Staff Nurse - Inpatient Services

We are always looking for excellent people to bring their skills, values driven behaviours and commitment to ambition to deliver quality of life, to the end of life, for everyone to join our charity.

As one team we raise money, support each other whether in clinical teams, or corporate services toensure everything runs efficiently and smoothly and delivers the best outcome for our patients and their families. Being part of a great team in a complex organisation is demanding, but also really rewarding.

If you want to be part of our Inpatient Services team then wed love to work with you.

In this role, you will report to the Inpatient Services Manager, Ward Sisters and Senior Staff Nurses.

You must be NMC registered and have eligibility to work within UK.

Working collaboratively you will be an integral part of an amazing multi-disciplinary team, working with doctors, clinical and pastoral care teams, therapists, physios and great support teams. Together youll ensure a high standard of provision of care for patients requiring palliative and end of life care.

Youll be part of a team of registered nurses and carers, with consultant oversight, providing day to day leadership, management and continuous improvement of the delivery and services of the inpatient wards.

Thames Hospice is an independent adult hospice with a beautiful 28 bed hospice at Bray Lake in Maidenhead with views of the lake and state of the art facilities. Would you like to be a part of this?

You will need to be an experienced registered nurse not necessarily in a hospice or palliative care setting with the desire to care for this group of patients. You should possess good communication skills, excellent care values and a strong sense of team spirit.

As part of this role we also offer shift enhancements as follows:

• Work on a Saturday:
  Time and one third 1.33
• Work on a Sunday or Bank Holiday:
  Time and two thirds 1.66
• Work after 8pm-8am:
  Time and one third 1.33

To support you within your role, we have an excellent learning and development program to help further develop your clinical skills. We know that supporting, developing and nurturing our colleagues leads to outstanding patient care and strong morale and team spirit amongst our incredible teams.

Main Tasks:

1.To ensure that the IPS servicedelivers an excellent standard of care to patient sand their families

2.To lead a team of nurses for a shift (all) and dependent on experience on occasion lead the IPS for a shift in the absenceof a more senior nurse

3.To offer timely and individual care based on need, using referral criteria,regular patient review, assessment, re-assessment and discharge criteria as appropriate

4.To provide direct delivery of care to patients

5.To provide symptom controlfor patients including the administration of medicines in line with Thames Hospice Policy

6.To communicate fully and effectively with patients, their families and professional colleagues to ensure a safe and needs led care pathway,with particular consideration given to discharge

7.To work as a memberof the multidisciplinary teamto ensure a co-ordinated and definedmanagement plan / plan of care for each patient. To include review and discharge as appropriate and attend MDT meetings as required

8.To maintain accurate healthcare records, written and computer based, liaising with community colleagues and in linewith Thames Hospice organisational policy and professional requirements

9.To participate in training, of student nursesand external stakeholders as required.

10.To monitor practice and competence for Bank RNs and Health Care Assistants by regularly working with them as part ofa shift (dependent on experience)

11.To support and work with the IPS Team Sisters to develop and maintain effective partnership working with the multidisciplinary team

12.To communicate, when required,with external care agencies, GPs and community teams to facilitate best working practice and service provision

13.To participate in an annual auditof the service, to identifyif improvements and / or changes have enabled an improvedpatient and care experience

14.To report accidents, incidents and…