Senior Hospice Nurse (Ward)

St Nicholas Hospice Care; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local charity offering hospice care is seeking a Senior Hospice Nurse to join their team in Bury St Edmunds, UK. This role involves working with a multi-disciplinary team to provide compassionate patient care, educate staff and families, and support junior nurses. The organization values dignity and choice for patients and offers excellent benefits including training opportunities and generous leave. A supportive four-week induction is provided.

Benefits

Free onsite parking

25 days paid annual leave

Excellent training opportunities

Continuation of NHS pension

Life assurance

Access to discounts

Wellbeing programme

Enhanced Occupational Sick Pay

Supportive management

Social events

Qualifications

• Must be a registered nurse with experience in palliative care.
• Ability to provide education and support to patients and families.
• Skills in pain control and symptom management.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient care and psychological support.
• Educate staff and external agencies.
• Support junior colleagues and fulfill deputising role.

Skills

Compassion

Team collaboration

Pain control knowledge

Patient care

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Responsibilities

Senior Hospice Nurses are registered nurses who work with the wider multi-disciplinary team to provide information and advise on pain control, symptoms and psychological support for patients and their significant others and they spend time explaining information about their illness and its management as well as plan for their future care. The Senior Hospice Nurse also provide formal and informal education to internal staff and provide expertise, education and support to external agencies. The senior nurse supports junior colleagues and learners in practice and fulfils a deputising role for the Ward Sister. We have a One Team approach to clinical care delivery and all clinical staff are expected to be able to work across the community and ward environments.

Company Overview

St Nicholas Hospice Care is a successful and much-loved charity serving the local area of West Suffolk and Thetford. Every year we support nearly 2,000 local people, delivering care across multiple settings. Our services are not just for patients, but for their family and friends too, and include everything from specialist medical care to bereavement support and practical help. We understand that Senior Registered Nurses are looking for a work environment where your skills are valued but allows you the time and space to lead the team in provision of compassionate care. At St Nicholas Hospice Care, we believe in giving our team the time and space to deliver outstanding, person-centred care. Our nurse to patient ratio ensures you can focus on what matters most: supporting patients and families with dignity and compassion.

Vision & Values

Our vision is simple but powerful: everyone in our community deserves support, dignity, and choice when facing dying, death, and grief. We live our values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Equity every day. We are looking forward as well. We are entering an exciting period of growth and now is a great time to join our organisation.

Benefits

• Free onsite parking space guaranteed
• 25 days paid annual leave increasing with service review pending
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Continuation of your NHS pension or access to a group pension scheme
• Provision of home-made meals available for staff in our onsite bistro
• Life assurance
• Access to Blue Light Card scheme with a range of discounts
• Health Cash Plan & Wellbeing programme (dentistry, optical, emotional wellbeing support)
• Enhanced Occupational Sick Pay
• Opportunities to attend staff social events arranged by our social committee (such as photography group, quiz nights and organisational picnics to name a few)
• Supportive line management, including regular 1:1s, annual appraisal and 6-weekly team meetings plus team away days. Unsocial hours uplift of up to 60% for some shifts.

We value a successful start to your career at St Nics, so you will begin with a supportive and thorough four-week induction individualised to your needs.