Registered Nurse

NHS; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the NHS as a Registered Nurse in Milton Keynes, where you'll provide compassionate care to patients facing complex health challenges. Your role involves assessing patient needs, administering treatments, and delivering emotional support while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Enjoy a supportive work environment, extensive benefits including 35 days' holiday, professional development opportunities, and a rewarding career in palliative care.

Benefits

35 days holiday

Contributory pension scheme

Continuous professional development

Free on-site parking

Subsidised catering

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Must be a Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration and 6+ months of experience.
• Experience managing complex patient needs in community settings is required.
• Must demonstrate strong clinical knowledge and adaptability.

Responsibilities

• Provide continuous assessment, managing complex patient cases.
• Administer medications and perform nursing interventions.
• Support patients and families emotionally during distress.

Skills

Patient assessment

Medication administration

Psychosocial support

Communication

Collaboration

Flexibility

Education

Nursing degree

Job description

Are you a compassionate, skilled nurse with a passion for delivering high-quality, evidence-based care? We are looking for a dedicated and proactive Registered Nurse to join our dynamic Willen at Home team to help us deliver exceptional support to patients with complex and changing needs.

Main duties of the job

What You'll Do

• Provide continuous assessment of patients and their carers, identifying evolving needs across a varied caseload.
• Deliver skilled nursing interventions including medication administration (via multiple routes), verification of death and assessments for care.
• Offer psychosocial support to patients and families experiencing emotional distress, providing compassionate, evidence-based guidance.
• Communicate effectively with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals, social workers, patients, carers, and managers across organisational boundaries.
• Facilitate formal educational training sessions for carers and community RNs.
• Contribute to clinical audit and research projects to drive continuous improvement and best practice.

What You'll Need:

• Be a Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration and at least 6 months post-qualification experience.
• Have proven experience in managing complex patient needs in a community setting.
• Strong clinical knowledge and the ability to adapt to rapidly changing situations.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across disciplines and roles.
• Have flexibility to work across day and weekend shifts.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle with business-use insurance (for community role).

About us

Set in the tranquil grounds of Willen Lake, Willen Hospice is the leading provider of specialistpalliative care within the Milton Keynes area. We offer 24 hour / seven days a week palliative care to people whohave advanced disease, caring for people in our Inpatient Unit whichaccommodates 15 patients and the local community. Our person centred care isdelivered with compassion and respect for peoples wishes. We have anexpanding Therapeutic & Wellbeing service offering Psychological Wellbeing,Social Care, Physiotherapy, Occupational and Complementary Therapy. Our dedicatedBusiness Development teams and retail portfolio of shops raise vital funds todeliver this care.

Why Join Us?

• A Role withPurpose Be part of a team delivering outstanding palliative care.
• Supportive &Caring Environment Work with passionate colleagues.
• Great BenefitsPackage Including 35 days' holiday, contributory pension scheme or continuedmembership of the NHS pension scheme for clinically registered staff, enhancedmaternity/sick pay, and ongoing professional development.
• Perks &Extras Free on-site parking, subsidised catering, Blue Light Card discounts(with membership), and an Employee Assistance Programme.

Join us at WillenHospice and help provide outstanding care that makes every moment countand becomepart of something meaningful.

This appointment issubject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Job responsibilities

• Continual assessment of patients and their carers needs, when those needs are complex and change across the caseload.
• Undertake nursing interventions (such as providing personal care to patients, administration of prescribed medication through a variety of routes, tissue viability care, ensuring infusion pumps are working correctly) consistent with evidence-based practice, transferring and applying knowledge and skills to meet individual patients needs.
• Provide psychosocial support to patients in emotional distress and their distressed families and provide a high standard of evidence based information to them.
• Communicating effectively with multi disciplinary health care professionals, medical and social work colleagues, patients, carers and managers across organisational boundaries.
• Manage the workload and liaise with M D T in the absence of the Lead Nurse.
• Participate in the delivery of formal educational training to carers and RNs in the community
• Participate in audit/research projects in order to achieve best practice.
• Participate in champion role work within the team to promote evidence-based practice and share learning to the wider team.

Person Specification

Experience

• Be a Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration and at least 6 months post-qualification experience.
• Have proven experience in managing complex patient needs in a community setting.
• Strong clinical knowledge and the ability to adapt to rapidly changing situations.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across disciplines and roles.
• Have flexibility to work across day and weekend shifts.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle with business-use insurance (for community role).

Qualifications

• Hold a Nursing degree

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.

£27,534.88 to £31,665 a yearplus a 10% shift allowance