Registered Nurse / Paramedic - End of Life Urgent Care Service
Posted 9 days 2 hours ago by NHS
Hours: Part-Time and Full-Time Hours Available
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, well-motivated professional to specialise in end-of-life care.
Main duties of the jobSt Luke's is delivering on its vision of a Hospice without Walls with the support of its End-of-Life Urgent Care Team, as a Registered Nurse or paramedic for the End-of-Life Urgent Care Service you will assist in supporting community-based end of life (EOL) patients in meeting their preferred place of care/death and prevent inappropriate admission to secondary care.
To be a part of this caring and compassionate team as a Band 5 Nurse, you will need to be able to work autonomously and be responsible for ongoing holistic assessments and planning of care to meet the patients practical, psychological, spiritual, and social needs.
You will work closely with both primary and secondary care health professionals and other Hospice colleagues; therefore, good communication skills are essential.
We would encourage informal discussions regarding this post with the Deputy Clinical Lead, Jo Davis, on .
About usSt Lucks is a friendly, dynamic, and progressive organisation, where innovation and a can-do ethos is championed; we would value those with the desire to work in this specialist area.
As a staff member of St Lucks, you will receive an attractive employment package, which includes 7 weeks annual leave rising with service (inc. bank hols) and membership to a cash back health plan.
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Person Specification Qualifications- Please see the job description and person specification attached.
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.