Hospice Staff Nurse.

Social network you want to login/join with: We are looking for a new Band 5 Staff Nurse to join our Charity funded Inpatient Hospice. The Hospice consists of an 18-bedded inpatient unit, a Day Centre, and a community team maintaining the highest standards of palliative care within a multidisciplinary environment. Services are provided for people with cancer, HIV, and other life-threatening illnesses, as well as for their significant others. Patients are admitted to the Hospice Specialist Palliative Care In-Patient Unit for assessment, symptom control, terminal care, rehabilitation, respite care, and medical interventions from a wide catchment area of the following CCGs: Westminster, Brent, Camden, Islington. This role would ideally suit an experienced Palliative Care Nurse from either a Hospice or Hospital background. You will have previously mentored staff and trained junior team members. Located in leafy St John’s on the Jubilee line, minutes from Central London, our independent private Hospital has just been rated the number one in the country for care in the latest Bupa survey. Uniquely, all profits fund our onsite Hospice, St John’s. What are the main responsibilities of the Hospice Staff Nurse role? To maintain continuous high standards of skilled nursing care and professional practice through evidence-based practice To promote a progressive attitude towards the continual improvement of patient care through research and evidence-based practice To act as a role model and expert clinical practitioner. To supervise and teach both trained staff, healthcare assistants, and student nurses To assist the Ward Manager in all aspects of leadership and management of the hospice inpatient unit To assist in the coordination of services provided by the inpatient unit and contribute to the day-to-day running of the service. To assist, where necessary, in the provision of other services provided by the hospice Am I the right person for this Hospice Staff Nurse role? Experience at Band 5 or above in specialist palliative care or oncology Demonstrable practice that is evidence-based and up-to-date Experience of identifying and dealing with risks encountered within own practice Experience supporting junior/less experienced staff Able to use assertive communication skills Able to conduct audits in an objective and efficient manner #J-18808-Ljbffr

Salary: GBP 36000 - 60000 per year

Experience: 3 years required