Wellbeing Practitioner RGN/AHP

NHS; Rawtenstall; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking skilled individuals to deliver high-quality holistic palliative care. Responsibilities include patient assessment, care planning, and leading therapeutic groups. Ideal candidates should have prior experience in adult care and effective communication skills, with at least two years of post-qualified experience. This role supports the development and coordination of care plans and involves monitoring patient conditions.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years post-qualified experience in adult care.
• Experience in supervising or mentoring junior staff.
• Experience caring for patients with long-term conditions.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based skilled care under the Team Leader's direction.
• Lead patient assessment and individual care planning.
• Monitor patients' conditions and report significant changes.

Skills

Experience in adult care

Supervisory skills

Creative therapies expertise

Effective communication

Education

NMC or HCPC Registration

Continuing professional development evidence

Academic achievement in palliative care

Job description

To work as part of a multi disciplinary team on the Wellbeing unit delivering high-quality evidence-based holistic palliative care to patients and their families ensuring all care is provided with compassion dignity and respect

Undertake individual patient assessments formulating goal setting and plans of care

Be responsible for agreed service coordination and quality tasks, for example data collection, audits, attendance at multidisciplinary meetings.

To lead creative therapies within the Wellbeing unit with support from volunteers and external services.

Support and supervise the work of Support Workers, Students and Volunteers

The post holder will provide individualised holistic enablement focused palliative rehabilitation within their scope of practice.

Partake in the on-call rota.

Contribute to and participate in organisational service development.

Work across the clinical services, including Hospice at Home when required, to ensure service delivery.

Main duties of the job

To provide skilled care under the direction of the Team Leader that is evidence based and best practice.

To lead the process of admission to service ensuring all relevant patient records are completed within the agreed timeframes and according to statutory requirements

To lead patient groups and support colleagues in the delivery of group work

To undertake patient assessments in the Wellbeing setting and the patients home

To formulate goal setting and individual care plans and to be able to implement, evaluate and amend these plans

To plan, deliver and evaluate evidence based rehabilitative care for patients and their families

To develop communication skills to promote beneficial therapeutic relationships with patients and their carers.

To ensure patients receive the Right Care at the Right Time in the Right Place including Advance Care Planning (ACP) and Advance Clinical Management Planning (ACMP)

To liaise with the multidisciplinary team in both the Hospice and the community setting including Palliative Consultant, District Nurse, Social Workers, GPs, and any other agencies involved in patient care.

Maintain and support the efficient use of physical and / or financial resources.

To monitor patients condition and report significant changes to the Team Leader, GP and/or emergency services as appropriate.

About us

We all have a passion for the work we do. Our patients and their family/carers are, of course, at the heart of all that we do. We believe it is a real privilege to provide comfort and support in their hour of need.

Rossendale Hospices philosophy is all about choice and ensuring patients receive the care of their choice, at the place of their choice, either at the Hospice or within the home. We are a registered charity and receive around 25% of our running costs from our commissioners, with the remaining 75% from Charitable funds raised.

Job responsibilities

Key tasks include

To provide skilled care under the direction of the Team Leader that is evidence based and best practice

To lead the process of admission to service ensuring all relevant patient records are completed within the agreed timeframes and according to statutory requirements

To lead patient groups and support colleagues in the delivery of group work including education and therapeutic sessions

To co-ordinate daily activity with the Hospice at Home service

To undertake patient assessments in the Wellbeing setting and the patients home, according to individual needs of the patient and their carers

To formulate goal setting and individual care plans and to be able to implement evaluate and amend these plans as necessary

To plan deliver and evaluate evidence based rehabilitative care for patients and their families in collaboration with other members of the team

To develop communication skills to promote beneficial therapeutic relationships with patients and their carers

To ensure patients receive the Right Care at the Right Time in the Right Place including Advance Care Planning (ACP) and Advance Clinical Management Planning (ACMP)

To attend all mandatory training and take part in education programmes in partnership with colleagues

To liaise with the multidisciplinary team in both the Hospice and the community setting including Palliative Consultant, District Nurse, Social Workers GPs and any other agencies involved in patient care

Support peoples equality, diversity and rights

Maintain and support the efficient use of physical and or financial resources

To monitor patients condition and report significant changes to the Team Leader GP and or emergency services as appropriate

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NMC or HCPC Registration
• Documentary evidence of continuing professional development
• Evidence of recent academic achievement relating to palliative care long term conditions

Experience

• At least 2 years post-qualified experience in adult care.
• Experience of supervising/mentoring junior staff
• Experience of caring for patients with long-term conditions
• Experience of palliative and end of life care
• Experience of using creative therapies within a healthcare setting

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.