Weare looking for an experienced Registered nurse with a minimum of 2 years postregistration with a strong clinical background in palliative/cancer care. Youwill be responsible for ensuring delivery of high-quality patient care andfamily support across the care directorate.
Job Purpose:
To work as a member of the Hospice multi-disciplinarycare team to work towards the achievement of the aims and objectives laid downin the philosophy of ellenor. To provide senior qualified nurse supportto the team. To ensure each patient and family receives a holistic assessment,their needs identified, and a plan of care implemented in collaboration withother professionals. To work through a pre-determined set of competencies todevelop the skills and knowledge required at the specialist nurse level.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities of therole include:
As a Senior Staff Nurse you will haveresponsibility for:
Toensure the delivery of high-quality specialist palliative nursing care.
Superviseand participate in the delivery of evidence-based nursing care.
Tolead in the planning, implementation and evaluation of individual care plansfor the patient and their family taking into account their physical, social andspiritual needs in all care settings.
Towork proactively to support patients who wished to be cared for at home oruntil an Inpatient bed becomes available. Work closely with the ward and dutynurse to facilitate effective admission and discharge planning.
Towork as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide advice and guidancerelated to complex symptom management, and physiological, social and
About us
ellenor is a charity and a specialistpalliative care provider for adults and children in Dartford, Gravesham andSwanley, and for children across the London Borough of Bexley. The Organisation has In-patient, Community, Wellbeingand therapeutic services at Northfleet.
Weoffer professional development opportunities and a comprehensive benefitspackage, including a pension scheme (with the option for NHS Pension Schememembers to transfer their pension), an employee assistance program, discountschemes, a generous annual leave allowance, and much more.
Job responsibilities
ClinicalFunction:
Toensure the delivery of high-quality specialist palliative nursing care.
Superviseand participate in the delivery of evidence-based nursing care.
Tolead in the planning, implementation and evaluation of individual care plansfor the patient and their family taking into account their physical, social andspiritual needs in all care settings.
Keepaccurate records, according to Hospice policy.
Touse effective interpersonal skills to communicate complex and sensitiveinformation to achieve agreement and cooperation and to overcome any barriersto understanding which may exist.
Flexibleworking on a 7-day rota
Tosupport the multidisciplinary team to ensure a responsive service that meetspatients needs.
Towork proactively to support patients who wished to be cared for at home oruntil an Inpatient bed becomes available. Work closely with the ward and dutynurse to facilitate effective admission and discharge planning.
Tocare for allocated patients, and implement agreed actions, ensuring fullcommunication and documentation of outcomes.
Towork as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide advice and guidancerelated to complex symptom management, and physiological, social and spiritualneeds referring onto the appropriate professional or service accordingly.
Toact as a role model within the team to ensure the outcomes of interventions areevaluated and changes made, as appropriate.
Tosupport the team to ensure appropriate safety alerts are cascaded across theorganisation and actions taken.
Toensure incidents are investigated promptly- referring to the incident reportingpathway.
Toinitiate and participate in family meetings, as appropriate.
Tolead in patients discharge planning, including liaison with community services,as appropriate.
Toensure fire, health and safety, infection control and security policies areimplemented maintaining a clean, safe and secure environment for patients,visitors and staff.
Toestablish a therapeutic relationship with patients and families to enableactive involvement in informed decision-making, if this is their wish.
Toensure confidentiality of information pertaining to patients, family membersand staff at all times.
Person Specification
Knowledge, Skills and Attributes
* Ability to supervise, lead and support the work of other staff
* Confidence and skills to work autonomously
* Effective problem-solving skills
* Able judgement to know which decisions need to be referred on to a senior colleague during their absence
* Evidence of an area of special interest
* Good communication skills, including listening, negotiating skills, communication of ideas and ability to provide advice to other health professionals
* Ability to have overall vision of the ward to enable planning and prioritisation of care
* Good knowledge of palliative care or relevant specialist field
* Working towards post-registration qualification in Palliative Care
* Knowledge of local and national issues in end-of-life care
* Ability to prioritise work and to co-ordinate the department.
* Ability to assess, plan and evaluate patient care needs according to individual needs
* Demonstrates an understanding of the application of leadership skills
* Has good verbal and written communication abilities
* Ability to communicate effectively with patients and families with complex specialist palliative care needs
* Ability to work effectively with a diverse range of colleagues/individuals and demonstrate positive outcomes for patients
* Ability to maximise the use of IT in the workplace
* Demonstrate knowledge of the application of evidence-based practice
* Demonstrate an understanding of the assessment process for student nurses
* Has knowledge of conducting performance reviews
* Advanced level communication skills or willingness to undertake this. (Desirable)
* Experience of the importance of clinical audit and evidence-based practice (Desirable)
* Experience of leading and managing a team (Desirable)
Qualifications
* At least three years post RN qualification experience within a relevant specialist field
* Working towards post registration qualification in Palliative Care
* Willingness to work towards Diploma / Degree
* Mentorship qualification or willing to work towards
* Evidence of commitment to ongoing professional development
* Diploma or degree qualification in nursing (Desirable)
Experience
* Working in a palliative care setting
* Working as part of a team to deliver high standards of patient care
* Significant experience of productive multi and inter-disciplinary working
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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