Senior Staff Nurse

The Hospice; Chester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Chester is seeking a Senior Staff Nurse. You will lead a small nursing team to provide specialized palliative care and support to patients with life-limiting conditions. Responsibilities include overseeing care, managing a team, and contributing to multidisciplinary meetings. This role offers great training opportunities and a supportive environment. Candidates must be registered nurses and possess strong communication and leadership skills.

Benefits

Continuation of NHS annual leave and sickness benefits

Continuation of the NHS Pension Scheme

Excellent learning and development opportunities

In-house education and external training support

Staff support program including counselling services

Qualifications

• Experience in palliative care is preferred.
• Proven ability to manage a team and lead shifts.
• Ability to work under pressure and handle emergencies.

Responsibilities

• Lead a nursing team for patient care and support.
• Oversee planning and delivery of outstanding care.
• Contribute to integrated MDT meetings.

Skills

Communication skills

Nursing skills

Leadership skills

Time management

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Would you like to work in a setting where over 96% of service users rate their care as outstanding with minimum registered nurse to patient ratios of 1:5 throughout the 24-hour period and 1:4 for all staff?

If so, are you looking for an opportunity where you have the time to give patients the care they need and support families and friends, provide excellent individualized nursing care, implement your knowledge and skills, acquire specialist knowledge of symptom control, develop your communication skills and progress your career in specialist palliative care?

The Senior Staff Nurse will lead a small nursing team who provide pain and symptom control, complex psychological support and end of life care for patients and their families. Implementing your current knowledge and skills, the role will allow you to develop your specialist knowledge of symptom control, enhance your communication skills and progress your career in specialist palliative care. Most importantly, in addition to your knowledge and skills, your values must align to those of the Hospice of the Good Shepherd.

Hours for the role will be 37.5 hours per week including all shift patterns across 7 days., Be responsible for overseeing the planning and delivery of outstanding care for an identified group of patients.

Be responsible for providing initial and ongoing assessment of nursing needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of effective care plans and direct delivery of patient care on a daily basis.

Act as nurse in charge, leading a well-coordinated effective shift. This will involve dealing with complex situations and having to take appropriate action in emergency and unforeseen circumstances.

Proactively contribute to integrated MDT meetings, including assessing the needs of referred patients into Specialist Palliative Care Services across West Cheshire and Deeside.

Have line management responsibility for a group of health care assistants.

Respond to Out of Hours queries via the Hospice Advice Line once identified as competent.

Demonstrate clear organisational, time management, personal and professional resilience and leadership skills.

Demonstrate their passion to promote comfort, dignity, independence and patient choice.

Use own initiative and work well under pressure.

Demonstrate the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities which are integral to the delivery of holistic specialist palliative care.

You will be joining a friendly and welcoming team with a collective aim of positively enhancing the lives of the individuals in their care. There will be support and guidance for the right individual through a specific induction programme in order to develop their knowledge and understanding of supporting patients with an advanced life limiting illness. You'll receive a raft of benefits and support, including

Continuation of NHS annual leave and sickness benefitsif currently employed in the NHS. For those not currently employed in the NHS, annual leave and sickness benefits will be in line with Agenda For Change practice.

Continuation of the NHS Pension Scheme for existing membersor join the hospice pension scheme.

Excellent learning and development opportunities, including preceptorship, induction and development.

Broad range of in-house education and support to attend external training.

A staff support programme including clinical supervision, confidential counselling and occupational health services.

Please note we do not currently have a sponsorship licence, and the successful candidate will need to be able to provide evidence of right to work in the UK