Senior Staff Nurse

To work as a member ofthe Enhanced Hospice at Home team. To provide appropriate palliative nursing care and support to individuals and thosethey love, in their own homes across our catchment area of Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Brentwood and Redbridge.

To liaise with other members ofthe multidisciplinary team Enhanced Hospice at Home Lead, Enhanced Hospice at Home Coordinator, Primary Health Careteam, Clinical Nurse specialists, social care providers.

Our Enhanced Hospice at Home Team is a skill mix of Senior Staff Nurses and Health Care Assistants who provide hands on nursing care to people in their own home, as well as supporting those around them, to enable them to remain in their preferred place of care. Working collaboratively with wider community health professionals in a creative way to support individuals.

This is an excellent opportunity for Staff Nurses with significant post registration experience who have a desire to work in specialist palliative care.

With the launch of the hospice 5- year strategy and ranked Outstanding by Care Quality Commissioners, there is not a better time to join our experienced & skilled team, providing excellent, compassionate care to individuals and their loved ones across our community.

If you are an enthusiastic and passionate team player, with excellent communication skills, have keenness and confidence with the ability to work independently and have an overall compassionate flexible approach to care delivery, we would be delighted to hear from you.

It is essential that the post holder is required to have the ability to travel efficiently and effectively to people's homes across various locations within the hospice catchment area, and who can obtain their own vehicle insurance for business use.

We will in return offer attractive pay benefits including enhanced unsociable rate of pay; vehicle user and travel allowance, parking permits for the areas we visit, as well as free onsite parking. Professional Supervision, Reflective Practice, and Annual Appraisal in addition to supporting your well-being with other staff benefits.

We encourage and offer extensive professional development opportunities linking with our own on-site Education centre.

We will provide you with a professional, supportive caring working environment with the opportunity to transfer existing NHS superannuation scheme or a private pension scheme is also available.

We are a dynamic, forward thinking organisation delivering a full range of specialist palliative care services for individuals & their loved ones with palliative or end of life care needs.

We achieved Outstanding in our CQC inspection & have reconfigured our services to meet the changing needs of our local community. We support 5 Clinical Commissioning Groups & have a robust governance structure in place. We provide ward clinical services within a modern, personal & friendly 18-bedded unit, as well as a Hospice Community Team, Hospice at Home Service & Specialist Day Therapy Service.

We also have the hospice Pepperell Education Centre that has an excellent reputation for delivering high quality education programmes and study days.

All communication regarding your application including invitations to interviews will be sent to the email address you have stated on your application form. Please provide a contact telephone number as well.

Saint Francis Hospice is a charity based in theUK. We will require all successful candidates to be able to provide documentary  of their Right to Work in the UK. We are not a Licensed Sponsor, so are unable to provide sponsorship to support applicants applying from outside of the UK.

Please note that we are a charity & not part of an NHS Trust & we are situated in a quiet location in the village of Havering-atte-Bower, outskirts of Romford, therefore please consider our location when applying.

HOURS OFDUTY:Full Time 37.5 hours across 7-day service. Part time considered.

REPORTS TO:Enhanced Hospice at Home Team Leader

KEY RELATIONSHIPS: Director of Care &Community Services, Head of Community Services, Enhanced Hospice at Home Co-Ordinator, Enhanced Hospice at Home Team, Primary Care Team/District Nurses, Saint Francis Hospice multi-professional team, Hospice Community Team, (Clinical Nurse Specialists), Community Liaison Marie Curie Service

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SUMMARY:

To work as a member of the Enhanced Hospiceat Home team. To provide appropriate palliative nursing care & support to individuals & those they love, in their own homes across our catchment area of Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Brentwood & Redbridge. To liaise with other members of the multidisciplinary team Enhanced Hospice at Home Lead, Enhanced Hospice at Home Coordinator, Primary Health Care team, Clinical Nurse specialists, social care providers.

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DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Toprovide appropriate physical, emotional & spiritual care in agreement with the individual & their loved ones.

To communicate effectively & appropriately…