and expertise of our highly trained and dedicated specialist team directly into our patient’s homes. This allows patients, their families, and carers access to the vital support they need at home, when time matters most.
About the role:
We are looking for an experienced Nurse Specialist to take on the important role of team leader responsibilities in one of our localities.
Working under the clinical leadership of the Associate Director of Patient Care and Communities, you will adopt a person-centered, coaching approach to the leadership of a locality team, fostering self-coaching, team working, self-awareness, personal growth and professional competence and development. The role has responsibilities for line management of the multi professional locality team and also deputises when needed.
The role complements an additional 2 locality leads who work closely together as a peer group across the whole service. This is an exciting role for someone who wants to blend their clinical care, skills and knowledge with clinical and professional leadership. A minimum of 60% of time will be spent in direct clinical care.
You will ensure clinical practice is reflective of current developments in Specialist Palliative Care and End of Life Care. You will also promote a learning and continuous improvement environment and participate in the development and delivery of educational programs, research and audit.
About you:
You will be motivated, have excellent communication skills and clear leadership capabilities.
You should have a relevant degree or diploma and it’s essential that you have Palliative care or oncology and community experience.
If you are enthusiastic, passionate, personable and share our values and care about making a difference in the last years of someone’s life, we would love to hear from you!
As well as joining a caring organisation where you will be able to make a difference for our patients and their families, some of our employee benefits include:
1. 27 days’ annual leave plus recognised public holidays - rising to 29 days after 5 years’ service and 33 days after 10 years’ service (pro rata for part time)
2. Educational and professional development opportunities (we have an on-site Education Team)
3. Monthly group reflections via Schwartz Rounds sessions
4. Free on-site parking
5. Tranquil Hospice grounds
6. Clinical supervision (regular and we ensure it's protected time)
7. An annual development day - protected time for you and your learning
8. Subsidised meals at our on-site restaurant
9. Employee Assistance Programme
10. Access to the Blue Light Card discount scheme
11. Access to our Group Pension Scheme
12. Excellent changing facilities (with showers, fresh towels, and hairdryers)
13. Wellbeing care - we provide a programme of activities, opportunities, and guidance to inspire and support our employees to live a healthy life, at home and at work.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Ann Smith, Associate Director of Patient Care and Communities, on 03001020100 - option 1.
How to apply:
To apply for the role please press the 'Apply' button.
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