Staff Nurse / Hospice Paramedic (Registered Staff)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job title

Reporting to

Designated Manager

Location

Based at the Hospice buildings in Pembury, Kent, or Five Ashes, East Sussex, with potential requirement to work at other locations within West Kent and East Sussex.

Scope & Job Purpose

Registered staff may work across any of the Services provided by Hospice in the Weald to:

Deliver high-quality Hospice Palliative Care to patients with a terminal illness including Dementia, Cancer, Organ Failure (end stages) and Neurological conditions who are referred/refer themselves to Hospice in the Weald.

Act as a practical and advisory resource to other professions on hospice palliative care issues, including physical, psychological, social, spiritual support and bereavement care.

Ensure that patients and those important to them are aware of the full range of services available to them to enable people to make informed choices about their care and to make to the most of the precious time they have at the end of life.

Key responsibilities

Deliverables/outcomes

Deliver compassionate, personalised, and holistic care to our patients and those important to them

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate pathways of care for patients in a way that reflects the Hospice philosophy.

Responsible for reviewing, delivering, and updating care plans and documentation and escalating all concerns to the appropriate individual.

Recognise, respond to, and manage palliative care emergencies appropriately.

Review, deliver and update electronic documentation and escalate all concerns as relevant and appropriate.

Administer medication, including injectables as applicable to the patients needs.

Set up and manage syringe drivers.

Ensure the safe storage, management and use of controlled drugs and clinical sundries.

Support new workforce members through orientation and perform medication framework assessments.

Provide support for referrals required for counselling and bereavement support for family caregivers.

Work within the multidisciplinary team to maintain a high level of risk awareness about self and patient safety.

Management & Leadership

Lead and act as a mentor for new staff, students, Nursing Associates, Healthcare Practitioners and Nursing Assistants

We will provide training to so that you can act as Practice Supervisor or Practice assessor for student nurses. Helping to grow exceptional registered staff of the future

Support and empower our volunteers

Communications and Teamwork

Identify and discuss where escalation of patients needs to a senior member of staff is necessary and make all necessary arrangements.

Be a proactive team player, supporting colleagues through reflection, advice and guidance and take part in clinical supervision

Training and Development

Undertake Hospice mandatory training and participate in wider training and development opportunities.

Deliver training sessions as required.

Working across Services

Registered staff have the opportunity to work across the Services provided by Hospice in the Weald.

Cottage Hospice

Be the registered person in charge of the shift and take on overall responsibility, including overseeing the day to day running of the shifts, and to include dealing with patient admissions, fire evacuation, staff sickness and verification of death.

To fully comprehend, understand and be able to articulate and demonstrate the Informed Guide to all the workforce and to Family Caregivers. Ensure all staff and volunteers can also articulate and demonstrate use of the Informed Guide.

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for patients with full involvement from Family Caregivers.

Empowerment and enablement of Family Caregivers and volunteers to enable them to provide high quality care to their loved one.

Promote the home from home environment and encourage and promote patients and Family Caregivers making the whole Cottage Hospice space their own.

Hospice Outreach Service

Agree individualised patient centred care plans to deliver a high standard of evidence based palliative care working in partnership with external healthcare workers where necessary.

Liaise appropriately, making referrals when required to the multi-disciplinary team within the Hospice in supporting patients and those important to them in difficult circumstances.

Work within the multidisciplinary team to maintain a high level of risk awareness with regard to self and patient safety.

Assessment of patients with a non-complex disease in Hospice Appointments as directed by line management.

Undertake bereavement telephone calls following completion of appropriate communication training.

In-Patient Ward

Be the registered person in charge of the shift and take on overall responsibility, including overseeing the day to day running of the shifts, and to include dealing with patient admissions, fire evacuation, staff sickness and verification of death.

Liaise with Hospice Outreach Service, medical and nursing staff as required to ensure an 80% occupancy level.

Deliver care in a homely environment, ensuring that patients and those important to them are aware of all facilities and services available.

Act as shift lead after appropriate training in accordance with Local Operating procedures, including allocation of staff, patient admissions, day procedures, fire evacuation, emergency phone, staff sickness, shift cover.

Deliver care of patients having procedures as inpatients or as day procedures. To include administration of Blood, Bisphosphonates and the management of drains.

Deliver after care following interventions in pain clinic and interventional radiology.

Administer Intravenous infusions and antibiotics.

Care for Central venous access devices (following training).

Lead in discharge planning, ensuring that early plans are made.

Present patients and contribute to weekly ward Multi-disciplinary team meeting.

Deliver After Death Meetings.

Offer telephone advice to Hospice Outreach Service patients and those important to them out of hours.

General

Maintain professionalism through adherence to recognized Codes (e.g. NMC, GMC, HPC, HCPC) and work within the boundaries of Hospice in the Weald policies.

Maintain professional development though the Hospice Annual Review process. Continuously updating and improving knowledge and competencies.

Engage in the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in the area you are working and achieve the required level of competence.

Any other duties which may be reasonably requested.

Recognise the growing need for 24/7 working patterns and flexibility.

Always strive for excellence.

Person Specification

Essential Skills

Essential

• Flexible, dynamic approach to work
• Able to communicate sensitively with patients, those important to them and care professionals in difficult situations
• Ability to problem solve and act to address issues
• Computer literacy
• Confident to work autonomously, taking responsibility for the co-ordination of care and support

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Level 1) or
• Registered Paramedic (HCPC) with 2 years post registration experience
• Evidence of ongoing professional development (where appropriate)

Experience

Essential

• Palliative care experience preferred but not essential
• Experience of working in a multi-professional team (including as a student) and the ability to work under pressure and organise workload effectively

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Passionate about providing holistic, person-centred care
• Dedicated to making a difference and changing peoples lives
• Compassionate
• Team player
• Sense of humour
• Forward thinking

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Hospice in the Weald

Address

Cottage Hospice

Five Ashes

Mayfield

East Sussex

TN20 6HY

Employer's website

https://www.hospiceintheweald.org.uk (Opens in a new tab)