Community Nurse

St Luke’s Hospice; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

St Luke’s Hospice seeks a compassionate Community Nurse to deliver high-quality palliative care to patients in their own homes, joining a multidisciplinary team and providing holistic physical, psychological and emotional support with dignity and respect.

You will assess patients, support families, attend MDT meetings, administer medications safely, and mentor junior staff while promoting evidence-based practice in a busy community setting.

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse (RGN) with substantial palliative care experience.
• Experience working as part of a nursing team in a community setting.
• Knowledge of the palliative care approach and end-of-life care.

Responsibilities

• Undertake comprehensive and holistic nursing assessments.
• Provide support and guidance to patients, families, and colleagues.
• Work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team, attending MDT meetings.
• Administer medication safely and in line with NMC and hospice guidelines.
• Demonstrate leadership by supervising and mentoring junior staff.
• Contribute to audits, research, and service development.

Skills

RN

Palliative care

Communication

Leadership

Mentorship

Teamwork

Job description

Are you a compassionate and dedicated Registered Nurse looking to make a real difference in palliative care? St Luke’s Hospice is seeking a caring and professional Palliative Care Nurse to join our Community team. This is an exciting opportunity to provide outstanding holistic care to patients, ensuring dignity, safety, and emotional well-being at all times.

About the Role

As a Community Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality, patient-centred nursing care in the patient’s own home. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, working across 7 days a week, you will support patients with complex needs, ensuring they receive the highest standard of physical, psychological, and emotional support. You will also act as a role model and mentor to junior staff, fostering a caring and professional environment.

About you

Are you committed to delivering high-quality patient care?Do you have good communication skills and enjoy working as part of a team? Are you able to work in a highly emotive environment? We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, experienced and motivated Nurse to join our community team. You will be joining an innovative and forward-thinking team, contributing to the delivery of high standards of clinical care across the community of Sheffield

What you’ll be doing

• Undertake comprehensive and holistic nursing assessments
• Provide support and guidance to patients, families, and colleagues
• Work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team, attending MDT meetings
• Administer medication safely and in line with NMC and hospice guidelines
• Demonstrate leadership by supervising and mentoring junior staff
• Contribute to audits, research, and service development

What We’re Looking For

• Registered General Nurse (RGN) with substantial palliative care experience
• Experience working as part of a nursing team ideally in a community setting
• Knowledge of the palliative care approach and a passion for delivering compassionate end-of-life care
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to work effectively within a team, demonstrating leadership and mentorship skills
• Commitment to continuous professional development and evidence-based practice

Why Join Us?

At St Luke’s, we are committed to providing a supportive and inspiring workplace. Our values – Caring, Pioneering, Respectful – guide everything we do, ensuring that our staff feel valued and empowered to make a difference.

We offer:

• A supportive, multidisciplinary team environment
• Ongoing professional development and training opportunities
• A rewarding and fulfilling role in an organisation that truly values its staff

Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI):

The job-holder can expect to work in a space that is free from barriers and attitudes that are free from prejudice:

We seek to employ, engage with, and care equally for all we encounter; striving to make our employment, volunteering, events and services free from barriers, and our attitudes free from prejudice, and treating everyone as a unique individual, providing the best experience that we can for each person.

Our values embody our way of working, they are Caring, Respectful, and Pioneering. Working for St Luke’s offers a real opportunity to make a difference to local people.

The Organisation

St Luke’s is an organisation that is dedicated to enhancing the wellbeing and quality of life of all those affected by a terminal illness in Sheffield. Our purpose is to give patients and their families the high-quality care they need, treating each person as a unique individual. We promise to listen to their wishes and choices, tailoring our care and support so they can make the most of every day. We work with others to champion improvements in end-of-life care, in Sheffield and beyond.

Everyone who works at St Luke's makes a difference. St Luke’s plays a key role in helping terminally ill people in Sheffield and you could join the team that makes St Luke’s so special.

The Benefits

Advantageous terms and conditions of employment

Family friendly: we work with you to make your role fit your personal circumstances

Working here means you are very important to us and your health and wellbeing matters

Generous learning and development opportunities

We are proud to offer a range of other miscellaneous benefits to our employees

About St Luke's

• Our values

We are caring, pioneering and respectful. We are St Luke's.

• Working at St Luke's

Working here means you are very important to us and our purpose of giving patients and their families the high-quality care they need.

• Why work for us?

"I love working at St Luke's. The work is really varied and I go home every day knowing I've made a difference to people at a really important part of their and their family's lives."

St Luke's Hospice Sheffield

Little Common Lane, Sheffield, S11 9NE

Tel: [phone]

Registered Charity Number: 254402