Registered Nurse, Palliative Support

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire; Coventry; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in Coventry seeks a compassionate healthcare professional to provide holistic palliative care. You'll work closely with multidisciplinary teams, administering medications and ensuring seamless care for patients. This role requires UK NMC registration and experience, along with a full UK driving license and immunization report.

Qualifications

• Must have a valid UK driving license and access to a vehicle.
• Immunisation and vaccination report required.
• Experience working in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic assessment of patients' needs.
• Administer medication as per Trust policy.
• Document patient care and liaise with healthcare professionals.

Skills

Compassionate patient care

Effective communication

Team collaboration

Medication administration

Education

UK NMC registration

Post-preceptorship experience

Tools

Syringe drivers

Job description

Overview

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.

If you're ready to bring comfort, care, and clinical excellence to those who need it most, we'd love to hear from you. Please note this post is not suitable for applicants who are required to undertake the OSCE training programme. Applicants who do not have current valid UK NMC registration will not be considered for this post. You must also have post-preceptorship experience. Please be advised that a full UK driving license and access to a vehicle is a requirement for this role. Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

Main duties of the job

• 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
• 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.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do. Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare. We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk) By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team. The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.