Hospice at Home Lead - Ashfield

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Duties

Clinical and Service Leadership

• Provide visible clinical leadership for the Hospice at Home team.

• Lead and coordinate daily delivery of the Hospice at Home Service in your area.

• Undertake comprehensive nursing assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care in patients homes.

• Lead on symptom management decisions within scope of practice, seeking senior advice for complex or high-risk situations.

• Support safe and timely discharge from hospital and prevent avoidable admissions where possible.

• Escalate risk, safeguarding concerns and complex clinical issues promptly.

Team Management

• Provide line management for Hospice at Home Registered Nurses and HCAs.

• Hold responsibility for supervision, appraisal and day to day performance management.

• Support induction, mentoring and ongoing development for staff and students.

• Contribute to workforce planning and skill mix discussions with the Service Lead.

• Manage staff rotas to ensure safe staffing and effective use of resources.

• Oversee sickness absence reporting, return to work meetings and support staff wellbeing in line with policy.

Service Coordination and Partnership Working

• Act as main point of contact for Hospice at Home in your area for internal colleagues and external partners.

• Work closely with the Integrated Hub, hospice In-patient services, GPs, community nursing, secondary care and End of Life Care Together Alliance partners.

• Participate in multidisciplinary discussions to plan and coordinate care for patients and families.

• Promote effective communication with patients, carers and professionals to support shared decision making and advance care planning.

Quality, Safety and Governance

• Promote a culture of high standards, safety and continuous improvement.

• Contribute to clinical governance activities including audits, quality improvement projects and service reviews.

• Ensure accurate, timely and complete documentation in electronic clinical records.

• Report and help investigate incidents, accidents, near misses and complaints.

• Support learning from incidents and feedback and share learning within the team.

• Ensure practice follows current guidelines, policies, legislation, CQC standards and NMC Code.

Education and Development

• Work collaboratively with the Clinical Educator and Quality Lead to plan, deliver, and evaluate education activities to improve service standards and patient outcomes.

• Act as a clinical role model for Hospice at Home staff.

• Provide teaching, coaching and supervision on palliative and end of life care.

• Support staff to develop competence in symptom management, communication and holistic assessment.

• Actively take part in your own supervision, appraisal and professional development.

Service Development

• Identify areas for improvement in the Hospice at Home Service and share proposals with the Service Lead.

• Contribute to implementation of new pathways, tools or standards.

• Participate in evaluation of service changes and impact on patient and carer outcomes.

• Act as an ambassador for Beaumond House Hospice Care and the Hospice at Home Service within the local community and across partners.

General Duties

• Work collaboratively and cooperatively with all Beaumond House colleagues.

• Respect confidentiality in all areas of Beaumond House.

• Abide by the Health and Safety at Work Act.

• Work within Beaumond House policies and procedures.

• Participate in and at times lead team meetings.

• Always behave in a professional manner, reflecting and maintaining Beaumond House values.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience, including work at a senior level.
• Experience in palliative and end of life care, or strong commitment to this field.
• Proven ability to lead and coordinate a clinical team.
• Experience of supervising and supporting staff.
• Experience of implementing changes in clinical practice based on evidence, audit or inspection findings.

Skills and Attributes

Essential

• Strong assessment and clinical decision-making skills, including in complex situations.
• Ability to work across organisational boundaries with health, social care and voluntary sector partners.
• Good understanding of clinical governance, risk management and safeguarding.
• Confident use of electronic clinical records and IT systems.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and respond to changing service needs.
• Flexible, reflective and able to build sensitive, empathetic rapport with others.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualification in palliative care, community nursing or a related field.
• Leadership or management qualification or training.
• Teaching or assessing qualification, or evidence of teaching experience.

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

Beaumond House Hospice Care

Address

Operating within the Ashfield Area -

Nottinghamshire

NG17 1AL

Employer's website

https://www.beaumondhouse.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)