Registered Nurse - Living Well

Phyllis Tuckwell Memorial Hospice Ltd; Guildford; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 42,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Employee Assistance Programme

BlueLight Discount Card

On-site education team

Job summary

Phyllis Tuckwell Memorial Hospice Ltd announces a Living Well Registered Nurse role. The post supports patients with advanced or terminal illness across Guilford and Farnham sites, working within a multidisciplinary locality team to coordinate care.

The role requires flexible on-site work across The Beacon in Guilford and The Hospice in Farnham, with opportunities for home visits, outpatient, virtual, or group work as patient needs dictate.

Qualifications

• Must be a Registered General Nurse.
• Evidence of continuing professional development is required.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care plans with patients and families.
• Work within multi-disciplinary teams to provide holistic, patient-centred care.
• Support care in patients' homes, outpatient settings, virtually, or in community venues.
• Ensure documentation meets NMC guidelines and PT policies.
• Promote self-management and advanced care planning.

Education

Registered General Nurse

Evidence of continuing professional development

Job description

(£36,060-£41,500WTE based on 37.5 hours per week)

Salary dependent on experience

Hours: 22.5 hours per week, 3 days a week

Location: Beacon Centre, Guilford with work across sites atFarnham

Are you a registered nurse who is committed tosupporting patients, families and carers to live well with advanced andterminal illness?

Phyllis Tuckwell is looking to appoint a registered nurseinto our Living Well service. The LivingWell Service provides holistic physical, emotional,psychological, and spiritual care and support topeople living with advanced or terminal illness who are stable or slowlydeteriorating. This care is provided ina place that is relevant to patients needs and could be on either site, with peers in a group, as an outpatient, virtually or with a communityor home visit.

The successful applicant will work as part of theNorth East Hampshire, Guildford, Waverley, and Surrey Heath multi-disciplinary locality teams and inpartnership with community services, specialists,and primary care to ensure care is coordinated, holistic and person-centred.

The postholder will support patients to manage symptoms, take aproactive approach to enabling choices and supporting self-management, and besupported to develop their skills in palliative care. The successful applicant must be flexible andable to work between our sites at The Beacon and at The Hospice in Farnham orin other service areas according to patient need.

Main duties of the job

About You:

A successful RegisteredNurse will:

• Bea Registered General Nurse.
• Becommitted to enabling choice and supporting a persons autonomy.
• Becommitted to providing high quality holistic, person and family centredsupport.
• Havewell developed communication, interpersonal and team working skills.
• Bewilling to undertake further training in communication and palliative careskills.
• Demonstrateunderstanding of community working.
• Beself-aware, resilient, and able to cope with stressful situations.
• Haveexperience of working with people approaching the end of life.

For a full list of essential requirements, please refer to the job description and person specification document.

We are based in Farnham and Guildford, and provide bespoke, compassionate palliative and end of life care for people living with an advanced or terminal illness, across West Surrey and North-East Hampshire.

Phyllis Tuckwell is a very special place to work. Our staff make a real difference to the lives of our patients and their loved ones, providing outstanding care at a time that really matters. Our Nursing staff are pivotal in helping deliver our vital services, ensuring every day is precious for our patients.

The impact of our services on the lives of our patients and their families can be read about here:

https://www.pth.org.uk/our-care/helpful-information/patient-stories/

About us

We are an equal opportunities employer, who valuesand respects our employees unique knowledge, skills and experiences. Wewarmly welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We Offer:

• Continuationof NHS Pension or Phyllis Tuckwell Group Personal Pension Plan (matchedcontributions up to 7.5%)
• EmployeeAssistance Programme
• BlueLight Discount Card
• Accessto learning and professional development opportunities (we have an on-siteeducation team)

AGreat Place to Work

• Flexiblehours and flexible working
• Clinicalsupervision and support

97%of our staff are proud to work for Phyllis Tuckwell*

*Phyllis Tuckwell Birdsong Hospicestaff survey 2023

To arrange an informal visit please contact Rachel Copes, Living Well Sister on [e-mail] phone [phone]. If you have any questions about the recruitment process email: [e-mail]

Closingdate:Sunday 22nd November 2026

Interviews to be held: Week commencing Monday 30th November 2026

Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and therefore are unable toprovide sponsorship.

This postis subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Job responsibilities

Post: LivingWell Registered Nurse

Accountable to: LivingWell Nursing Lead

Job Purpose:

The postholder will work as a member of the Phyllis Tuckwells (PT)Community Palliative Care Team. They will maintain the highest standards ofnursing care with patients, their families, and carers.

This role will involve holistic assessment,identification of patient and carers needs, care planning and care provisionjointly with patients, families, carers and other multidisciplinary teammembers. The service is complementary to,and dovetails with, other health and social care services within Guildford, Waverley,North East Hampshire, Farnham and Surrey Heath so that people who use ourservice receive co-ordinated and person-centred care.

The rolerequires a commitment to enabling choice, supporting self-management, enablingrehabilitative palliative care and facilitating respectful and dignifiedsupport for patients, their families and carers. The postholder will support a persons symptomcontrol needs. The role will contributeto a safe, effective, and efficient culture by contributing to risk assessmentand by working in accordance with PT policies and procedures.

The LivingWell Service provides holistic physical, emotional, psychological, andspiritual care and support to people living with advanced or terminal illnesswho are stable or slowly deteriorating.This care is provided according patients needs and therefore mayinclude home visits, outpatient and group work.

Responsibilities

1.0 Clinical

1.1To assess, plan, implement and evaluate a care plan, according to a patients choices and their changing needs in conjunction with colleaguesinternal and external to Phyllis Tuckwell (PT).

1.2To work as part of the multi-disciplinary team, providing relevantholistic support to the patients, their families, and carers.

1.3To provide care in a relevant setting including the patientshome, as an outpatient, virtually, by telephone or in a health, social care orcommunity venue.

1.4To provide the opportunity for patients to access supportaccording to need and choice. This may include:

1.4.1One to one attendance, with carers, with other healthprofessionals or with a group of peers.

1.4.2Signposting and enabling access to other services includingprimary care, social care and other providers.

1.4.3Identifying patient and family needs as they change and involvingcolleagues as required.

1.5To ensure that patients and their families have access toresources that will enable them to manage their concerns and needs. To enableaccess to advance care planning.

1.6To ensure patient records are properly maintained in accordancewith NMC guidelines and PT policy.

1.7To be able to demonstrate an understanding of the ethical aspects of palliative care and their application in the workplace.

1.8To report accidents, incidents, and complaints to the Team Lead/Manager in a timely way.

1.9To maintain competencies in medication management and understandand adhere to the PT and Community Medicines Management policy in relation tothe correct handling, usage and administration of all drugs.

1.10To act as a resource, providing clinical guidance and support to colleagues.

1.11To ensure statutory obligations are met and followed as relevantto the clinical area.

1.12To ensure all PT policies are followed, quality standards aremaintained and constantly re-evaluated, to provide the highest standards ofholistic care.

2.0 Professional

2.1To understand and work within the relevant legislation and guidance,and according to the PT vision, values, mission, and philosophy.

2.2To work as part of the multidisciplinary team, providing holisticcare to patients, their families, and carers.

2.3To provide appropriate information and support to patients carers,friends and other professionals

2.4To liaise and develop effective relationships with external healthcare professionals and other agencies, ensuring patient continuity across allcare settings.

2.5To be accountable for own professional practice within the NMC Codeof Conduct.

3.0 Managerial

3.1To ensure a safe working environment is maintained, in accordancewith the PT Care Fire and Health and Safety policies, reporting any potentialhazards to the line manager.

3.2To report any feedback, concerns and complaints same day from patients,their relatives, or other advocates to the Team lead/Line Manager asappropriate

3.3To ensure that the nursing resources are used wisely.

3.4To ensure team cohesion and spirit is maintained, through ongoingsupportive relationships and consideration of colleagues always.

3.5To adhere to the lone working policy in the community.

4.0 Training and Development

Team

4.1To share own knowledge, skills and learning with colleagues andembed in patient care.

4.2To develop an area of clinical expertise and disseminate to fellowteam members as a specialist resource.

4.3To support the professional development and safe practice ofothers.

Personal

4.4To maintain up-to-date clinical experience and knowledge and beable to provide evidence of this for revalidation folder.

4.5To act as an assessor and mentor to students who need to developskills and acquire experience in the field of palliative care.

4.6Through PT annual appraisal, encourage professional growth andidentify areas for development.

4.7To strengthen and develop clinical skills across all care settingswith the support of a line manager.

5.0 Researchand Quality Improvement

5.0Toparticipate in quality improvement initiatives, research and audit within thePT environment, and encourage collaboration.

5.1To implement evidence-basedpractice.

6.0 Safeguarding, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Roleholders are required to understand their responsibilities in the safeguardingcontext, ensuring that Phyllis Tuckwell reduces the risk of harm or abuse ofadults and children at risk.

Youare required to:

• adhere to PhyllisTuckwells Safeguarding Policy (held on the NEST), which supports the localauthoritys multi agency safeguarding policy, the law (Care Act 2014) andMental Capacity Act 2005 (including Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards).
• inform theappropriate PT professional where there is concern that an adult or child maybe at risk of harm, abuse, or neglect.

PhyllisTuckwell is committed to an Equal Opportunities approach, valuing, andrespecting everyone as individuals, with diverse opinions, cultures,lifestyles, and circumstances.

Thisjob description is underpinned by Phyllis Tuckwells philosophy, culture, andcore values, which actively embrace diversity and inclusion and promotes totalteam spirit.

Thisjob description is current and subject to yearly review in consultation withthe jobholder. It is liable to reflectand anticipate necessary changes to support the PT strategy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse.

Relationships, Oral and Written Communication

• Ability to teach/ give presentations.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Sense of humour.
• Be flexible, energetic and determined.
• Resilient and able to cope with stressful situations.
• Self-awareness and coping strategies.
• Ability to write in a clear and legible form.

Team Working

• Understand, and experience of, multidisciplinary team working.
• Ability to liaise effectively with other disciplines.
• Ability to show interpersonal sensitivity to others.
• Understanding of community working.
• Ability to work well in a team.
• Ability to supervise and organise work.
• Able to help support others with change management and adjustment.
• Understanding of the importance of policies and procedures.
• Understanding of health and safety and clinical governance.
• Commitment to providing high quality, individualised holistic care to patients and their relatives/carers.
• Awareness of the Care Quality Commission Standards and hospice philosophy.

Education and Training

• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Experience

• Minimum 2 years post registration.
• A commitment to high quality palliative and end of life care.
• Willingness to undertake formal training in end of life and palliative care.
• Mentorship qualification or willing to undertake.
• Evidence of current knowledge of policy and guidance related to palliative care.
• Demonstrates understanding of primary health care and enabling self-management.

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.

£20,148 to £24,900 a yeardepending on experience (WTE £36,060-£41,500)