Senior Registered Nurse in Worthing

To work as part of Southern Hospice Group multi-disciplinary team providing high quality Palliative and End of Life nursing care for patients and their families in accordance with the NMC guidance and Southern Hospice Group policies and procedures.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Partner with District Nursing teams and Continuing Healthcare funded agencies to support the practical care of patients at end of life in the community.
• Assess and monitor changes in a patient’s condition, advising on complex symptom control measures and implementing changes according to best practice and community and/or hospice policies.
• Provide effective and sensitive communication between all community and hospice professionals, as well as patients, carers and relatives.
• Administer medicines within assessed competency and hospice guidelines according to the needs of the patient.
• Undertake risk assessments in the community to ensure safe practice, including identifying appropriate skill mix and lone worker issues.
• Ensure accurate, timely and relevant patient records, in accordance with NMC guidelines.
• Actively participate in the development of Hospice at Home Health Care Assistants, carry out 121 meetings and appraisals.
• Participate in service development under the leadership of Sister - Hospice at Home and in accordance with the clinical governance framework of the hospice.
• Take responsibility of day-to-day operational care provision in absence of Sister - Hospice at Home.
• Participate in a 7-day clinical rota.

About us:

Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK. We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children and their families across Sussex. Bringing our teams and resources together as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce. St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living well services. Chestnut Tree House is the children’s hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions. Martlets provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.

Benefits:

• Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme for eligible employees.
• Up to 35 days’ annual leave inclusive of bank holidays.
• On‑site education support and study leave opportunities.
• Option to access Medicash and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less.
• Free parking, subsidised meals and various social activities.
• Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Death in Service.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for an Enhanced submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.