Job summary
Are you an experienced Adults Nurse ready to share your knowledge in the rewarding world of Palliative Care?
Join Keech Hospice as a Senior Adults Nurse and explore how your clinical expertise supports the needs of patients and those closest to them.
As a Keech Senior Adults Nurse you will prioritise excellence in care while we nurture your growth in the field of palliative care. Your experience of caring for patients with a palliative diagnosis, perhaps even drawing from your own personal experiences, equips you with transferable and invaluable skills for this role.
We seek dedicated nurses who share the vision, value and standards that Keech promotes and our desire to drive continuous service development, making a difference when it matters the most to those that need our support and care.
Main duties of the job
- Supervise and participate in the delivery of holistic patient centred care
- Manage and prioritise own workload, ensuring continuity of service and crisis intervention.
- Establish effective communication processes with patients, families, colleagues, and the broader multi-disciplinary teams and external agencies.
- Undertake patient assessments in the hospice, their homes or place of care.
- Support and coach staff to provide high-quality palliative and end-of-life care, including pre bereavement support.
- Provide professional and managerial leadership, supporting colleagues as and when required.
- Take a lead role in planning discharges from the hospice, ensuring a smooth transition of patient and family care and support.
About us
Keech provide free, specialist care for Adults in Luton and South Bedfordshire, and children from Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes living with a life limiting illness. Keech supports adults and children to live pain and symptom free, to spend untroubled time with their loved one, to understand whats happening to them, to stay out of hospital and to make the most of the time they have.
We invite you to meet our team, tour our hospice, and discover the fulfilling opportunities awaiting you as a Senior Adult Nurse in Palliative Care. Apply now to be part of a compassionate community dedicated to delivering exceptional palliative care services.
Keech Hospice is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity in our workplace. We appreciate the unique perspectives and experiences everyone brings, and we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment.
All prospective employees will be required to undergo a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) check. The level of check is dependent on the role and designed to ensure safer and more well-informed recruitment decisions.
We are committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of the individuals we serve and will take appropriate measures to safeguard them.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work as a
member of the Hospice multi-disciplinary care team to work towards the
achievement of the aims and objectives laid down in the philosophy of Keech
Hospice Care.
To ensure each
patient and family receives a multi-professional assessment, their needs identified,
and a plan of care implemented and evaluated in collaboration with other
agencies and services that may be involved.
To work flexibly across Adult Care Services as
required to ensure continuity of patient care (Adult inpatient unit, Wellbeing
Centre, Community Services, Out of Hours service).
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- NMC Registered Adults Nurse with experience in palliative care
- Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively with team.
- Understanding and adherence to relevant legislation and national strategy
- Effective communicator with great interpersonal skills
- Ability to recognise palliative medical emergencies and respond appropriately.
- Committed to coaching colleagues to develop their clinical skills and confidence.
Desirable
- Experience of caring for patients with complex palliative conditions
- Line management or involvement in supporting junior staff to achieve their objectives.
- Clinical skills such as venepuncture, cannulation, ECG, CVADs, physical assessment
- Have an adaptable approach to a changing work environment.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Keech Hospice Care
Address
Keech Hospice Care
Great Bramingham Lane
Luton
LU3 3NT