Palliative Care RN — 24/7 Inpatient Lead Roles

Southern Hospice Group; Lewes; Sur place; GBP 32 000 - 42 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Company pension

Up to 35 days annual leave

On-site education support

Bupa access

Free parking

Gym membership discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Death in Service

Résumé du poste

Southern Hospice Group is seeking an experienced nurse to provide high-quality specialist palliative care for in-patients at St Barnabas House. You will work as a Key Worker, coordinating care with a multi-disciplinary team from admission to discharge, including discussion of patient objectives and safe medication administration.

You will lead when appropriate on infection control, wound care or diabetes, and you will communicate compassionately with patients and families while maintaining

Responsabilités

• Acting as a Key Worker to allocated patients, co-ordinating their care alongside the multi-professional team, from admission to discharge.
• Discussing and establishing patient's objectives for coming into the hospice on and throughout the admission and evaluating as appropriate.
• Ensuring the safe administration of medications, adhering to NMC and organisational policies and procedures.
• Recognising and reporting any errors or omissions in the administration of medications.
• Assessing the needs of patients and relatives requiring intervention from other professionals/therapies and referring appropriately.
• Basing clinical practice on current research-based evidence.
• Acting as a clinical lead as appropriate i.e. infection control, wound care or diabetes.
• Verifying when a death has occurred, notifying relatives and carers as appropriate.
• Caring for the deceased patient by administering last offices and ensuring the safe and timely removal of the body from the hospice.
• Communicating effectively with patients, carers and the bereaved to establish and maintain trusting relationships.
• Establishing and maintaining effective communication and working relationships with multi-professional teams within the hospice and in the community.

Description du poste

Southern Hospice Group is seeking an experienced nurse to provide high-quality specialist palliative care for in-patients at St Barnabas House. You will work as a Key Worker, coordinating care with a multi-disciplinary team from admission to discharge, including discussion of patient objectives and safe medication administration.

You will lead when appropriate on infection control, wound care or diabetes, and you will communicate compassionately with patients and families while maintaining