Community Senior Hospice at Home Nurse (Night Team)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Carry out holistic assessment of patients and those close to them, and develop, deliver and evaluate individualised care plans.

Deliver fundamental and complex specialist interventions in the home, including symptom management within the RGP medicines framework, syringe driver care and, once competent, verification of expected death.

Respond to SOS and unplanned calls: assess, act within your competence, and escalate to the CNS, out of hrs advice line, or 111 when the situation needs decisions beyond your scope.

Deliver hands-on care when it is right for the patient, including on crisis response and unplanned care visits.

Communicate sensitive information with skill and care, supporting families before and after bereavement.

Keep accurate, contemporaneous records and hand over clearly across shifts and services.

Work autonomously within your competence and agreed plans, recognising the limits of your own competence and escalating appropriately.

Please see Job Description for full details

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registration and qualifications:
• Registered Nurse (NMC) with current registration
• Experience:
• Post-registration experience in a relevant setting (community, acute, long-term conditions, oncology or palliative care).
• Experience of coordinating a shift or caseload and of supervising or delegating to support staff.
• Skills and knowledge:
• Assesses, plans and evaluates care autonomously, and recognises when a situation needs escalation.
• Communicates skilfully in emotionally demanding situations, including with people who are dying and those close to them.
• Plans and prioritises a shift of visits across a locality, adjusting as demand changes.
• Confident use of an electronic patient record and Microsoft 365.
• Values and behaviours
• Can show how they work in line with RGP's values: compassionate, supportive, inclusive and collaborative, with examples that match RGP's behavioural indicators.
• Recognises the limits of their own competence and escalates appropriately.

Desirable

• Post-registration study in palliative care or a related area, or completion of an agreed module within 18 months with RGP support.
• Practice supervisor or assessor preparation, with RGP support
• Experience
• Experience of specialist palliative care; experience of audit or quality improvement; a champion or link role

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

Peace Drive

Watford

WD17 3PH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://renniegrovepeace.org/