Registered Nurse (Hospice / Palliative Care)

The Methodist Church in Britain; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff support provided by the hospice

Annual appraisal and development

Flexible working policy

Job summary

Saint Michaels Hospice is seeking a registered nurse for the inpatient unit. The role focuses on planning individual care, symptom management, and supporting patients and families through admissions, discharges and emotional distress.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team and may take on shift coordination once trained. Essential requirements include NMC registration, a nursing degree or equivalent, and practical clinical experience.

Qualifications

• Nursing degree or suitable alternative.
• NMC registration as a registered nurse.
• Practice assessor qualification, or willingness to work towards it.
• Current practical nursing experience in a clinical setting.

Responsibilities

• Develop tailored care plans, administer medication and manage symptoms to ensure comfort.
• Work with a multidisciplinary team and manage patient admissions and discharges.
• Provide emotional support for patients and families.
• Act as key worker for a designated caseload.
• Assess complex patient needs, carry out risk assessments and elevate when required.
• Allocate work and take responsibility for delegated tasks.
• Act as shift coordinator once trained, overseeing team nursing care.
• Assess patients' ability to self-manage and provide education and guidance.
• Maintain accurate patient records and collect data on activity, outcomes and quality.
• Refer to other professionals, signpost to agencies and communicate across the care pathway.
• Contribute to audit, service development and governance, including adverse event reporting.
• Mentor or preceptor new staff and students and contribute to training other professionals.

Skills

Excellent communication

Record keeping

Interpersonal skills

Infection control

Education

Nursing degree

NMC registration

Practice assessor qualification / willingness to train

Tools

MS Office / Outlook

Job description

A bank contract for a registered nurse on the inpatient unit at Saint Michaels Hospice, a charity. The work centres on planning individual care, managing symptoms and medication, and supporting patients and families through admissions, discharges and emotional distress. Shifts cover early, late, twilight and night hours seven days a week, with shift coordination expected once the nurse is trained. Applicants must hold NMC registration and cannot need sponsorship to work in the UK.

What the job involves

• Develop tailored care plans, administer medication and manage symptoms to ensure comfort
• Work with a multidisciplinary team and manage patient admissions and discharges
• Provide emotional support for patients and families
• Act as key worker for a designated caseload
• Assess complex patient needs, carry out risk assessments and elevate when required
• Allocate work and take responsibility for delegated tasks
• Act as shift coordinator once trained, overseeing team nursing care
• Assess patients' ability to self-manage and provide education and guidance
• Maintain accurate patient records and collect data on activity, outcomes and quality
• Refer to other professionals, signpost to agencies and communicate across the care pathway
• Contribute to audit, service development and governance, including adverse event reporting
• Mentor or preceptor new staff and students and contribute to training other professionals

What’s required

Qualifications

• Nursing degree or suitable alternative
• Practice assessor qualification, or willingness to work towards it

Registration & licences

• NMC registration as a registered nurse

Experience

• Current practical nursing experience in a clinical setting

Skills & knowledge

• Plan, deliver and evaluate nursing care
• Assess complex patient needs and elevate appropriately
• Good understanding of and interest in palliative and end of life care
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent record keeping and documentation skills

Checks & eligibility

• DBS clearance at an appropriate level
• Right to work in the UK without sponsorship
• Satisfactory identity checks, employment references and employment history

Other

• IT literacy, including Microsoft applications and Outlook
• Understanding of infection control

Nice to have

• European Palliative Care Certificate or specific palliative care postgraduate learning
• Demonstrable experience of leading care for patients at end of life or requiring symptom control
• Understanding of clinical audit

What’s offered

• Regular one-to-one meetings with line managers
• Annual appraisal and development review
• Mandatory and statutory training
• Staff support provided by the hospice
• Rota changes arranged individually under the flexible working policy, subject to approval