Senior Staff Nurse Night Response

NHS; Esher; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading hospice as a Senior Staff Nurse in our Night Response Team. The ideal candidate will provide expert palliative care, ensuring patients receive vital support at home. This part-time role requires excellent communication, decision-making skills, and a commitment to delivering compassionate care in a multidisciplinary setting.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus recognized public holidays

Educational and professional development opportunities

Monthly group reflections via Schwartz Rounds sessions

Free on-site parking

Clinical supervision

Subsidised meals at our on-site restaurant

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to the Blue Light Card discount scheme

In-house laundry of uniforms

Wellbeing care programme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in nursing terminally ill patients.
• Ability to manage complex patient situations and work in emotionally demanding environments.
• Flexible and motivated with excellent communication and triage skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist palliative nursing care during night shifts.
• Work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team to meet patient needs.
• Conduct assessments and audits of the service provided.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Decision-making

Education

Registered Nurse with the NMC/HCPC

Palliative care qualification (e.g., ECEPC)

Job description

Part-time - 22 hours per week - 8 shifts a month - flexible nights

Princess Alice Hospice is one of the top adult hospices in the UK, providing CQC rated outstanding, specialist palliative care and support to a community of more than a million people living in Surrey, south west London and Middlesex.

The Night Response Team (NR) provides specialist on call palliative nursing care between the hours of 22.00 and 08.00, 7 days a week for palliative care patients known to Princess Alice Hospice.

The Team also provides nursing care and assistance to palliative and general patients who are referred from the district nursing service, the OOHs service (111), local ambulance services SECAMB and LAS, Mole Valley Telecare and Tunstall Community Alarm services. This includes palliative patients who are not known to PAH. Night Response visit patients in their own homes as well as in care and residential homes.

A Night Response shift will be covered by two members of staff per night, usually one RN and an SHCA, occasionally two RNs.

We are based in an office on the in-patient unit at the Hospice. We receive calls, provide information, support and advice to patients, families, and other health care professionals, whilst visiting patients as required throughout the night.

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For an informal discussion about the role please contact Rebecca Allkins, Specialist Nurse Night Response Deputy Team Lead via email - [e-mail].

Main duties of the job

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The Night Response Service brings the skills and expertise of our highly trained and dedicated specialist team directly into the patients homes. This allows patients, their families and carers access to the vital support they need at home, when time matters most, providing the opportunity for patients to remain at home and reducing the need for hospital admissions.

About the role:

We are looking for an experienced, proactive, dynamic and versatile Senior Staff Nurse with excellent interpersonal, communication and telephone triage skills, to join our Night Response Team.

Experience in caring for patients who are terminally ill is essential. You will need to be able to work autonomously and have an excellent understanding of care provision in the community and be involved in auditing the service provided.

You will need a full driving license with a maximum of 6 points for use of the hospice vehicle (automatic).

About you:

You will be motivated, a flexible thinker, and able to adapt to new ways of providing care to reach more patients within the community. You will have excellent communication skills and enjoy assessing the needs of patients, families, and carers.

If you are enthusiastic, personable and share our values and care about making a difference in the last years of someones life, we look forward to hearing from you!

About us

As well as joining a caring organisation where you will be able to make a difference for our patients and their families, some of our employee benefits include:

• 27 days annual leave plus recognised public holidays - rising to 29 days after 5 years service and 33 days after 10 years service (pro rata for part time)
• educational and professional development opportunities (we have an on-site Education Team)
• monthly group reflections via Schwartz Rounds sessions
• free on-site parking
• clinical supervision (regular and we ensure its protected time)
• subsidised meals at our on-site restaurant
• Employee Assistance Programme
• access to the Blue Light Card discount scheme
• access to our Group Pension Scheme (provided by Scottish Widows) plus we also offer an Auto-enrolment pension with NEST. If you have been a member of the NHS Pension Scheme, you may be able to continue your contributions to that scheme during your time at Princess Alice Hospice.
• in-house laundry of uniforms, plus excellent changing facilities (with showers, fresh towels, and hairdryers)
• wellbeing care - we provide a programme of activities, opportunities, and guidance to inspire and support our employees to live a healthy life, at home and at work.

Please note: We are a small organisation with limited funds and therefore, we are not able to employ you if you are outside the UK as we are not able to obtain a work permit or visa sponsorship on your behalf.

Job responsibilities

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Please review the attached Job Description and Personal specification for the role.

Person Specification

Personal qualities and other requirements

• Understanding of hospice philosophy and the structure and nature of specialist palliative care services
• Ability to work well within a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to travel to patients homes
• Full Driving Licence
• Awareness of, and commitment to the Mission, Vision and Values of the Hospice

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with the NMC/HCPC
• Commitment to complete Hospice key skills and competency induction training prior to undertaking
• the role
• Palliative care qualification (such as ECEPC) or be willing to undertake one

Particular Skills and Aptitude

• Evidence of communication skills, both written and verbal (GCSE English Grade C or equivalent)
• Evidence of basic numeracy skills (GCSE Maths Grade C or equivalent)
• Ability to contribute to any service development or quality improvement initiatives
• Ability to articulate in a clear and sensitive manner
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to work effectively in an emotionally demanding environment

Experience

• Experience of working within a nursing team on an In-Patient Unit and/or in the Community as appropriate
• Evidence of possessing advanced assessment and decision-making abilities
• Ability to lead in the management of complex patient situations
• Evidence of commitment to develop skills and knowledge in specialist palliative care
• Experience of nursing terminally ill patients
• Evidence of palliative care experience within a nursing team on an In-Patient Unit and/or in the Community as appropriate

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.