Team Leader Inpatient Unit (IPU)

St Clare Hospice; Harlow; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A local hospice organization in Harlow is seeking an IPU Team Leader to deliver person-centered palliative care. The role involves clinical leadership, managing a team of nurses, and ensuring high-quality patient care in a compassionate environment. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and a commitment to ongoing professional development. This position includes night and weekend shifts.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of palliative care nursing especially in pain and symptom management.
• Evidence of personal professional development.
• Willingness to work nights and weekends as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the day-to-day running of the Inpatient Unit.
• Provide holistic assessment of patients and families' care needs.
• Act as a role model and contribute to high-quality nursing care.

Skills

Excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills

Ability to assess complex needs of patients

Ability to lead nursing team as nurse in charge

Commitment to integrated, multi-professional working

Education

Diploma / Degree in palliative care

Teaching and Assessing qualification

Job description

To apply for this role, click on the supporting link and complete a St Clare Hospice application form telling us why you feel you are suitable for this role (in particular, explaining how you fulfil the requirements set out in the Person Specification).

Overview of role

Are you passionate about delivering truly person centred care in a hospice setting where time, compassion, and dignity are prioritised? At St Clare Hospice, we offer a rare opportunity to work in an environment where you can focus on what matters most providing outstanding palliative and end-of-life care with the time and space to do it properly.

We are currently recruiting to our 8-bedded Inpatient Unit, a calm and supportive space where patients and their families are at the heart of everything we do.

You do not need to be an expert in palliative care to join our team what matters most is your compassion, commitment, and willingness to learn. We are looking for the right person, and we will support you with full training and development to help you thrive in your role.

Please read the job description (link below) for further details.

For an informal discussion, please contact:

Rosie Hewer (IPU Manager)on 01279 773713 or by email [e-mail]

Right to Work

St Clare Hospice do not hold a Certificate of Sponsorship, we are therefore unable to sponsor visa applications.

Main duties of the job

As IPU Team Leader, you will be responsible for leading and coordinating the day to dayrunning of the IPU.You will be responsible for leading a dedicated and compassionate team of Registered Nursesand Healthcare Assistants who work within a wider multi-disciplinary team of staff and volunteersto deliver high quality patient centred care.This role will have 75% clinical and management and 25% audit, research and education.

About us

At St Clare Hospice, our vision is that every adult with a life limiting condition in our localcommunities should have access to palliative care services wherever and whenever theyneed them, so that they can make the most of every moment, no matter how long theyhave left to live. Our many different services provide patients, their families and carers,with physical, emotional, social, psychological and spiritual support, at home, or here atthe Hospice.Our Inpatient Unit (IPU) has eight single, en-suite rooms where we care for patients whohave been admitted for symptom management and/or end of life care.

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Clinical

To be a safe practitioner and work within the NMC Code of professional standards ofpractice and behaviour.

Prioritise and delegate work fairly and appropriately according to skill mix within the team.

Provide holistic assessment of patients and families care needs, plan interventions asrequired and ensure those interventions are actioned and their effectiveness evaluated.

Act as a role model at all times and contribute to the provision of high quality, specialistnursing care.

Provide support and advice to nursing staff on patient care.

Communicate effectively with patients and families, ensuring they are actively involvedwith their own care planning.

Support patients and families through grief and loss and the life changing consequencesof a palliative diagnosis.

Liaise with appropriate members of the multi-professional team (internal and external tothe organisation) in order to ensure co-ordination and continuity of care on discharge anda smooth transition between different care settings.

Maintain clear, accurate, legible and timely patient documentation.

Work across the 24 hour service, including weekends, nights and bank holidays asrequired.

Actively contribute to MDT decision making about admissions and discharges.

Leadership

Provide effective managerial and clinical leadership of IPU staff in conjunction with or inthe absence of the IPU Manager.

Represent the IPU at internal and external meetings as required.

In conjunction with the IPU Manager, develop and implement the IPU inductionprogrammes, preceptorship and clinical supervision.

In conjunction with the IPU Manager, responsible for monthly 1:1 development meetingsfor IPU staff & completion of Annual performance reviews.

Assist in setting learning objectives and provide annual appraisals and quarterly reviews.

Lead by example and promote a positive values-based culture (Compassion, Integrity,Respect, Excellence, Teamwork)

Assist in the development and review of hospice policies and procedures

Ensure that nursing staff are aware of, and apply, Hospice policies and procedures.

Oversee the compilation of duty rotas ensuring adequate staff cover for shifts

Ensure the effective use of resources.

Participate in recruitment and selection of nursing staff.

Education

To lead the orientation, induction and completion of competencies for yourself and othermembers of the IPU team as directed.

Support IPU staff to identify learning needs and the most appropriate means of meetingthose needs.

Organise and support placement of student nurses, liaising directly with the University asrequired.

Organise training for the IPU team, this may include delivering training session orarranging for others to do so.

Share good and innovative clinical practice within the hospice and also with peers locallyand nationally.

Actively participate in the hospice education programme.

Quality

To lead on research and audit programmes as required, delegating tasks to othercolleagues as appropriate.

Undertake investigations in relation to incidents, concerns or complaints relating to theservice as assigned and identify effective resolutions ensuring that lessons learnt areidentified, put into practice and shared with the team.

Work with the IPU Manager on key aspects of service improvement.

Person Specification

Personal Qualities and Attributes

• Commitment to integrated, multi-professional working
• Commitment to the Vision and Values of St Clare Hospice
• Commitment to equality and valuing diversity and understanding of
• how this applies to own area of work

Knowledge

• Extensive knowledge of Palliative care nursing especially in pain and
• symptom management
• Knowledge of Care Quality Commission Regulations and
• requirements

Experience

• Experience in leadership and management of people
• Experience of palliative care nursing

Qualifications

• Diploma / Degree in palliative care and or willing to undertake
• Teaching and Assessing qualification
• Evidence of personal professional development
• Advanced communication course

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to assess complex needs of patients and plan,
• implement and evaluate appropriate nursing interventions
• Ability to lead team by acting as nurse in charge for shifts
• Ability to cope effectively with the demands of working in a
• specialist palliative care unit
• Excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to motivate nursing team and take initiative when
• appropriate

Other requirements

• Willingness to work nights and weekends as required.

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.

Depending on experience£38,762 – £46,873 pa depending on experience incl of HCA