Bank Staff Nurse
Job Description
Job summary
Bolton Hospices consultant-led team of doctors, nurses and other professional staff, provide expert care and support for local people with terminal or life-limiting illnesses and their families, in the hospice and at home. We not only take care of patients' physical needs, we consider their emotional, spiritual and social needs too. And we support families and close friends, both during illness and in bereavement.
We are currently seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and highly motivated Registered Nurse to work within the Inpatient Unit at Bolton Hospice. This will be an exciting and rewarding opportunity for anyone wishing to further develop their nursing skills and knowledge within specialist palliative care.
Main duties of the job
The Role
As a Staff Nurse working as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team, you will support patients with complex clinical needs and provide hands-on, person-centered care. Our staff strive to provide the highest quality of service for our patients and their families and carers, through a collaborative team approach. As Staff Nurse, you will be responsible for advising and supporting staff, therefore you will need to able to demonstrate a high level of competence in the specialty.
What you need:
To apply, you must be a Registered General Nurse, who is enthusiastic and flexible with a passion for specialist palliative and end of life care. A recognised post-registration palliative care qualification is desirable, although you will be fully supported in the role if you have limited or no experience with the specialty. You will have access to a range of training and development opportunities and be welcomed as a valued member of an experienced and supportive team.
About us
Our purpose is caring for all our patients and those most important to them really well, together with creating a great place to work for all our people. You will be working within a friendly and committed team and be supported to develop and implement your own ideas to make a positive impact in your role.
Job responsibilities
Role Responsibilities:
Key Objectives
To be responsible for facilitating and co-ordinating admissions and discharges to/from the hospice, working closely with all members of the MDT and external agencies.
Promote and maintain the philosophy of the hospice.
Make decisions based upon knowledge and experience in respect of patient care and to be accountable for those decisions.
Ensure standards are maintained at all times.
Promote and maintain high quality patient care by acting as a role model for more junior staff.
Admission
Attend morning liaison meeting to discuss current referrals for admission and identify other potential referrals, as well as providing updates on discharge plans, where appropriate.
Maintain contemporaneous and accurate records of all contacts including contacts with patients, relatives/carers and members of the multidisciplinary team (internal and external) on the Electronic Patient Record systems (I-Care and GM Care Record/EPaCCs).
Provide a single point of verbal contact for referrers, patients and families- providing information and support throughout the referral process.
Engage with referrers and other healthcare professionals to gather all core information to enable effective decision making with regard to the daily allocation of beds based on patient needs assessment.
Liaise with patient/family and health and social care professionals and other services to facilitate safe transfer of patient to the hospice.
Ensure administration staff provide admitting team with timely information to enable effective admission of patient to service.
Inform relevant health and social care workers of dates of admission once decision has been made.
Make face to face contact with patient/family at admission, or as soon as practicably possible, to introduce self and to support future contact at discharge.
Maintain regular contact and communication with the referrers to update information about patients needs and to inform referrers about likelihood of bed availability.
Provide comprehensive verbal and written summaries of patient information and recommendations to enable decisions regarding bed offers to be made at the morning liaison meeting.
Discharge
Collaborate with the relevant health and social care teams to enable timely, safe and effective discharges for all patients, which may include those with complex issues, i.e.:
o Homeless
o Safeguarding
o Lack of suitable placement in care home
o The need for assessments for eligibility for health and social care funding
Ensure transport is booked/arranged.
Participate in MDT meetings, proactively identifying patients who may be suitable for discharge.
Maintain contemporaneous and accurate records of all contacts including contacts with patients, relatives/carers and members of the multidisciplinary team on the Electronic Patient Record systems (I-Care and GM Care Record/EPaCCs).
Establish effective working relationships with patients and family carers as early in their admission as appropriate, encouraging patient empowerment when making decisions, respecting and promoting their contribution to discharge planning.
With the patients consent refer appropriately to other services and agencies, in relation to their admission or discharge from the hospice.
Alongside other members of the clinical team, work with patients and carers/families to assist them to gain full understanding of available resources related to discharge and manage their expectations of these services.
Ensure that patients have a realistic, expected date of discharge to work towards.
Liaise with and meet external health and social care providers who are required to undertake assessments of a patients needs.
Communicate with the appropriate identified care agencies regarding discharge needs.
Ensure that the discharge process is fully coordinated and all services and individuals involved are aware of time scales and arrangements.
Co-ordinate Rapid Discharges for end of life care, ensuring that the management plan is fully communicated to all members of the multidisciplinary team involved in the patients care, in a timely way.
Advice Line
Take advice line calls during working hours, in line with hospice policy and procedure and within own limitations, seeking advice from senior colleagues where appropriate.
Follow the Bolton-wide Palliative Care guidelines for symptom and pain management.
Managerial / Leadership
Plan, coordinate and manage time effectively in order to achieve effective admissions and discharges within the inpatient unit.
Attend Locality Wide MDT meetings as appropriate.
Safeguard all patients/families and public through participation in robust staff training and adherence to internal and external policies and procedures reporting any concerns to the manager or relevant professional body.
To ensure that the dignity, safety and confidentiality of all patients is respected and that all patients receive the highest possible standards of care.
Demonstrate high standards of professional behaviour at all times in line with professional and organisational values.
Act as a resource and provide advice, information and support to patients, family/carers and all members of multidisciplinary team regarding admission/discharge process and external services, where appropriate.
Accept accountability for own actions and areas of responsibility.
Attend and contribute to departmental and organisational meetings, when required, to facilitate team communication and service development.
In collaboration with IPU MDT, manage referrals for hospice admission, assessing their appropriateness, managing the waiting list and planning admissions according to bed and staff availability, ensuring that the department runs efficiently and effectively.
Act as a positive member of the wider hospice team and ensure communication is clear, objective and focussed on excellent patient care.
Develop and maintain systems and pathways for all patient admissions and discharges, in collaboration with the whole multi-disciplinary team.
Participate in clinical audit and other quality improvement initiatives, as required.
Education and Training
Identify own development needs within personal development plan, in line with service requirements to inform the annual review process of performance and training needs.
Undertake appropriate CPD and revalidation activities in accordance with NMC and organisational requirements.
Assist with induction programmes for newly appointed staff, providing support and guidance.
Participate in teaching and training as required.
Attend all mandatory training in accordance with hospice policy.
Ensure all relevant ...
