The purpose of this role is to be part of a small team of senior nurses who are responsible for the clinical coordination of care for patients and families referred to Rennie Grove Peace.
You will therefore need to demonstrate your abilities in the following areas:
Being the point of contact for patients, families, clients and professionals who contact the hospice, dealing with all clinical enquiries.
Providing clinical oversight and triage for referrals to ensure that patients and family members get the right Rennie Grove Peace service in a timely manner.
Developing the Coordination Centre's nursing role to ensure it provides a responsive, evidence based and high quality service to beneficiaries and professionals.
Working as a Specialist Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in a different Rennie Grove Peace clinical setting on a monthly basis to maintain and develop skills.
The post holder will play an active part in promoting the Rennie Grove Peace service to others including external Health and Social Care professionals and wider members of the public.
The post holder will undertake activities such as audits and case review in order to improve the Coordination Centre service.
Contributing to the wider strategic development of the hospice and help to translate local and national strategy relating to hospice care and enable Rennie Grove Peace to implement and deliver an effective service.
Acting as a Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care ambassador, actively demonstrating our values and positively promoting the specialist care we provide.
What we're looking for:
Registered Nurse
Degree Level or modules in Palliative Care or another relevant subject
Proven palliative care experience
IT literate including a good knowledge of Excel, Word, a clinical IT system.
Advanced assessment skills and specialist symptom control knowledge to plan, implement and evaluate nursing care
Full, current valid UK driving Licence
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If successful, you'll join on the first working Monday of the month so we can best support you with our structured induction programme.
For an informal chat about this role please contact Erin Beer, Head of IPU & Coordination, at erin.beer@renniegrovepeace.org
Applications will be reviewed and invited to interview as received. We reserve the right to close the advert at any time, therefore we encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible.
Our commitment to equality and diversity
At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care we strive to continuously demonstrate our values. These values are embedded in our recruitment and selection process and we are fully committed to equality diversity and inclusion in both our workforce and within our culture.
The Company
At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, we’re all about making every moment matter for our patients and families, and you can play your part in that. We will support people of all ages who are affected by a progressive life- limiting illness (and those who care for them), to live as well as possible by providing choice and ease access to a wide range of palliative care and bereavement services across Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. We provide care and support for adults and children diagnosed with cancer and other life-limiting illness, and their families, visiting day and night. It’s important work and, to make it all happen, we need talented and passionate people.