Job responsibilities
Title:Registered Nurse
Salary:Marie Curie Clinical Pay Scale, Aligned with AFC Band 5 (Range: £28,407 to £34,581 per annum + enhancements, depending experience)
Hours/Contract:Permanent,Full Time 37.5 hours per week
Based:Marie Curie Liverpool Hospice
Closing date:25th September 2023
Interview date:TBC
Whats in it for you:
- Continued access to NHS Pension Scheme (subject to eligibility)
- Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
- Continuous development
- Industry leading training programmes
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Annual Leave Entitlement will take into account previous years of service under Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Flexible Working
- Enhancements
- 30% x your basic salary per hour paid for Saturdays and night duty
- 60% x your basic salary per hour paid for Sundays and Bank Holidays
What we are looking for:
- RN Registration Level 1
- IT experience Mircosoft Office, EMIS would be an advantage.
- Experience in NHS or other relevant care setting in palliative care
- Ability to use your own initiative as well as being a team player.
- Community experience is essential.
- Ability to work in a complex and stressful environment and demonstrate appropriate coping mechanisms
- Ability to work flexibly as this role will include weekends as well as weekday working (from your own home). We must emphasise that the role will involve working 1 weekend in 4
- A driver! Use of a car, which will need to be insured for business use is essential.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Registered Nurses to join our STARS team working across Liverpool. The role of the STARS Registered Nurse involves collaborative working with District Nurses, Community Nurse Specialists and other members of the wider Multi-Disciplinary Team. This facilitates maximum support of those individuals deemed to be in the last 12 weeks of their life, whilst supporting their family/carer.
Please note that this role involves minimal clinical duties, the Registered Nurse will be an active participant in team working and peer support are paramount to this role.
The Registered Nurse will perform an initial assessment and reviews at 4 weeks and 8 weeks for each patient on their caseload. The RN will also be responsible for the DST process for any stable patients at 8 weeks. Additional reviews can take place for patients whose needs change inbetween the allocated review periods.
You will have a caseload of patients and will be responsible for their care planning and review. All clinical input is undertaken by the District Nurse in the community
Other responsibilities include incident reporting, liaising with Safeguarding and attending collaborative working meetings to help optimise patient safety and comfort. Sign-posting for bereavement support is also an integral part of the role.
Please contact our STARS Operational Lead, Patricia Rowland on 0785 1385105 to gain a full insight into what the role involves.
Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.
We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.
This role will be subject to receiving a satisfactory Enhanced criminal record check.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Agencies need not apply.
