Beaumond House Hospice needs a Registered Nurse for its Hospice at Home service, working within the End-of-Life Care Together Integrated Hub on a caseload of palliative patients in their homes. The work centres on holistic assessment, symptom management and end-of-life care, plus discharge planning and admission avoidance. It is a 36-hour post on nine-hour rota shifts across a 7am to 10pm service running seven days a week, and includes leading Health Care Assistants. Visa sponsorship is not offered, so an existing right to work is required.
What the job involves
- Visit patients at home for holistic assessments and individualised nursing care
- Provide symptom management and end-of-life care, working autonomously within scope of practice
- Review, update and maintain care plans and clinical documentation
- Triage referrals into the Integrated Hub
- Support discharge planning and reduce avoidable hospital admissions
- Lead and support Health Care Assistants, delegating in line with NMC guidance
- Provide advice, education and bereavement support to patients, carers and families
- Work in partnership with the Integrated Hub, Hospice at Home Lead, Care Navigators and MDT
- Undertake risk assessments, including lone working, and follow safeguarding and medicines policies
- Contribute to recruitment, induction, staff development and staffing level monitoring
- Support students and learners in practice
- Take part in audits, incident reporting and quality improvement, keeping records to NMC and CQC standards
What’s required
Qualifications
- NMC Level 1 Registered Nurse
Registration & licences
- NMC registration
Skills & knowledge
- Flexibility
- Excellent listening skills and ability to build rapport
- Friendly and sensitive approach
Checks & eligibility
- Existing right to work in the UK
Nice to have
- Experience in palliative or end of life care, or relevant transferable experience
- Strong interpersonal and telephone communication skills
- Ability to work as part of a team and respect for others
- Confidence in basic IT and electronic records, or willingness to develop it
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
