Senior Staff Nurses -Integrated Community Services

St Richard's Hospice; Holt End; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A palliative care provider in Holt End is seeking a specialist nurse to deliver complex care to patients in their final life stages. Responsibilities include patient assessments, triage, care planning, and collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams. Ideal candidates should have experience in community nursing or palliative care, and be comfortable working independently. The position offers a competitive salary with extensive benefits, including generous leave and supportive leadership.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous annual leave

Family friendly policies

Subsidised on-site cafe

Enhanced sick pay

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in community nursing and/or palliative care is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Complete patient triage either face to face or on the telephone.
• Assess patients flexibly either in the hospice or their homes.
• Lead and coordinate care planning to ensure personalized care.
• Work independently during weekends as part of a 7-day rota.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams for integrated services.

Skills

Community nursing experience

Palliative care knowledge

Team coordination

Independent working

Delegating tasks

Job description

Provide specialist complex palliative nursing care in the last months, weeks and day of life to patients in the community.

Responsibilities

• Complete the patient triage process either face to face or on the telephone
• Be flexible in your approach to assessing patients, completing this either in the hospice or in the patients home
• Complete assessments of patients referred to Integrated Community Service at any stage in their palliative diagnosis.
• Transfer patients care to other hospice services as appropriate when nursing interventions are no longer required, or additional MDT input is required to support the patient.
• Work independently during weekends and as part of a 7-day rota, including bank holidays.
• Lead and coordinate care planning, ensuring safe, effective, and personalised care.
• Delegate appropriately and support the work of Senior Healthcare Assistants (SHCAs) that work within the Hospice at Home team.
• Collaborate closely with the wider multi-disciplinary teams (MDT) that form the Integrated Community Services.
• Resilient and confident to work independently and autonomously, including lone working at weekends.
• Committed to developing professionally within a supportive and values‑led environment.
• Skilled at delegating tasks and coordinating care across a team.

Qualifications

• Ideally experienced in community nursing and/or palliative care.

Benefits

We offer a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits including;

• Fantastic team where everyone is welcomed and empowered to give their best
• Supportive leadership keen to develop you
• Generous annual leave (seven weeks including bank holidays)
• Benenden Healthcare offering diagnosis, treatment, 24/7 GP and mental health advice lines, discounts etc. or Cash plan giving cash back for day to day healthcare such as optical or dental costs
• Opportunities for flexible working
• Family friendly policies
• Fabulous subsidised on-site cafe
• Company enhanced sick pay (increased entitlement with length of service)
• Pension scheme and opportunity to continue NHS pension for clinical staff
• Free Will writing service