Senior Registered Nurse

Job summary

Senior Registered Nurse Palliative Care Hub - Rotational shifts (days, nights and weekends)

£32,967 - £37,152 per annum, pro rata plus 30% enhancement for nights and weekends

Sue Ryder St John's Hospice, Moggerhanger, Bedford, MK44 3RJ

Full and Part Time hours available

Day shifts - 7:00am - 7:30pm Nights Shifts - 7:00pm - 7:30am

About the role:

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced nurse to join our busy but very friendly community team at St Johns Hospice. If you are an enthusiastic and committed Senior registered nurse who is interested in a rewarding career within palliative care we'd like to hear from you!

The role encompasses a 24 hour telephone support line, working alongside Nurses or Health Care Assistants. You will provide palliative care support and advice to our Patients on the Palliative Care Hub register, their families and other care professionals whilst signposting to other agencies as and when required. We will require excellent assessment, planning, referral, implementation and evaluation skills to ensure our patients receive high standards of individualised care. You will also be required to support and lead some of the HCAs and be responsible for the allocation of the teams visits.

Main duties of the job

About You:

NMC registered, with post-registration experience in palliative, end of life care.

Ability to be flexible, positive and work within the wider team.

Excellent soft communication skills.

Ability to lead and empower others.

Live our values of Supportive, Impactful and Connected and practice our attached behaviours.

A knowledge of SystemOne would be advantageous

A knowledge of the independent sector

About Us

Be there when it matters!

There has never been a more important time to provide high quality, specialist end-of-life care to support patients and their families.

Who are we:

We are St Johns Hospice, in Moggerhanger, Bedfordshire.

We are a CQC Outstanding rated hospice and provide compassionate and expert care in the hospice and the community.

We are a close and supportive team looking to welcome new people and new ideas.

We offer you the time to holistically care for your patients and their families.

We offer palliative training and many educational opportunities.

We have a peaceful environment surrounded by beautiful gardens, fields and visiting wildlife.

Our aim at St Johns is to retain, support and develop our teams whilst providing outstanding care.

We are always eager to welcome potential candidates into the hospice for a visit either before applying or during the application process. Please do contact us to arrange a visit.

About us

Benefits

Enhanced pay for unsociable hours

Company pension scheme

Continuation of NHS pension (T&Cs apply) ROLES

27 days holiday - rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays

NHS annual leave honoured (T&Cs apply) ROLES

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Enhanced sick pay

Employee Networks - LGBTQ+, Ethnic Diversity and Equality, People with Disabilities, and Women and Non Binary Individuals

Staff discount of 10% on new goods online at shop.sueryder.org

Structured induction programme and learning and development opportunities.

For more of our employee benefits please visit our website.

https://www.sueryder.org/jobs/why-work-for-sue-ryder

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and continue to make Sue Ryder a great place to work, and attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible. We are particularly interested in increasing applications from the global majority, LGTBQIA+ and people with disabilities as they are currently underrepresented in our organisation.

Please let us know if you have any feedback to make our recruitment processes more accessible and inclusive or if you require any adjustments made to your application or interview process by emailing recruitment@sueryder.org

https://www.sueryder.org/jobs/equity-diversity-inclusion

If you want more than just a job, we want you.

Join the team and be there when it matters.