Senior Community Nurse / Paramedic

Hours: 37.5 per week (part-time hours considered)

Closing Date: 14 March 2025 at 12 noon

Interview Date: 25 March 2025

Location: Rennie Grove Peace - Buckinghamshire Locality

Salary: Rennie Grove Peace Band 6: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (pro-rata)

The purpose of this 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 Peace Hospice. This role will suit someone who is an experienced palliative care nurse who would like to be part of a community service which aims to ensure quality of access to Rennie Grove Peace services.

Main duties of the job:

• Actively participate in the development of the organisations planned and unplanned community Hospice at Home model of care.
• Work as part of the multidisciplinary team to provide a high standard of individualised patient / family care and support.
• Be responsible for those patients allocated daily.
• 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, including a multi-disciplinary approach for higher acuity patients with daily virtual and in-person reviews in their own homes.
• 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 to improve the Hospice at Home service.
• Act as a Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care ambassador within the community, demonstrating our values and positively promoting the specialist care we provide.
• Work across Rennie Grove and Peace Hospice Care geographical area (as required) to support safe and effective service delivery.

Job Responsibilities:

• Be competent to work alone with patients and their families in the home environment, under the guidance of the Clinical Nurse Specialist.
• Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work including the daily management of patients.
• Support those patients allocated from day to day in partnership with other members of the multidisciplinary team and wider system partners and under the guidance of the Clinical Nurse Specialist.
• Work autonomously with designated patients alongside a degree of flexibility due to the unpredictable nature of the role.
• Demonstrate and apply knowledge of options for achieving control of symptoms in liaison with other health care professionals.
• Review patients when required and discuss necessary changes in their care with the Clinical Nurse Specialist, colleagues, and other key stakeholders as appropriate.
• Demonstrate clinical excellence and maintain consistently high standards of individualised care and bereavement support under guidance of the Clinical Nurse Specialist.
• Be responsible for identifying and acting on any risk of safeguarding to patients and their families in accordance with the organisations Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults and the Safeguarding of Children Policies and Procedures.
• Demonstrate an evidence-based approach to nursing and participate in any agreed research projects.
• Participate in setting standards and the audit of patient and family care.
• Deputise for Clinical Nurse Specialist as required in times of absence.
• Be responsible for looking after an allocated group of patients each day.
• Comply with all Rennie Grove and Peace policies and procedures.
• Maintain required organisational standards for all mandatory training.
• Keep up to date with current legislation relevant to role.
• Promote equality and diversity.

Person Specification:

Qualifications Essential:

• First level Registered Nurse or Paramedic.
• Willing to or working towards or have completed further study in Palliative Care or relevant area.

Additional Criteria Essential:

• Commitment to follow the organisations education pathway.
• Evidence of continuous personal and academic development.
• Proven palliative care experience or related specialty.
• Proven experience of effective team working.
• IT literate including a good knowledge of Excel, Word, and 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's 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.

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.

Employer details:

Employer name: Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care

Address: Gillian King House, Chalfont St Giles, HP8 4LS

Employer's website: https://renniegrovepeace.org/

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Part-time

Job function: Health Care Provider

Industries: Hospitals and Health Care