Staff Nurse

Work with nursing colleagues to deliver skilled, practical, and compassionate nursing care.

Identify hopes and goalsof the patient and family and work with them towards their achievement.

Monitor both physical and psychological symptoms of the illness.

Discover the extent towhich carers wish to be involved, particularly with practical care.

Teach the skills of practical nursing care to enable carers to manage and develop confidence.

Anticipate the changing needs of patients and emotionally prepare the patient and family, exploring the patient and family awareness of the situation.

Responsible for the organisation of patient care and the delegation of duties to nursing staff.

To participate in patient care activities, giving guidance and support as necessary to other team members.

Toact at Team Co-ordinator when required and support junior nursing staff as required.

To work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure patients are effectively managed.

Towork unsupervised and take charge of the Inpatient Unit when required and to be responsible for the running of the Inpatient Unit in the absence of the Ward Manager/Sister.

Toensure that the high standards of nursing care are given and maintained.

Toact when standards are not being maintained.

To work within the NMC Code of Professional Practice and within policies, procedure, and guidelines of Overgate Hospice.

To participate in regular staff meetings.

To be flexible to work across areas or services to meet the demands of changing service needs.

To establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, relatives, and all visitors to the Hospice.

To take responsibility for own continuing professional development and performance, including identifying own development needs and maintain own portfolio in accordance with revalidation.

Ensure confidentiality is maintained to meet professional requirements.

Overgate Hospice is the Hospice that serves the people of Calderdale and was founded in 1981. It has grown since then to provide specialist palliative care to twelve inpatient beds (one of which is a booked respite bed for patients with specialist palliative care needs) and day hospice services both within the hospice and at hubs throughout Calderdale. The Hospice also provides bereavement care and counselling, specialist palliative care social work services, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, complementary therapies, chaplaincy services, diversional therapies and a 24-hour advice line for professionals.

Our aspirations include development of services to support patients in their own homes, and we have a team of Specialist Palliative Care Community Educators to support primary care professionals in the palliative care they deliver; this will strengthen our good relationship with local primary care services. In 2024 ground will be broken to start the building of a new purpose built sixteen bedded single room occupancy hospice within the grounds of the current hospice.

The Hospice is situated in beautiful grounds between

Huddersfield and Halifax and is close to the M62. Parking at the Hospice is free of charge,either in the Hospice grounds, or in the cricket club car park just across theroad. The Hospice has a dynamic fundraising team that generates the majority of our income and receives some ofits funding from West Yorkshires Integrated Care Board.

Staff Nurse

Job Description

Hours 34.5 hours per week (actual salary £28,511.32 - £33,855.02)

Responsible to Ward Manager

Accountable to Deputy Director of Clinical Services

Overgate Hospice is an independent charity with a mission to ensure that patients and those close to them live with the best possible quality of life. This is enabled by provision of the highest standard of compassionate and evidence-based specialist palliative and end of life care for adults in Calderdale who have active, progressive life limiting illness.

However, the current constraints of our ageing facilities are making this more difficult than ever. Our ambitious redevelopment plans will modernise and expand our existing facilities to transform the environment in which we care for our patients, as well as meaning we can care for more people who need us. In April 2024, Overgate Hospice launched a capital appeal, the Big Build Appeal, to raise the funds needed to make these transformational plans become a reality.

Job Summary

Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in providing a high standard of specialist palliative care to patients and their families

Minimum Qualifications / Experience Required

Registered Nurse

The post holder must comply with all aspects of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and maintain own registration with the NMC - without conditions or sanctions placed on their registration

Key Working Relationships

Patients, their relatives, carers, and friends

All other nursing & medical staff, ward clerks, housekeeping & catering staff, clinical admin staff & volunteers

Duties and…