Palliative Care Registered Nurse – Growth, Training & Impact

BroadBean; Winsley; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave increase

Training and development

Pension with life assurance

Staff discount

Mileage allowance

Mindful Employer

Job summary

Dorothy House Hospice Care is recruiting a Registered Nurse (Band 5) for the In-Patient Unit in Winsley, Wiltshire. You will provide compassionate, person-centred palliative and end-of-life care with a skilled multidisciplinary team.

The role offers excellent training, development opportunities and a strong focus on quality improvement, with shifts including earlies, lates and nights. A supportive environment and generous annual leave are provided.

Qualifications

• First Level Registered Nurse with active registration.
• Experience delivering evidence-based nursing care.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills when supporting patients with complex care needs.
• Experience medicines management within a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience contributing to quality improvement, audit or service improvement activities.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients' physical, emotional, spiritual and social needs, developing individualised plans of care alongside patients and their families.
• Delivering and evaluating high-quality nursing care using evidence-based practice.
• Working collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to coordinate patient care from admission through to discharge.
• Supporting patients and families through complex symptom management and end of life care planning.
• Providing professional advice and support through hospice services when required.
• Taking charge of the clinical environment when appropriate and supporting colleagues across the nursing team.
• Contributing to clinical audit, quality improvement, education and service development activities.
• Maintaining accurate patient records and ensuring care is delivered in line with professional standards and hospice policies.

Skills

Registered Nurse

Nursing

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Medicines management

Audits/Quality

Education

NMC registration

Tools

SystmOne

Microsoft Office

Job description

Dorothy House Hospice Care is recruiting a Registered Nurse (Band 5) for the In-Patient Unit in Winsley, Wiltshire. You will provide compassionate, person-centred palliative and end-of-life care with a skilled multidisciplinary team.

The role offers excellent training, development opportunities and a strong focus on quality improvement, with shifts including earlies, lates and nights. A supportive environment and generous annual leave are provided.