Job summary
Community Unplanned Care Service Lead
- Hours: 37.5 per week (part time considered)
- Location: Peace Hospice, Watford
- Salary: Rennie Grove Peace Band 7 - £46,148 to £52809 per annum (pro rata)
- Closing date: 2 May 2025 at 12 noon
- Interview date: 16 May 2025
The purpose of the role is to provide leadership and high quality specialist palliative practitioner care, skills, advice and support to patients, carers and those important to the patient. This role will directly manage a team of band 6 nurses, paramedics and an HCA.
The role supports the delivery of planned care within a virtual ward model and responsive visits to support patient care across Rennie Grove Peace Hospice (RGP). The virtual ward is based at Peace Building in Watford with a plan to further expand the virtual ward across the RGP NW Herts community locality.
Main duties of the job
This means you will be responsible to:
- Actively participate in the development of the organisations planned and unplanned
community model of care.
- Offer advice, support and education to the primary health care team as part of an
interdisciplinary team.
- The management of a specialist palliative virtual ward caseload across the RGP Watford, 3 Rivers and Hertsmere locality and support other RGP virtual wards within Hertfordshire as required to maintain our service.
- To work from an interdisciplinary approach to care.
- To engage in the full range of activities consistent with the role of a service lead.
- Demonstrate specialist skills and expertise in palliative care, the post holder will deliver
high standards of personalised care.
- To demonstrate the ability to prioritise and reprioritise is an essential in this role.
- Improve patient outcomes and experience by providing physical and emotional support to
their patients, coordinating their care services, and informing and advising them on clinical
and practical issues associated with their illness.
- Participate activities such as audits and case reviews to improve the Hospice @Home service
- As required, work across Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care geographical area to support
safe and effective service delivery.
- Act as a Rennie Grove Peace Hospice ambassador within the community, actively
demonstrating our values and positively promoting the specialist care we provide.
About us
Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care started formally operating in July 2023, through the merger of two successful organisations, Rennie Grove Hospice Care and Peace Hospice Care. We offer exceptional, specialised and highly valued care, serving our local community of people affected by life-limiting illness or bereavement, across Herts and Bucks.
Our merger is bringing together the best of both organisations so that we can:
Serve our communities with a wider range of services
Reach more local people
Strengthen our ability to secure more resources
To enable every local person to receive the care they need, when they need it, wherever they need it.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Demonstrate clinical excellence and maintain consistently high
standards of clinical practice in palliative care.
- Act as a role model providing clinical leadership for
colleagues.
- Advise and support on patients with complex needs and their
families at home, maintainingan approach that
incorporates physical, psychological, social and spiritual aspects of care, inaccordance with the
organisation mission and values.
- Manage a caseload/ virtual ward bed based care of complex patients promoting the highest
possible standards of individualised care, symptom management and bereavement
support through a process ofassessment, planning,
coordination and evaluation.
- Effectively allocate and support team members to implement the
care plan, monitoring andevaluating the care
provided, delivering practical nursing care when appropriate.
- Monitor and prioritise team referrals.
See the enclosed job description for full details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Demonstrate clinical excellence and maintain consistently high
standards of clinical practice in palliative care.
- Act as a role model providing clinical leadership for
colleagues.
- Advise and support on patients with complex needs and their
families at home, maintainingan approach that
incorporates physical, psychological, social and spiritual aspects of care, inaccordance with the
organisation mission and values.
- Manage a caseload/ virtual ward bed based care of complex patients promoting the highest
possible standards of individualised care, symptom management and bereavement
support through a process ofassessment, planning,
coordination and evaluation.
- Effectively allocate and support team members to implement the
care plan, monitoring andevaluating the care
provided, delivering practical nursing care when appropriate.
- Monitor and prioritise team referrals.
See the enclosed job description for full details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level Registered Nurse or Registered Paramedic
- Degree Level or modules in Palliative Care or another relevant subject
- Evidence of continuous personal and academic development
- Proven palliative care experience
- Non-medical Prescriber or a commitment to successfully achieve this qualification as agreed with line manager
- Advanced assessment skills training/commitment to attend this qualification
- Advanced communication skills training
- Proven experience of managing people / strong clinical leadership.
- 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
- Teaching and presentation skills
- Advanced assessment skills and specialist symptom control knowledge to plan, implement and evaluate nursing care
- 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 values
- Sensitivity and understanding to the needs of your team and customers, many of whom may have experienced Rennie Grove and Peace Hospice Care services or be bereaved.
- Be a perfect match with our values:
- We are caring and compassionate
- We engage and empower
- We strive for excellence
- We develop and innovate
- We respect and value
Desirable
- Experience of teaching within a clinical setting
- Experience of successfully implementing and supporting change
- Experience of leading and motivating teams of volunteers.
- Strong problem-solving skills and able to implement new initiatives.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level Registered Nurse or Registered Paramedic
- Degree Level or modules in Palliative Care or another relevant subject
- Evidence of continuous personal and academic development
- Proven palliative care experience
- Non-medical Prescriber or a commitment to successfully achieve this qualification as agreed with line manager
- Advanced assessment skills training/commitment to attend this qualification
- Advanced communication skills training
- Proven experience of managing people / strong clinical leadership.
- 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
- Teaching and presentation skills
- Advanced assessment skills and specialist symptom control knowledge to plan, implement and evaluate nursing care
- 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 values
- Sensitivity and understanding to the needs of your team and customers, many of whom may have experienced Rennie Grove and Peace Hospice Care services or be bereaved.
- Be a perfect match with our values:
- We are caring and compassionate
- We engage and empower
- We strive for excellence
- We develop and innovate
- We respect and value
Desirable
- Experience of teaching within a clinical setting
- Experience of successfully implementing and supporting change
- Experience of leading and motivating teams of volunteers.
- Strong problem-solving skills and able to implement new initiatives.
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).
