Community Registered Nurse (No Sponsorship) in Pennington

Oakhaven Hospice is looking for a compassionate and skilled Community Palliative Care Nurse to join our Community Nursing Team. In this role, you will provide high-quality, holistic palliative and end-of-life care to patients and their families in their own homes or care settings. The role will also involve telephone advice and support through our SPA (single point of access). You will also support health and social care professionals across the Oakhaven catchment area by acting as a clinical resource and educator, helping to develop skills, knowledge, and confidence in palliative care. This is a hands-on, rewarding role that makes a real difference to patients and their families.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake holistic palliative nursing assessments and deliver hands-on care in community settings.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate person-centred care plans in partnership with patients and families.
• Provide timely and responsive care, including urgent nursing interventions when required.
• Support patients and families with emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual needs, in person and during phone consultations.
• Promote patient choice, including preferred place of care and death.
• Act as a clinical resource and educator for health and social care professionals.
• Collaborate effectively with the multidisciplinary team.
• Provide clinical support and advice to the Palliative Home Care Team.
• Maintain accurate documentation, participate in audits, and contribute to quality improvement.
• Work flexibly across the service to meet patient and team needs.

About Us

Oakhaven Hospice serves the community of the New Forest, providing in-patient, day hospice, and community care for patients with life-limiting illnesses, alongside support for families and carers. We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, fostering a workplace where everyone can be themselves and contribute fully.

Job responsibilities

• To work as an effective member of the broader Oakhaven Community nursing team, undertaking holistic palliative nursing assessments, delivering hands-on nursing care and supporting both patients and their families in their home or place of care in the community.
• To work as a professional resource and educator for health and social care professionals, as appropriate, within the Oakhaven catchment area.
• To provide regular hands-on delivery of care to patients primarily within their own homes, or place of care including care homes where necessary.
• Assess, plan and implement plans of care based on person-centred palliative care best practice principles that reflect patient and family assessed need and in partnership with them.
• Actively include patients and families in decision making.
• To promote and actively support patients to achieve their preferred place of care, and preferred place of death by providing effective and timely nursing care, including rapid assessment and urgent nursing care interventions when required.
• To act as an education support for health and social care professionals and patients and families within the Oakhaven catchment area, using the principles of situated learning to develop palliative and end-of-life care skills, knowledge, and confidence in others.
• Ensure, along with other team members, the provision of skilled high-quality evidence-based nursing care to patients and their families.
• Maintain a holistic approach incorporating psychosocial, spiritual, and social aspects of care for patients and families.
• Ensure effective communication both within Oakhaven teams, Oakhaven Hospice and Oakhaven Care and externally.
• To work collaboratively with the wider MDT within Oakhaven Hospice.
• To act as clinical support, both practical and nursing advice, for the Oakhaven Care Palliative Home Care Team in line with the broader Oakhaven Community Team.
• To maintain excellent documentation, recording, and data collection.
• To participate in audit activity in line with the Oakhaven audit programme.
• Utilise and develop own teaching skills.
• Participate in the delivery of both formal and informal education as appropriate, in any setting.
• Develop and maintain own professional clinical skills and knowledge.
• To exercise professional responsibility by accessing and accepting opportunities for reflection and relevant training, in order to understand and respond to the dynamics of providing excellent palliative and end-of-life care.
• To be mindful of the limited resources available within the community and promote cost-effectiveness.
• To work flexibly across the clinical directorate to meet patient need.

Person Specification

• Registered General Nurse.
• First Level degree in related subject or demonstrate equivalent experience or skill.
• Post Registration qualification in cancer/palliative care or relevant subject or working towards.
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Recognised mentorship qualification.
• Advanced Communication Skills training.
• Relevant post-registration experience, in cancer, palliative care or the speciality.
• Experience of multi-professional working.
• Evidence of leading a change management initiative which improved patient care.
• Evidence of good communication skills.
• Ability to support and influence change.
• Demonstrates ability to meet Oakhaven Hospice's values.
• Demonstrate advanced clinical expertise.
• Experience of managing and sustaining change.
• Evidence of clinical standard/guideline setting.
• Evidence of understanding professional issues in nursing.
• Through understanding and knowledge of key indicators of excellent quality care.
• Highly effective communication and relationship skills.
• Evidence of involvement with patient/user groups to develop patient-centred care.
• Demonstrate skills in IT systems and use of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

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.