Job summary
Hospice at Home Senior Paramedic/Nurse
- Hours: 37.5 per week (part time hours considered)
- Location: Rennie Grove Peace Geographical Area - NW Hertfordshire (St Albans, Harpenden & Dacorum areas)
- Salary: Rennie Grove Peace Band 6: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (pro rata)
- Closing date: 14 August 2025 at 12 noon
- Interview date: 22 August 2025
Main duties of the job
The role of Hospice at Home Senior Paramedic/Nurse is in place to provide high quality specialist palliative nursing care, skills, advice and support to patients, carers and those important to the patient. This role will support the delivery of planned and unplanned care across Rennie Grove Peace Hospice.
You will work across shifts covering 7am-9.30pm. Although based in the community, post holders may occasionally be required to work in other Rennie Grove Peace Care settings in order to ensure adequate staffing levels and to gain experience of the wider hospice delivery of care.
About us
At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, our unique care provides a lifeline of compassion and support to
patients, carers, and families facing progressive life-limiting illness.
We provide palliative and end of life care support, including bereavement services, within Buckinghamshire
and Hertfordshire and our patient services are available to adults, as well as patients transitioning into adult
services (16 to 25 years). Bereavement support is offered for all ages to families of patients and those
around them, as well as throughout the community, in schools and workplaces.
We are proud to offer care in the place that best suits the individuals needs, whether that's at home, in a
care home, in a short stay in our inpatient unit, out in the community, or in our purpose-built Living Well
Centre facilities.
As a hospice care charity, we have offered this support, free of charge, for over 40 years.
Our staff team of 340+ includes a wide range of patient-facing disciplines plus operational support based in
Watford, Tring, St Albans, Chalfont St Giles and Berkhamsted. The Charity is now one of the larger UK
hospice charities, reaching a GP population of 797,037 of whom 75% live in Hertfordshire and 25% in
Buckinghamshire.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will therefore need to demonstrate your abilities in the following areas:
-
Actively participate in the development of the organisations planned and unplanned community Hospice at Home model of care.
- To work as part of the multidisciplinary team to provide a high standard of individualised patient/family care and support.
- To be responsible for those patients allocated on a daily basis.
- To ensure that excellent standards of support and clinical practice and care are achieved.
- Deliver specialist palliative nursing care to patients requiring planned and unplanned care. This will include a multi-disciplinary approach for our higher acuity patients with daily virtual and in person reviews in their own homes.
- To work with wider Hospice team as well as system partners to support delivery of care and enable patients to remain in their preferred place of care
Improve patient outcomes and experience by providing physical and emotional support to patients,
coordinating their care services.
- Participate in activities such as audits and case reviews in order to improve the Hospice at Home service.
- Act as a Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care ambassador within the community, actively demonstrating our values and positively promoting the specialist care we provide.
- Work across Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care geographical area (as required) to support safe and effective service delivery.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will therefore need to demonstrate your abilities in the following areas:
-
Actively participate in the development of the organisations planned and unplanned community Hospice at Home model of care.
- To work as part of the multidisciplinary team to provide a high standard of individualised patient/family care and support.
- To be responsible for those patients allocated on a daily basis.
- To ensure that excellent standards of support and clinical practice and care are achieved.
- Deliver specialist palliative nursing care to patients requiring planned and unplanned care. This will include a multi-disciplinary approach for our higher acuity patients with daily virtual and in person reviews in their own homes.
- To work with wider Hospice team as well as system partners to support delivery of care and enable patients to remain in their preferred place of care
Improve patient outcomes and experience by providing physical and emotional support to patients,
coordinating their care services.
- Participate in activities such as audits and case reviews in order to improve the Hospice at Home service.
- Act as a Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care ambassador within the community, actively demonstrating our values and positively promoting the specialist care we provide.
- Work across Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care geographical area (as required) to support safe and effective service delivery.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level Registered Nurse or Paramedic.
- Willing to or working towards of have completed further study in Palliative Care or relevant area.
- Commitment to follow the organisations education pathway.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Evidence of continuous personal and academic development.
- Proven palliative care experience or related speciality.
- Proven experience of effective team working.
- IT literate including a good knowledge of Excel, Word, a clinical IT system.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Good organisational skills. Able to prioritise clinical duties.
- Drive and enthusiasm with a positive approach.
- Ability to work autonomously and as an effective member of the team.
- Caring and empathetic approach.
- Commitment to the organisation mission and values.
- Sensitivity and understanding to the needs of your team and customers, many of whom may have
- experienced Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care services or be bereaved.
- Be a perfect match with our values:
- o We are caring and compassionate
- o We engage and empower
- o We strive for excellence
- o We develop and innovate
- o We respect and value
Desirable
- Advanced communication skills training or commitment to achieve this.
- Evidence of extended roles within their practice.
- Experience working with volunteers.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level Registered Nurse or Paramedic.
- Willing to or working towards of have completed further study in Palliative Care or relevant area.
- Commitment to follow the organisations education pathway.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Evidence of continuous personal and academic development.
- Proven palliative care experience or related speciality.
- Proven experience of effective team working.
- IT literate including a good knowledge of Excel, Word, a clinical IT system.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Good organisational skills. Able to prioritise clinical duties.
- Drive and enthusiasm with a positive approach.
- Ability to work autonomously and as an effective member of the team.
- Caring and empathetic approach.
- Commitment to the organisation mission and values.
- Sensitivity and understanding to the needs of your team and customers, many of whom may have
- experienced Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care services or be bereaved.
- Be a perfect match with our values:
- o We are caring and compassionate
- o We engage and empower
- o We strive for excellence
- o We develop and innovate
- o We respect and value
Desirable
- Advanced communication skills training or commitment to achieve this.
- Evidence of extended roles within their practice.
- Experience working with volunteers.
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).
