Community Unplanned Care Service Lead
* Hours: 37.5 per week (part time considered)
* Location: Peace Hospice, Watford
* Salary: Rennie Grove Peace Band 7 - £46,148 to £52809 per annum (pro rata)
* Closing date: 2 May 2025 at 12 noon
* Interview date: 16 May 2025
The purpose of the Community Unplanned Care Service Lead is to provide leadership and high quality specialist palliative practitioner care, skills, advice and support to patients, carers and those important to the patient. This role will directly manage a team of band 6 nurses, paramedics and an HCA.
You will therefore need to demonstrate your abilities in the following areas:
* Actively participate in the development of the organisations planned and unplanned community model of care.
* Offer advice, support and education to the primary health care team as part of an interdisciplinary team.
* The management of a specialist palliative virtual ward caseload across the RGP Watford, 3 Rivers and Hertsmere locality and support other RGP virtual wards within Hertfordshire as required to maintain our service.
* To work from an interdisciplinary approach to care.
* To engage in the full range of activities consistent with the role of a service lead.
* Demonstrate specialist skills and expertise in palliative care, the post holder will deliver high standards of personalised care.
* Demonstrate the ability to prioritise and reprioritise essential in this role.
* Improve patient outcomes and experience by providing physical and emotional support to their patients, coordinating their care services, and informing and advising them on clinical and practical issues associated with their illness.
* Participate activities such as audits and case reviews to improve the Hospice @Home service
* Act as a Rennie Grove Peace Hospice ambassador within the community, actively
* demonstrating our values and positively promoting the specialist care we provide.
* ·As required, work across Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care geographical area to support safe and effective service delivery.
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All candidates must have the right to work in the UK.
Please note, we do not sponsor for this role and due to the minimal hours required for this role, we cannot progress applications for candidates sponsored by another employer.
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 contact Caroline Allen, Assistant Director - Community & RPCS on .
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.