Registered Nurse Out of Hours Palliative Care Team

NHS; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Part time

Job summary

A local healthcare trust in Sunderland is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Out of Hours Palliative Care Team. This role involves delivering high-quality palliative care to patients in their homes, working within a supportive team. Candidates should have a nursing degree or be working towards one, alongside post-registration experience in palliative care. The position offers competitive salary and excellent working conditions, emphasizing professional development and flexible working options.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Supportive culture

Access to training and career progression

Qualifications

• Post registration experience in Palliative/Cancer care in an acute hospital or community healthcare setting.
• Community experience in healthcare.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe, effective, and compassionate palliative care for patients.
• Collaborate with multi professional teams to ensure evidence-based practice.
• Provide skilled emotional support to patients and carers.

Skills

Ability to provide and receive complex information

Competent in Microsoft Office

Knowledge of Palliative Care Philosophy

Car Driver

Education

Relevant degree in Nursing or working towards

Job description

Go back South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Registered Nurse Out of Hours Palliative Care Team

The closing date is 08 December 2025

Weare looking to recruit a highly motivated, caring, compassionate andexperienced nurse to a Band 5 Staff Nurse post in the Sunderland Out of HoursPalliative Care Team. The team are part of an Integrated Specialist PalliativeCare Team, and provide high quality palliative and end of life care during theevening and night, which is timely and meets the needs of patients, carers and families.This relies on a team of knowledgeable and skilled practitioners who can workeffectively with the multi-professional teams across different careenvironments. If you feel you have the skills, knowledge and passion to be partof our team we would like to invite you to apply for this key role whichprovides excellent nursing care to patients with palliative and end of lifecare needs in their own home.

Main duties of the job

You will be akey member of the team providing palliative care, advice and support topatients, carers and professionals. The main aims of the service are to:

• Manage pain andother symptoms to enable patients to be cared for at home.
• To provide choiceand support to patients and families in achieving preferred place of care.
• Prevent unnecessaryadmission to hospital.
• Facilitate rapiddischarge from hospital for patients at end of life.
• Provide advice andsupport across all care settings to patients carers and other professionals inrelation to palliative and end of life care issues.

You will beexpected to maintain agreed standards of care, directly protecting andpromoting patients dignity, choices, self esteem and well being at all times.You will be working within an out of hours service that operates between thehours of 16:00 08:45 seven day a week. There are currently two shift patternsin operation to cover the hours of the service. Shift patterns are reviewedregularly and may be subject to periodic change.

Each Shift iscovered with two members of staff, therefore palliative and end of life careexperience is essential.

The nominal basefor this role will be St Benedicts Hospice and Centre for SpecialistPalliative Care in Sunderland, however you may be required to work across thewhole of Sunderland and South Tyneside. We offer excellent working conditionsand a supportive culture promoting Continuous Professional Development and LifelongLearning.

About us

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One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment.

We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Looking after our workforces health and wellbeing is a priority for us. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via our Flexible Working Policy.

The Trust employs around 8,746 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Care Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements.

If you use AI,and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual recruitment process, wemay withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Job responsibilities

PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR FULL DUTIES OF THE ROLE.

To beresponsible and accountable for the delivery of safe, effective and compassionatepalliative care for patients designated to the Out of Hours Palliative CareTeam Caseload.

To alwayswork to the NMC Code of Practice.

To work alongsidethe nursing sister/charge nurse, providing skilled palliative care to thosewith life limiting illnesses within their own home.

Provideskilled emotional support to patient and carers, to assess holistic care needs,develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.

Workcollaboratively with multi professional teams to ensure practice is efficient,effective and evidence based.

Ensureeffective continuity and coordination of care between hospital community andprimary health care teams.

To complywith the trusts vision, values and behavioural compact.

Person Specification

Skills and Knowledge

• Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information.
• Able to work without supervision.
• Competent in the use of IT such as Microsoft Office.
• Evidence of CPD.
• Knowledge of national health and social care policy.
• Knowledge of evidence based guidelines e.g. NICE guidelines, NPSA alerts, current nursing legislation.
• Understanding of Palliative Care Philosophy.
• Car Driver.
• EMIS/mobile working.
• Evidence of knowledge in a link role.
• Care of Dying Patient Document.
• Verification of Death.
• Evidence of working with PGDs.

Experience

• Post registration experience in Palliative/Cancer care in an acute hospital or community healthcare setting.
• Community experience.
• Research.
• Audit.
• Clinical Teaching experience.

Physical Skills

• Ability to assist patients to move as per Trust Moving and Handling Policy.
• Carrying equipment in/out car and patients home as appropriate.
• Trained in Moving & Handling Procedures.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree / working towards Degree in Nursing.

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.

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearPro-Rata (20 hours per week)