Hospice Inpatient Unit Band 5 Night Nurse

The Hospice of St Francis; Dacorum; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A renowned hospice provider in the UK is seeking a Band 5 Night Nurse to join their committed team, focusing on providing excellent hospice care through a multidisciplinary approach. The role offers 12.5hr shifts and requires experience in nursing, particularly palliative care. You will work with a team to ensure quality patient care and have opportunities for personal development and training. Come be a part of a supportive community dedicated to making a real difference in people's lives.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Free onsite parking

Training and education opportunities

Company pension with 7% employer contribution

Qualifications

• Nursing experience with symptom control and wellbeing support.
• Ability to supervise and support others in a healthcare setting.
• Proven capability in using IT systems for patient management.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality nursing care as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Maintain accurate patient records and handover information.
• Supervise Health Care Assistants and student nurses.

Skills

Nursing care assessment

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Palliative care experience

Organizational skills

Education

Registered General Nurse (Level 1)

Job description

Hospice Inpatient Unit Band 5 Night Nurse

Based at The Hospice of St Francis in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.

This post is to predominantly cover night rota, 12.5hr shift pattern, 2-3 shifts per week

Band 5 / Salary £27,760 to £32,343 p.a. FTE, dependent on experience

We are pleased to be able to offer an exciting band 5 nursing role, to join our outstanding inpatient unit team, predominantly supporting with night shifts. You will be joining an innovative and passionate nursing team, where patient choice and holistic care are our priority.

You will have a passion and understanding of palliative care, bringing your enthusiasm for delivering high standards of quality care to our Hospice community. You will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team providing symptom control and wellbeing support for patients with an associated life limiting condition and their families within our inpatient unit.

Job responsibilities

To work as a member of the Hospice multi-professional team responsible for maintaining standards of care within the inpatient unit and helping to ensure that the care provided, physical, psychological and spiritual, is of the highest possible quality within the resources available.

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care, taking into consideration the holistic needs of the patient and Hospice guidelines, policies and standards.

Ensure the continuity of care through comprehensive, accurate record keeping and verbal, written and electronic hand‑over to other members of the Hospice multi‑professional team.

Predominantly cover the night duty rota, with flexibility to support IPU during day shifts as need arises and for professional development and attendance of education.

Participate in identifying and developing guidelines and standards within the Inpatient Unit, and assist in the auditing of these standards.

Supervise and support Health Care Assistants and Students working on the inpatient unit as required.

Maintain the safe custody and administration of drugs in accordance with statutory regulations, NMC Guidelines and Hospice policy.

Establish caring relationships with the patients family and friends, giving support and advice and referring to other members of the multi‑professional team where appropriate.

Answer queries whilst on the IPU as part of the out of hours (OOHs) palliative care advice line for South West and North West Hertfordshire.

Maintain and improve own professional competence by keeping abreast of developments and attending in‑service and external training sessions, courses, study days and conferences.

To support the implementation and running of Respite for Good (R4G) and have day to day oversight of the service and clients in residence in R4G beds.

About us

This is an exciting opportunity for a knowledgeable and experienced Nurse, to join our well-established inpatient unit team.

We are passionate and committed to providing free care to over 2000 local people and their families. We have been inspected and rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission and you could be a part of this too.

The team camaraderie throughout the organisation, along with our hospice values, makes for a truly inspiring and supportive place of work. We offer abroad range of education and training opportunities and we always encourage personal development.

What we offer:

• Excellent support and supervision from your skilled and experienced senior team.
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays (pro rata) rising with service
• Free onsite parking
• Ability to transfer an existing NHS pension (subject to qualifying conditions) or join our company pension with 7% employer contribution.
• Wide range of free training courses, plus personal development opportunities
• On-site home‑cooked food served at a reasonable rate in our bistro
• Don't forget a stunning setting, plus team camaraderie, support and kindness

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse (Level 1)
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• Palliative care experience is desirable
• Proven experience of working effectively in a team.
• Proven experience of using IT systems.
• Good organisational skills.
• Knowledge of symptom control desirable
• Ability to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrate an ability to supervise and support others.
• Ability to work effectively in an emotionally demanding environment.
• Caring and empathetic approach
• Excellent listening and interpersonal skills
• Good team player who is willing to support others/learn new skills
• Ability to work with confidential sensitive information & understand boundaries and support others to work in this way
• Excellent judgement and good decision making skills
• Flexible working to defined shift patterns including weekend working.

Experience

• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• Palliative care experience is desirable
• Proven experience of working effectively in a team.
• Proven experience of using IT systems.
• Good organisational skills.
• Knowledge of symptom control desirable
• Ability to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrate an ability to supervise and support others.
• Ability to work effectively in an emotionally demanding environment.
• Caring and empathetic approach
• Excellent listening and interpersonal skills
• Good team player who is willing to support others/learn new skills
• Ability to work with confidential sensitive information & understand boundaries and support others to work in this way
• Excellent judgement and good decision making skills
• Flexible working to defined shift patterns including weekend working.

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.