SENIOR STAFF NURSE

To work as a member ofthe Enhanced Hospice at Home team. To provide appropriatepalliative nursing care and support to individuals and thosethey love, in their own homes across our catchment area of Barking andDagenham, Havering, Brentwood and Redbridge.

To liaise with other members ofthe multidisciplinary team Enhanced Hospice at HomeLead, Enhanced Hospice at Home Coordinator, Primary Health Careteam, Clinical Nurse specialists, social care providers.

Our Enhanced Hospice at Home Team is a skill mix of Senior Staff Nurses and Health Care Assistants who provide hands on nursing care to people in their own home, as well as supporting those around them, to enable them to remain in their preferred place of care. Working collaboratively with wider community health professionals in a creative way to support individuals.

This is an excellent opportunity for Staff Nurses with significant post registration experience who have a desire to work in specialist palliative care.

With the launch of the hospice 5- year strategy and ranked Outstanding by Care Quality Commissioners, there is not a better time to join our experienced & skilled team, providing excellent, compassionate care to individuals and their loved ones across our community.

Main duties of the job If you are an enthusiastic and passionate team player, with excellent communication skills, have keenness and confidence with the ability to work independently and have an overall compassionate flexible approach to care delivery, we would be delighted to hear from you.

It is essential that the post holder is required to have the ability to travel efficiently and effectively to people's homes across various locations within the hospice catchment area, and who can obtain their own vehicle insurance for business use.

We will in return offer attractive pay benefits including enhanced unsociable rate of pay; vehicle user and travel allowance, parking permits for the areas we visit, as well as free onsite parking. Professional Supervision, Reflective Practice, and Annual Appraisal in addition to supporting your well-being with other staff benefits.

We encourage and offer extensive professional development opportunities linking with our own on-site Education centre.

We will provide you with a professional, supportive caring working environment with the opportunity to transfer existing NHS superannuation scheme or a private pension scheme is also available.

About us We are a dynamic, forward thinking organisation delivering a full range of specialist palliative care services for individuals & their loved ones with palliative or end of life care needs.

We achieved Outstanding in our CQC inspection & have reconfigured our services to meet the changing needs of our local community. We support 5 Clinical Commissioning Groups & have a robust governance structure in place. We provide ward clinical services within a modern, personal & friendly 18-bedded unit, as well as a Hospice Community Team, Hospice at Home Service & Specialist Day Therapy Service. We also have the hospice Pepperell Education Centre that has an excellent reputation for delivering high quality education programmes and study days.

All communication regarding your application including invitations to interviews will be sent to the email address you have stated on your application form. Please provide a contact telephone number as well.

Saint Francis Hospice is a charity based in theUK. We will require all successful candidates to be able to provide documentary ID proof of their Right to Work in the UK. We are not a Licensed Sponsor, so are unable to provide sponsorship to support applicants applying from outside of the UK.

Please note that we are a charity & not part of an NHS Trust & we are situated in a quiet location in the village of Havering-atte-Bower, outskirts of Romford, therefore please consider our location when applying.

Job responsibilities HOURS OFDUTY:Full Time 37.5 hoursacross 7-day service. Part time considered.

REPORTS TO:Enhanced Hospice at Home Team Leader

KEY RELATIONSHIPS: Director of Care &Community Services, Head of Community Services, Enhanced Hospice at HomeCo-Ordinator, Enhanced Hospice at Home Team, Primary Care Team/District Nurses, Saint Francis Hospice multi-professionalteam, Hospice Community Team, (Clinical Nurse Specialists), Community Liaison Marie Curie Service

JOBSUMMARY: To work as a member of the Enhanced Hospiceat Home team. To provide appropriate palliative nursing care & support to individuals & those they love, in their own homesacross our catchment area of Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Brentwood & Redbridge. To liaise with other members of the multidisciplinary teamEnhanced Hospice at Home Lead, Enhanced Hospice at HomeCoordinator, Primary Health Care team, Clinical Nursespecialists, social care providers.

MAINDUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: Toprovide appropriate physical, emotional & spiritual care inagreement with the individual & their loved ones.

Tocommunicate effectively & appropriately with the individual & carers and liaise with other professionals involved in their care on behalfof the Hospice at Home team.

Havean understanding of the importance of multi-professional team-working & the ability to promote it within the organisation.

Havean understanding & awareness of behaviours & interpersonal skills thatare vital to effective team working & practice them at all times.

Workproactively to maintain effective communication networks with alldepartments within the hospice to maintain a seamless deliveryofeducational services.

Participatein the co-ordination of the Enhanced Hospice at Home service ona seven-day rota as required in the absence of theservice coordinator & as directed by the Enhanced Hospice at Hometeam Lead.

Toattend regular Enhanced Hospice at Home meetings,reflective practice & multidisciplinary team meetings.

Toaccurately document care given within NMC guidelines both written & electronically as appropriate.

Advocatefor those we care for & their family whilst care & symptom control taking place at home in instances of medication requestfollow up, monitoring & raising concerns with key workers & appropriatelyinvolved health professionals.

Toprovide physical care complying with manual handling policy & continually perform risk assessment in the persons home.

Toprovide appropriate physical, emotional & spiritual care inagreement with the individual & their family/friends.

Tobe competent in the use of iCare and other patient information systems usedwithin the hospice setting.

Torecognise & report changes in the persons condition & respondappropriately to maintain effective symptom control.

Toteach, empower & enable families to care for the individual.

Tosupport the primary care team with the setting up & maintaining the administration of medication via syringe pump as directed.

Torecognise the impact that a terminal disease can have on the individual & their family & to support them through this process,respecting the individuality & rights of the person & promotingtheir independence.

Tocare for the body after death and support family members/carers after death.

Totake forward training opportunities & skills to further develop seniorstaff nurse role with verification of death, clinical examination &diagnostics.

To participate & initiate teaching, audits, surveys or other clinical governanceactivities as required/requested.

Topractice in accordance with health & safety policies, loneworking policy & adhere to fire regulations &maintains ownpersonal safety accordingly.

To participate inown personal development through all mandatory training & suitableinternal/external study days.

Participate & contribute to hospice Widening Access groups & Special Interest groupsas appropriate.

ADDITIONALREQUIREMENTS OF POSTHOLDER:Toact within the legal & statutory rules relating to nursing practice as laiddown by the Nursing & Midwifery Council.

Tobe responsible & ensure adherence to professional Revalidation expectations & process.

Adhereto the policies & conditions of service of Saint Francis Hospice relatingto sickness and absence, conduct, Health & Safety, Data Protection & anyothers that are relevant.

Takeresponsibility for own professional & personal development which willbe monitored in supervision sessions & in the annual appraisalsystem.

To beresponsible for any equipment provided by the hospice for the role inthe community & the safekeeping of such items when not inuse.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:Someinformation received or supplied during the course of duty will beof a confidential nature confidentiality is not to be breached & is adisciplinary matter.

Ensurethat computerised data is managed within the requirements of the DataProtection Act.

Reportaccidents/incidents or potential hazards and to work in accordancewith the Hospices Health and Safety at Work Policy.

SENSITIVITY AND PROFESSIONALISM: As an employee of Saint Francis Hospice you should expect that it islikely that you will come into contact with individuals in our care, their lovedones & members of the public who are at the end of life or recentlybereaved. All employees are expected to respond to people recounting & expressing their emotions about such events with sensitivity & understanding & to know enough about the services that the Hospiceprovides to be able to signpost people who may benefit from our services tothe relevant contacts.

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