Main area: Palliative Care
Grade: Band 5
Contract: Permanent, Rotational contract to include nights and weekends
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Internal rotation, weekends and some nights)
Job ref: 270-TF506-ACS
Employer: Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Cynthia Spencer Hospice
Town: Northampton
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 27/10/2024 23:59
Interview date: 07/11/2024
Hospice at Home Nurse
Band 5
Job overview
Are you looking to rekindle your passion for holistic nursing care? Have you considered working within a Community Specialist Palliative Care Team?
Do you want to be a part of a team who are proud to make a difference to patients and their families?
If the answer to any of the above is yes or possibly, then we would love to hear from you.
The Hospice at Home Team is part of the Community Specialist Palliative Care Team across Northamptonshire. It is a county-wide service providing holistic nursing care for end-of-life patients in their own home, over a 24-hour period. We provide nursing care to patients who require symptom management and end-of-life care at home. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential, as you will be required to communicate sensitively and compassionately with patients who are approaching the end of their life and their families.
Experience of working within the community setting and palliative nursing would be ideal, and a passion to provide outstanding holistic nursing care is essential.
This 24-hour service requires you to be flexible to a varying shift pattern, including early, late, and night shifts, as well as rotational weekend and bank holiday working. This post requires travel across Northamptonshire to patients' homes as needed.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will play an important part in providing holistic care and meeting the specific needs of patients, their families, and those important to them without direct supervision. This will include:
- Assessment of needs and symptoms and implementation of individualized care. Giving appropriate information to their families and involving them in developing the plan of care and its ongoing evaluation.
- Administer prescribed medication as required.
- Ensure accurate records are maintained.
- Ensure a coordinated team approach by using effective communication within the team and other community services involved.
- Providing sensitive information and support to those closest to the patient.
We are looking for a nurse who has personal resilience and can manage the care required for patients and their loved ones who are experiencing emotions expected of those in their last weeks of life.
The post holder will be expected to assist in the learning and development of students and clinicians.
Working for our organization
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health, and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the center of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work, or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centers in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Person specification
Qualifications and Experience
- Palliative Care Qualification
- Experience of Assessing and Lead supervisor role to Pre reg students
Experience
- Experience of working within a multi-professional team
- Community experience
- Experience of communicating with patients and their families approaching the end of life
- Experience of assessing patient symptoms and giving anticipatory medicines
- Experience of preparing and administering medicines via a syringe pump
- One year post-registration experience
- Audit involvement
- Evidence of understanding of Specialist Palliative Care
Knowledge and Skills
- Understanding of clinical governance and quality issues evidence-based practice
- Demonstrates continued professional development other than mandatory training
- An understanding of holistic nursing care
- Knowledge of symptom management for patients approaching the end of life
- Knowledge of National and local NHS policies in Specialist Palliative Care
- Knowledge of clinical supervision and reflective practice
Applications will be transferred to the TRAC system. By completing an application, you are giving authorization for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorize us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, including factual reference, occupational health clearance, and statutory and mandatory training records.
Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.
Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.
We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.
At NHFT, we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly, and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours, and part-time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need, and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three-year basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly. The annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information, please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position, then a charge will be deducted from your first salary or upfront cost if a staff bank position.
Please note that all new starters to the trust are subject to a probationary period.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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