Band 5 - Registered Nurse - Inpatient Unit

This Band 5 registered nurse post sits on the inpatient unit at St Wilfrid's Hospice, an independent charity supporting patients with life-limiting or terminal illness and their families. The work centres on palliative and end-of-life nursing, managing complex symptoms and building relationships with patients and their loved ones within a multidisciplinary team. Shifts are 11.75-hour long days or 7.5-hour short days, mainly daytime, with occasional nights and alternate weekends.

Visa sponsorship is not offered, so candidates must already hold the right to work in the UK.

• Provide palliative and end-of-life nursing care to inpatients on the unit
• Deliver holistic nursing care tailored to each patient's needs, preferences and wishes
• Manage complex symptoms using clinical skills and judgement
• Build compassionate relationships with patients and their loved ones
• Work within a multidisciplinary team focused on quality of life, dignity and respect

• Registered staff nurse
• Relevant degree or diploma, or equivalent qualification

• Appropriate NMC registration (Part
  1)

• Right to work in the UK, as visa sponsorship is not offered

• Palliative care experience
• NMC approved practice assessor or teaching/assessor qualification, or willingness to gain it

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with service
• Contributory health plan for employee and family, including eyecare and physiotherapy
• Employee Assistance Programme with virtual GP advice, counselling and legal support
• Continued NHS Pension Scheme membership, with recognition of reckonable service
• 7.5% employer pension contribution for those not in the NHS pension scheme
• Life assurance of two times salary, or the NHS scheme where applicable
• Subsidised meals when on site
• Employee discount in community charity shops and Blue Light Card eligibility