Job summary
Were looking for a highly motivated, passionate Registered Nurse
to join our expanding Hospice at Home (H@H) Team at St. Michaels Hospice. This
is a specialist nursing role, providing compassionate, expert care to patients
in the last weeks and days of their lives.
This is an ideal opportunity for a nurse who wishes to specialise
in palliative and end of life care, or who already has experience in this area.
Passion for making a difference to our patients and their families alongside a
love of the nursing role are key aspirations we are looking for in the
successful candidate. Experience of working within the community setting would
be an advantage.
The successful candidate will be an
NMC-registered nurse. You will have excellent communication skills and empathy.
Youll work both independently and as part of a supportive multi-disciplinary
team, proactively assessing patients needs, planning and delivering
high-quality care, and advocating for the best possible outcomes.
You will have the confidence and
knowledge to make clinical judgements, manage your workload effectively, and
deliver care that aligns with St. Michaels Hospices values and commitment to
excellence.
This role involves working shifts
across long days, including both day and night shifts. A full UK driving
license and access to a vehicle are essential, as you will be travelling across
the community within the hospices catchment area.
Closing date - 15th June 2025
Interview date - w/c 30th June 2025
Main duties of the job
Working collaboratively with the wider multi-disciplinary team, youll assess, plan, and provide holistic care that meets the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of patients. Youll also play a key role in contributing to service improvement and promoting best practice in end-of-life care.
Key responsibilities:
- Deliver personalised palliative care and symptom management at home.
- Support the SMH Living Well Service, including MND and long-term neurological conditions.
- Maintain high standards of care, communication, and record-keeping.
- Collaborate with healthcare professionals, patients, families, and carers to ensure a seamless, compassionate service.
St. Michaels Hospice is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people. All staff are expected to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be required to undergo relevant background checks, including a DBS check and provide satisfactory reference before starting the role.
About us
St. Michaels Hospice is a registered charity providing specialist
palliative and end of life care services since 1992, for the people of North
Hampshire. We are dedicated to providing care to people throughout North
Hampshire who are affected by life limiting illness to attain the highest
possible quality of life by providing a choice of specialist care and support.
As a charity, we depend on the kindness and support of our local
community to continue offering our services free of charge. This care is made
possible by supporters donating, taking part in fundraising events and
activities, playing our lottery, shopping in our retail outlets, leaving gifts
in their Wills or giving freely of their time to volunteer.
We offer a competitive salary with attractive benefits, including,
free parking, life assurance, 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and an
extensive health and wellbeing plan and company pension.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
Hospice at Home Team (H@H) provides both planned and reactive support to individuals
identified as being in the last two weeks of life who require specialist
palliative care advice and intervention. The team specialises in palliative
symptom management, holistic assessment, and end-of-life support, enabling
patients to remain in their own homes whenever possible.
In
addition to delivering clinical nursing interventions, the team supports the
SMH Living Well Service by providing a community visiting service. This
includes care for patients known to the SMH Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Service
and the SMH Long-Term Neurological Conditions Service. The H@H nursing team is
supported by the wider multi-professional Hospice at Home team at St. Michaels
Hospice.
In
this role, you will be responsible for assessing patients care needs and for
developing, implementing, and evaluating personalised care plans. This will be
done in partnership with patients, families, and other professionals to ensure
both physical and psychological needs are met.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
Hospice at Home Team (H@H) provides both planned and reactive support to individuals
identified as being in the last two weeks of life who require specialist
palliative care advice and intervention. The team specialises in palliative
symptom management, holistic assessment, and end-of-life support, enabling
patients to remain in their own homes whenever possible.
In
addition to delivering clinical nursing interventions, the team supports the
SMH Living Well Service by providing a community visiting service. This
includes care for patients known to the SMH Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Service
and the SMH Long-Term Neurological Conditions Service. The H@H nursing team is
supported by the wider multi-professional Hospice at Home team at St. Michaels
Hospice.
In
this role, you will be responsible for assessing patients care needs and for
developing, implementing, and evaluating personalised care plans. This will be
done in partnership with patients, families, and other professionals to ensure
both physical and psychological needs are met.
Person Specification
Skills, Knowledge, Abilities
Essential
- Advanced assessment and care planning skills.
- Demonstrate knowledge and experience in caring for palliative and end of life care patients.
- Work independently as part of the wider nursing team.
- Management and distribution of workload.
- Excellent interpersonal & communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate on the telephone and have IT experience.
- Listening, negotiation and influencing skills.
- Demonstrable mentorship skills.
- Demonstrable computer literacy with knowledge of databases, Microsoft, use of email and aptitude to learn computer packages that are essential to the role.
- Demonstrable knowledge and awareness of quality and governance
Desirable
- Ability to make clinical judgement decisions related to symptom management of patients that involve complex facts or situations, analysing what is needed and comparing a range of options.
- Evidence/Experience of being able to lead in and assist others in audits, surveys, and research & development.
- Ability to communicate complex and highly sensitive information to patients and relatives.
- Can demonstrate knowledge of complex symptom management of patients with life limiting illness
- Appropriate competency documentation and evidence of making DNACPR decisions and completion of TEPS, ReSPECT forms.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Degree or equivalent or can demonstrate study to Degree level).
- NMC Registered Nurse (Adult) with active NMC PIN (no restrictions on practice).
- Student Nurse Assessor/Supervisor course.
- Evidence of recent CPD, study / courses attended within relevant areas to a Specialist Palliative Care setting.
- History Taking & Physical Assessment qualification or willingness to undertake.
Desirable
- Advanced communication qualification.
- Nurse Assessor/Mentor training
- Masters degree/modules or working towards.
- Degree/modules in leadership/management or willingness to undertake.
- Edward Jenner NHS Leadership Academy Course or similar.
- Teaching course e.g., PTLLS, DTLLS, ENB.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience and experience with supporting patients and relatives through the dying process
- Demonstrable experience of working with or within an MDT setting
- Experience of developing and teaching others.
- Experience in and/or supervision of junior staff members.
- Experience of syringe drivers, insertion of urinary catheters, taking blood and other clinical procedures
- Experience of managing pressure areas
Desirable
- Previous nursing experience of practising in a variety of clinical settings and teams.
- Community based nursing experience
- Experience of intravenous injections, infusions, endotracheal suctioning, insertion of male urinary catheters.
- Demonstrate experience of clinical governance and risk management
Attitude, aptitudes, personal characteristics
Essential
- Ability to work, days, nights and weekends
- Proactive & ability to work on own initiative and independently, as well as part of a team.
- Professional at all times.
- Motivated and able to motivate others.
- Calm and objective.
- A positive approach to all aspects of work including influencing, managing and supporting change.
- Ability to work across St. Michaels Hospice services, as needs dictate.
- Quality focused, 'customer care' ethos.
- Ability to foster positive relationships.
- Diplomatic, honest, behaves with integrity.
- Confidence and self-awareness of own limitations and professional boundaries.
- Resilient practitioner with the ability to work under pressure on occasions.
- Demonstrates commitment to St Michael's vision and values
Desirable
- Ability to effectively deputise and manage a clinical service.
Other requirements
Essential
- Full UK driving license
- Access to transport to travel within the community setting across the SMH catchment area.
- Business use on vehicle insurance
Person Specification
Skills, Knowledge, Abilities
Essential
- Advanced assessment and care planning skills.
- Demonstrate knowledge and experience in caring for palliative and end of life care patients.
- Work independently as part of the wider nursing team.
- Management and distribution of workload.
- Excellent interpersonal & communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate on the telephone and have IT experience.
- Listening, negotiation and influencing skills.
- Demonstrable mentorship skills.
- Demonstrable computer literacy with knowledge of databases, Microsoft, use of email and aptitude to learn computer packages that are essential to the role.
- Demonstrable knowledge and awareness of quality and governance
Desirable
- Ability to make clinical judgement decisions related to symptom management of patients that involve complex facts or situations, analysing what is needed and comparing a range of options.
- Evidence/Experience of being able to lead in and assist others in audits, surveys, and research & development.
- Ability to communicate complex and highly sensitive information to patients and relatives.
- Can demonstrate knowledge of complex symptom management of patients with life limiting illness
- Appropriate competency documentation and evidence of making DNACPR decisions and completion of TEPS, ReSPECT forms.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Degree or equivalent or can demonstrate study to Degree level).
- NMC Registered Nurse (Adult) with active NMC PIN (no restrictions on practice).
- Student Nurse Assessor/Supervisor course.
- Evidence of recent CPD, study / courses attended within relevant areas to a Specialist Palliative Care setting.
- History Taking & Physical Assessment qualification or willingness to undertake.
Desirable
- Advanced communication qualification.
- Nurse Assessor/Mentor training
- Masters degree/modules or working towards.
- Degree/modules in leadership/management or willingness to undertake.
- Edward Jenner NHS Leadership Academy Course or similar.
- Teaching course e.g., PTLLS, DTLLS, ENB.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience and experience with supporting patients and relatives through the dying process
- Demonstrable experience of working with or within an MDT setting
- Experience of developing and teaching others.
- Experience in and/or supervision of junior staff members.
- Experience of syringe drivers, insertion of urinary catheters, taking blood and other clinical procedures
- Experience of managing pressure areas
Desirable
- Previous nursing experience of practising in a variety of clinical settings and teams.
- Community based nursing experience
- Experience of intravenous injections, infusions, endotracheal suctioning, insertion of male urinary catheters.
- Demonstrate experience of clinical governance and risk management
Attitude, aptitudes, personal characteristics
Essential
- Ability to work, days, nights and weekends
- Proactive & ability to work on own initiative and independently, as well as part of a team.
- Professional at all times.
- Motivated and able to motivate others.
- Calm and objective.
- A positive approach to all aspects of work including influencing, managing and supporting change.
- Ability to work across St. Michaels Hospice services, as needs dictate.
- Quality focused, 'customer care' ethos.
- Ability to foster positive relationships.
- Diplomatic, honest, behaves with integrity.
- Confidence and self-awareness of own limitations and professional boundaries.
- Resilient practitioner with the ability to work under pressure on occasions.
- Demonstrates commitment to St Michael's vision and values
Desirable
- Ability to effectively deputise and manage a clinical service.
Other requirements
Essential
- Full UK driving license
- Access to transport to travel within the community setting across the SMH catchment area.
- Business use on vehicle 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).
