Registered Nurse, Palliative Support

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust; Bulwell; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A large teaching NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a dedicated Community Nurse for the Palliative Care Team. This role involves providing holistic palliative care, supporting patients and families, and working closely with healthcare professionals to ensure coordinated care. Candidates must be registered with the UK NMC and have post-preceptorship experience. A full UK driving license is required. This position is crucial in delivering compassionate care to patients with life-limiting conditions.

Qualifications

• Must have a full UK driving license and access to a vehicle.
• Successful applicants need to provide an immunisation and vaccination report.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic palliative care in the community.
• Support patients and families with compassion and dignity.
• Liaise with GPs and other multidisciplinary team members.

Skills

Holistic assessment skills

Compassionate patient care

Team collaboration

Medication administration

Education

Current valid UK NMC registration

Post-preceptorship experience

Job description

Overview

Community Nurse – Palliative Care Team. Are you a dedicated and empathetic nurse passionate about making a difference in people’s lives? UHCW is seeking a Community Nurse to join our Palliative Care Team, delivering high-quality, person-centred care to patients with life-limiting conditions in their homes.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic palliative care in the community
• Work closely with a range of professionals to ensure seamless, coordinated care
• Support patients and families with compassion and dignity
• To work under the direction of the senior clinician/coordinator on shift
• To sign in/out all equipment in logbook when taking from the store cupboard i.e. syringe drivers
• To clean & document return of equipment in store cupboard
• To safely dispose of sharps bins/clinical waste as per policy
• To ensure patient deaths are recorded in required documentation book
• Safely administer medication to provide symptom control to palliative patients as per Trust policy
• To liaise with GPs and other members of the multidisciplinary team to always ensure seamless care, including ordering medication, authorisation etc
• To liaise with pharmacies to ensure medications are delivered in a timely manner and ensuring patients always have medications
• Holistic assessment of patients’ needs, recording those wishes that are important to them
• To complete the Continuing Health Care team Fastrack assessment to ensure funding or further referral
• To provide regular reassessment of palliative support patients to ensure needs are being met
• Documentation and care planning, including use of Individual Plan of Care of the dying person and IPOS (Initial and weekly)
• Escalate any concerns to senior nurse

Requirements

• Current valid UK NMC registration
• Post-preceptorship experience
• Must not be required to undertake the OSCE training programme for this post
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle
• Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report from a UK occupational health provider or UK GP

Closing and contact

Closing Date: This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply promptly if interested.

About the employer

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK. The Trust is committed to learning and development and to building a diverse, inclusive workplace grounded in equality and human rights.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Anne Dalby, Palliative Support Coordinator Lead, Email: [e-mail], Telephone: [phone]