Senior Staff Nurse

Main duties of the job

The Role:

This post is offered on a 12 month fixed term basis, working full time. Working hours will be 37.5 hours per week, on a shift basis over 7 days, including rotation onto nights. We offer enhancements for weekend and night working.

About us

St Catherines Hospice is a respected local charity providing specialist hospice care alongside statutory service partners (GPs, District nursing etc) across West Sussex and East Surrey.

We provide care in communities across Surrey and Sussex which are richly diverse and we want to reflect that in everything we do. We celebrate and support difference and welcome applications from all backgrounds. If you believe in the importance of what we do, share our values and want to be a part of an outstanding team building something important, we would love to hear from you.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Ward team to help deliver expert care!

Employees at St Catherines Hospice can enjoy a variety of benefits including generous annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with length of service, plus Bank Holidays, and an opportunity to buy/sell annual leave days. We also offer a day off for volunteering & moving house.

Generous Pension scheme with up to 9% employer contributions or honour of NHS pension.

Life Assurance Scheme, Counselling Offering, and a range of discounts.

Enhanced maternity and adoption pay.

Job responsibilities

About You:

Are you a confident leader and committed professional who enjoys a varied workload?

Would you find it rewarding to provide high levels of holistic and individualised patient care to support and make a difference when it matters most?

Senior Staff Nurse role will bring:

Providing high levels of care to patients and their families, alongside Nursing Assistants, Student Nurses & Volunteers.

Evidence based clinical knowledge and excellent communication during assessment, implementation, and evaluation of all aspects of patient care and treatment.

Resilient practitioner with the ability to work under pressure.

Evidence of leadership competency.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A good standard of Education, Minimum GCSE English & Maths or equivalent
• Evidence of professional development in the speciality of palliative care
• Diploma in Palliative Care/Oncology/Community or working towards

Experience

• Ability to plan, implement and evaluate care
• Good communication skills, both oral and written
• Drug calculation skills and awareness of the NMC Standards of Medicines Management
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Organisation skills: to organise self and workload
• Some post qualification experience (at least 3 months), general nursing experience
• Previous palliative care experience
• Previous acute medical ward experience
• Experience of working in settings other than hospital

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.

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