Senior Hospice At Home Nurse

Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care; Waterford; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care is seeking a Senior Hospice at Home Nurse in Watford, covering localities as needed. The Band 6 role is £38,682–£46,580 per annum, pro rata, 37.5 hours weekly.

You will assess patients, plan and deliver complex home-based care, including symptom management and end-of-life care, within the organisation's values and frameworks. Driving and IT skills are required.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (NMC) with current registration.
• Post-registration experience in a relevant setting (community, acute, long-term conditions, oncology or palliative care).
• Experience of coordinating a shift or caseload and of supervising or delegating to support staff.
• Assesses, plans and evaluates care autonomously, and recognises when a situation needs escalation.
• Communicates skilfully in emotionally demanding situations, including with people who are dying and those close to them.
• Plans and prioritises a shift of visits across a locality, adjusting as demand changes.
• Confident use of an electronic patient record and Microsoft 365.

Responsibilities

• Carry out holistic assessment of patients and those close to them, and develop, deliver and evaluate individualised care plans.
• Deliver fundamental and complex specialist interventions in the home within the medicines framework, including syringe driver care and verification of expected death when competent.
• Respond to SOS and unplanned calls, assess and escalate to CNS or out-of-hours advice as needed.
• Deliver hands-on care during crisis or unplanned visits.
• Communicate sensitive information with skill, supporting families before and after bereavement.
• Keep accurate records and hand over clearly across shifts and services.
• Work autonomously within competence and escalate appropriately.

Skills

NMC registered

Post-registration experience

Shift coordination

Autonomous care planning

Effective communication

IT literacy

Education

Post-registration study in palliative care

Tools

Microsoft 365

Electronic patient record

Job description

Senior Hospice at Home Nurse

• Hours: 37.5 Hours per week (11.5 hour shifts over a seven day rota)
• Location: Watford & Hertsmere Locality but may be required to work within all RGP geographical localities
• (Clinical) Salary: Rennie Grove Peace Band 6- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum (pro rata)
• Closing date: 17 November 2026 at 12 noon
• Interview date: 26 November 2026

What you’ll do

• Carry out holistic assessment of patients and those close to them, and develop, deliver and evaluate individualised care plans.
• Deliver fundamental and complex specialist interventions in the home, including symptom management within the RGP medicines framework, syringe driver care and, once competent, verification of expected death.
• Respond to SOS and unplanned calls: assess, act within your competence, and elevating to the CNS, out of hrs advice line, or 111 when the situation needs decisions beyond your scope.
• Deliver hands-on care when it is right for the patient, including on crisis response and unplanned care visits.
• Communicate sensitive information with skill and care, supporting families before and after bereavement.
• Keep accurate, contemporaneous records and hand over clearly across shifts and services.
• Work autonomously within your competence and agreed plans, recognising the limits of your own competence and escalating appropriately.

What you’ll bring

• Registered Nurse (NMC) with current registration
• Post-registration experience in a relevant setting (community, acute, long-term conditions, oncology or palliative care)
• Experience of coordinating a shift or caseload and of supervising or delegating to support staff
• Assesses, plans and evaluates care autonomously, and recognises when a situation needs escalation
• Communicates skilfully in emotionally demanding situations, including with people who are dying and those close to them
• Plans and prioritises a shift of visits across a locality, adjusting as demand changes
• Confident use of an electronic patient record and Microsoft 365
• Can show how they work in line with RGP's values: compassionate, supportive, inclusive and collaborative, with examples that match RGP's behavioural indicators.
• Recognises the limits of their own competence and escalates appropriately

What we’ll grow in you

• Post-registration study in palliative care or a related area, or completion of an agreed module within 18 months with RGP support
• Practice supervisor or assessor preparation, with RGP support
• Experience of specialist palliative care; experience of audit or quality improvement; a champion or link role

Our commitment to you

A named supervisor and resilience-based clinical supervision; funded completion of the items marked D+ with study time in line with the L&D policy; the booklet as a development map; honest conversations at IPR about your next step, including the Band 6 to 7 route.

The role will suit someone who

• Is flexible and enjoys the variety of work in a fast-moving environment
• Has good interpersonal skills
• Has strong organisational skills

Fairness and access

If you are disabled and satisfactorily meet the job specification, we will invite you to interview. You can contact us to let us know if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process.

What you will need

• All candidates must have the right to work in the UK.
• We do not sponsor for this role and due to the minimal hours required for this role, we cannot progress applications for candidates sponsored by another employer.
• Manual handling and/or heavy lifting.
• Full, current valid UK driving licence.
• Access to a vehicle which can be used for work purposes.
• Car insurance, including business cover
• Disclosure and Barring Services Check: (Insert level if required)
• Professional registration (e.g. NMC, GMC, HCPC, BACP)
• A good level of IT literacy is required, including confidence in using Microsoft Office applications, email, and other digital systems relevant to the role

For an informal chat about this role contact Amanda Hudson, Business, Operations & Performance Manager, Community Hospice at Home on

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate to this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.

Our commitment to Equality and Diversity

At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care we strive to continuously demonstrate our values. These values are embedded in our recruitment and selection process, and we are fully committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in both our workforce and within our culture.

If you are disabled and best meet the minimum requirements for the job specification, we will invite you to interview. You can contact us to let us know if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process.