Senior Hospice Nurse (Ward)

NHS; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare charity in Bury St Edmunds is seeking a Senior Hospice Nurse to provide compassionate palliative care. The ideal candidate will be a registered nurse with experience in end-of-life care and strong leadership skills. This position offers a supportive work environment with excellent training opportunities and comprehensive benefits including NHS pension continuation and generous leave policies.

Benefits

Free onsite parking

25 days paid annual leave

Excellent training and development opportunities

Continuation of NHS pension

Life assurance

Access to discounts via Blue Light Card

Enhanced Occupational Sick Pay

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse qualification is required.
• Willingness to work towards a qualification in palliative care is needed.
• Experience in palliative or end of life care is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist palliative and end of life care, primarily on Sylvan Ward.
• Deliver holistic care to meet the patient's needs.
• Support family members through death, dying, and bereavement.

Skills

Commitment to continuing professional development

Enthusiasm for specialist palliative care

Leadership and teamwork

Education

Adult Registered Nurse (Active NMC registrant)

Relevant Diploma or Degree in Nursing

Teaching and Assessing qualification (ENB 998, Practice Assessor, or similar)

Job description

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.

Main duties of the job

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.

About us

As an employee of St Nics, you will receive a range of fantastic 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
• 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.

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 periodWe are looking forward as well. We are entering an exciting period ofgrowth and now is a great time to join our organisation.

Job responsibilities

• The provision of specialist palliativeand end of life nursing care, primarily on Sylvan Ward.
• Thedelivery of a holistic model of care, which supports the psychological,emotional, social and spiritual needs of the patient.
• Participationin the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of person-centrednursing care for patients.
• Awarenessof the importance of supporting family members through periods of death, dyingand bereavement.
• Demonstrateleadership, working effectively with all MDT colleagues, delegating dutiesaccording the skills and knowledge of team members.
• Undertake delegated management functions in support of the Ward Sister.
• Provide a deputising role for the Ward Sister during periods of absence.
• To activelysupport and model the SNHC Values: Compassion,Accountability, Respect,Equity

Please see the attached job description for full details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Adult Registered Nurse (Active NMC registrant)
• Relevant Diploma or Degree in Nursing
• Qualification in palliative care or long term conditions, or willingness to work towards this.
• Teaching and Assessing qualification (ENB 998, Practice Assessor, or similar)

Experience

• Able to demonstrate commitment to continuing professional and development.
• Enthusiasm for specialist palliative care
• Willingness to working towards a post-registration qualification in cancer/palliative care, or long term conditions/or relevant subject.
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Demonstrable palliative or end of life care

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.