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Hospice Senior Nurse (Community)

St Nicholas Hospice Care

The closing date is 05 May 2025

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Job summary

Do you enjoy caring for patients in their own homes? Do you have a love of palliative care, which you would like to develop further?If you would like to work in an environment where you can begin to manage your own clinical caseload, under the direction and support of senior palliative care colleagues, then we'd like to meet you!

Main duties of the job

Here at St Nics we're looking for a Senior Community Hospice Nurse to join our team, who has experience in the delivery of palliative care in a community setting and who wishes to focus on an holistic model with emphasis on the holistic support of patients and families. You will be supported by an experienced multi-disciplinary team who are committed to the delivery of outstanding palliative and end of life care.

About us

St Nicholas Hospice Care is a local charity providing help, advice and support to people in West Suffolk and Thetford in the final chapters of their life, who are living with long-term and life-threatening illnesses. Our services are not just for patients, but for their family and friends too. They include everything from specialist medical care to bereavement support and practical help. St Nicholas Hospice isdedicated to its vision for everyone to matter in life and death.

As an employee of St Nicholas Hospice Care you would receive the following benefits:

  • Free onsite parking
  • 25 days paid annual leave increasing to 29 with length of service (pro-rata if part-time)
  • Excellent training and development opportunities
  • Continuation of your NHS pension or access to a group pension scheme
  • Provision of home-made meals available for staff in our onsite bistro
  • Life assurance
  • Access to Blue Light Card scheme with a range of discounts
  • Health Cash Plan & Wellbeing programme (dentistry, optical, emotional wellbeing support)
  • Enhanced Occupational Sick Pay
  • Opportunities to attend staff social events arranged by our social committee (such as photography group, quiz nights and organisational picnics to name a few)
  • Supportive line management, including regular 1:1s, annual appraisal and 6-weekly team meetings plus team away days

Date posted

24 April 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£37,757.40 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0142-25-0011

Job locations

Hardwick Lane

Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk

IP33 2QY


Job description

Job responsibilities

As part of the clinical team working under the direction of Clinical Nurse Specialists, Hospice Senior Nurses support patients and their families, who may have physical, psychological or spiritual needs, related to a palliative diagnosis. Hospice Senior Nurses are registered nurses with increasing knowledge and skills in palliative care and related areas. Working as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team, you will provide support and advice regarding symptom management and control and provide information and support to enable care planning, usually in a community setting.

Please view the attached document which details the full job description of this role

Job description

Job responsibilities

As part of the clinical team working under the direction of Clinical Nurse Specialists, Hospice Senior Nurses support patients and their families, who may have physical, psychological or spiritual needs, related to a palliative diagnosis. Hospice Senior Nurses are registered nurses with increasing knowledge and skills in palliative care and related areas. Working as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team, you will provide support and advice regarding symptom management and control and provide information and support to enable care planning, usually in a community setting.

Please view the attached document which details the full job description of this role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Adult Registered Nurse (active NMC registrant)
  • Relevant diploma or degree in Nursing
  • Evidence of continued professional development
  • Post registration experience in palliative care or oncology

Experience

Essential

  • Understanding of the value of multi-disciplinary team working
  • Experience of working autonomously
  • Robust understanding of own professional and clinical boundaries
  • Awareness of own emotional responses and ability to respond to these appropriately
  • Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
  • Ability to motivate self and others and to lead by example
  • Able to recognise and consider professional and ethical issues, seeking support as appropriate
  • Driving license, use of own car, business insurance
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Adult Registered Nurse (active NMC registrant)
  • Relevant diploma or degree in Nursing
  • Evidence of continued professional development
  • Post registration experience in palliative care or oncology

Experience

Essential

  • Understanding of the value of multi-disciplinary team working
  • Experience of working autonomously
  • Robust understanding of own professional and clinical boundaries
  • Awareness of own emotional responses and ability to respond to these appropriately
  • Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
  • Ability to motivate self and others and to lead by example
  • Able to recognise and consider professional and ethical issues, seeking support as appropriate
  • Driving license, use of own car, business insurance

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.

UK Registration

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

Additional information

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.

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

St Nicholas Hospice Care

Address

Hardwick Lane

Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk

IP33 2QY


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

St Nicholas Hospice Care

Address

Hardwick Lane

Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk

IP33 2QY


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Community Palliative Care Team Lead

Leanne Connelly

leanne.connelly@stnh.org.uk

01284766133

Date posted

24 April 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£37,757.40 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0142-25-0011

Job locations

Hardwick Lane

Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk

IP33 2QY


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