Community Staff Nurse
Job Description
Job summary
We are here for anyone in our community who is facing a life-limiting illness. Using our full breadth of service, we create individual care journeys, which start at diagnosis and continue with bereavement support for family, carers and children. Working in the Keynsham area. This is a Full Time position, working 37.5 hours over 5 days.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work around the Keynsham area alongside existing members of a very supportive Community Palliative Care Team and will contribute to the delivery of palliative care by providing expertise in decision making, advance care planning & holistic symptom control.
About us
Providing outstanding care as rated by CQC, Dorothy House provides compassionate, supportive and holistic care for people in our community with a life-limiting illness. Our focus is on quality of life, helping patients to live well and die well.
Job responsibilities
COMMUNITY STAFF NURSE | Band 5 £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
The post holder will provide excellent skills in palliative care by:
HOURS OF WORK
Working in the Keynsham area. This is a Full Time position, working 37.5 hours over 5 days.
ABOUT THE BENEFITS
Dorothy House is an incredible place to work, these are just a few of our benefits that we offer to our staff:
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * First Level Nurse with relevant post basic qualification
- * UK driving licence with access to a vehicle
Desirable
- * ENB 998 or equivalent experience in teaching
Experience
Essential
- * Clinical experience at Band 5 level or equivalent
- * Excellent communication/interpersonal skills related to complex patient care
- * Can demonstrate experience working alongside a multi-disciplinary team
- * Ongoing evidence of professional development
- * Personal attributes that reflect care, compassion and willingness to support patients and their families through their end of life journey
Desirable
- * Clinical experience in a relevant specialty with clinical assessment and analytical skills
- * Demonstrates evidence of palliative care knowledge
- * Research skills
- * Experience of working within the community/relevant qualification
- * Experience working independently and manage own caseload
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 (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Dorothy House Hospice
Address
Keynsham, BS31 2JB
Keynsham
BS31 2JB
