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Job summary

Main area
Palliative Care
Grade
Band 6
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term / Secondment - Maternity Cover)
Hours
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
22.5 hours per week (weekends and nights)
Job ref
434-CR6626567-A
Employer
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Florence Nightingale Hospice
Town
Aylesbury
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/01/2025 23:59

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Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Hospice at Home Staff Nurse

Band 6

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

  • provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
  • nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
  • regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
  • deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer. 

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.

 

Job overview

There is something special about caring for people in their own home at the end of their life, this is what as a member of the Florence Nightingale Hospice at Home team you would be doing.

Main duties of the job

·       To provide end of life care to patients within their own home.

·       Establish effective working relationships with a range of professionals to ensure that care is appropriate and delivered in a timely manner.

·       Participate in weekend rotas /7 day working rotas as required

Working for our organisation

Listen to why colleagues think we are a great place to work! - https://bit.ly/3DNEQfD

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

  • As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
  • We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes. 
  • We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

  • We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
  • As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
  • Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve. 

What do we stand for?

  • Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
  • Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
  • Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse
  • Palliative or Cancer Care degree
  • Further training / development to Masters level

EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria
  • Extensive post registration experience
  • Experience of working in palliative or cancer care
  • Experience of managing and working with groups of staff
  • Experience of dealing with highly emotionally distressed people
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of multi disciplinary working

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

Essential criteria
  • Analytical skills in assessing specialist care needs of patients and their families
  • Highly developed knowledge of symptom management in specialist palliative care
  • Ability to share specialist knowledge in an informal and formal setting
  • Highly developed communication skills
  • Provide support to patients and their families in extreme emotional distress and to the staff looking after them
  • Able to communicate with the multi disciplinary and multi agency team and offer specialist advice.
  • Able to motivate self and others
Desirable criteria
  • I.T. skills

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Essential criteria
  • Ability to travel trust wide

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareApprenticeships logoPositive about disabled peopleArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerStep into healthNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Fiona Mitchell
Job title
Hospice at Home team Leader
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01296332600
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