Community Senior Staff Nurse - Herts Area

Job description

Job responsibilities

The purpose of the role is 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 and Peace Hospice. This means you will be responsible to:

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 the Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care geographical area (as required) to support safe and effective service delivery.

For more information, please see the attached job description.

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.

Experience

Essential

• 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.

Desirable

• Evidence of extended roles within their practice.
• Experience working with volunteers.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Good organisational skills.
• Able to prioritise clinical duties.
• Ability to work autonomously and as an effective member of the team.

Desirable

• Advanced communication skills training or commitment to achieve this.

Personal Qualities & Other

Essential

• Drive and enthusiasm with a positive approach.
• 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:
• We are caring and compassionate
• We engage and empower
• We strive for excellence
• We develop and innovate
• We respect and value

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care

Address

Rennie Grove Hospice Care

Icknield Way

Tring

Hertfordshire

HP23 4JX

Employer's website

https://renniegrovepeace.org/ (Opens in a new tab)