Staff Nurse Band 5

Tobe responsible for the delivery of the highest standards of specialist palliative care, support and advice to patients.

Having knowledge of, and abide by, the NMCCode:
Standards of conduct, performance,and ethics for nurses and midwives.

To maintain confidentiality in respect of information concerning patients and their relatives at all times.

To effectively assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the care for each allocated patient as determined by thenurse-in-charge.

To ensure effective communications with the Medical Team and other health care professionals when providing individualised nursing care.

To ensure effective communications with the Clinical Director

To set the highest possible standards of ca reconsidering the holistic needs of the patient and his/her family/carer.

Willowbrook Hospice is a purpose built independent hospice opened in 1997. It is an adult hospice caring for patients with specialist palliative care needs, serving the community of St Helens and Knowsley. It was built with the support of local people.

Willowbrook hospice is not just a building, it is a way of caring for people. The Hospice works to improve the lives of people who have a life-limiting or terminal illness, helping them to live well before they die.

Willowbrook Hospice not only takes care of peoples physical needs but looks after their emotional, spiritual and social needs as well. It also supports carers, family members and close friends, both during a persons illness and in bereavement.

To develop specialist knowledge toprovide advice and counselling skills to patients and carers on the holistic needs which arise with terminal illness.

To ensure the needs of the bereaved arefully met by the most appropriate individual or external agencies if required.

To participate in areas of nursing research and be able to apply the findings of pertinent research and nursing practice, to the workplace.

To adhere to and ensure that the requirements are achieved.

To demonstrate organisational/time management skills relevant to the position.

To be able to recognise and respond tostress and anxiety in self, colleagues and volunteers.

To deal promptly and sensitively with complaints, resolving where possible, and referring to the Senior Nurse incharge.

To liaise with all external organisations as appropriate in undertaking care management of patients.

To have knowledge of current Fire and Health and Safety Policies and ensure they are practiced correctly.

To be actively involved with staff meetings, working parties and liaison with voluntary and multi-professional services as required.

To participate in discussions during multi-professional ward meetings presenting patients as appropriate.

To be involved and have knowledge ofaudit and continuous quality improvement.

To ensure that all Hospice supplies areused effectively and economically at all times.

To maintain a personal commitment to the expansion and development of professional skills and knowledge in line with

NMC requirements and those developments related to annual individual performance review, taking ownership for own development needs.

Understand and comply with the policies and practices of the organisation.

The post holder will observe theorganisations No Smoking policy.

You are required on an annual basis toattend and comply with the mandatory training requirements, plus any other training as deemed appropriate.

Maintain confidentiality in respect of all information

To be an effective representative of Willowbrook Hospice and to act at all times in aprofessional manner, promoting a positive company image.

Undertake any other duties which commensurate with the post at the request of the IPU Manager or other

Willowbrook Hospice Manager.

This is an outline of the post holders duties and responsibilities. It is not intended as an exhaustive list and may change from time to time in order tomeet the changing needs of Willowbrook Hospice.

It is the responsibility of all employees to support Willow brooks vision of promoting a positive approach to diversity and equality of opportunity, to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage in service delivery and employment, and…