Registered Nurse, Inpatient Unit - Nights, Days and Bank
Posted 3 days 12 hours ago by NHS
Our people are vital to the future of St Wilfrids Hospice and it is essential that we recruit and retain the very best individuals and offer a supportive, engaging, and rewarding working environment.
We are looking for Registered Nurses able to cover the following weekly shift patterns:
- 37.5 hrs Day shifts
- 36.75 hrs Night shifts - 3/4 nights alternate weeks
- Bank across both Days and Nights
The post holder will work as part of a multi professional team providing palliative nursing care interventions for patients and their families in the Inpatient Unit. The post holder will provide the highest standard of palliative care nursing to people living with advanced, serious, life limiting illness, supporting their personal priorities and preferences to enable them and their families to live as well as possible and to experience compassionate end of life care.
About usSt Wilfrids Hospice provides end of life support to the population of Eastbourne and the surrounding parts of East Sussex, from our stunning hospice building and through our highly skilled community teams. We are rated an outstanding provider by the Care Quality Commission and have a clear vision of reaching increasing numbers of local patients and their families, in close collaboration with our community.
We provide a supportive working environment, which is demonstrated through our values: compassionate, professional, progressive, and respectful and these are embedded in our culture. We have a dynamic learning environment that actively promotes and facilitates opportunities for career progression through our competency framework.
The RoleWe particularly encourage applications from disabled candidates, candidates from ethnic minority groups, LGBTQ+ as well as non binary candidates and those who have experienced mental health issues.
Benefits included:
- 27 days holiday entitlement per year plus bank holidays
- Contributory pension scheme with the option to continue any existing NHS pension scheme membership
- Discounted cinema tickets
- Employee assistance programmes
- Additional training opportunities
- Supportive working environment
- Flexible working arrangements including various shift patterns and part time hours
If you have any questions regarding your application please do not hesitate to contact the Human Resources Team on or email .
If you would like to discuss the role in further detail please contact Nikki Wilson, Head of Inpatient Unit, on .
Please note that CVs will not be accepted unless candidates are unable to complete our application form due to a disability.
Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
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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.