Company: Longfield Hospice
Location: Stroud
Posted: May 2nd, 2026
Are you an experienced Registered Nurse passionate about delivering outstanding end of life care in the community. Were looking for a compassionate and motivated Specialist Nurse to join our Hospice at Home team.
In this rewarding role, you will
Longfield Hospice provides care for adults in Gloucestershire living with a life-limiting condition and support for their loved ones and carers. We provide this for free, every day of the year and rely on voluntary donations to make it possible
To manage the Hospice at Home caseload both in the office and in the patients home with assessments, reassessments and liaising with external partners and multi-disciplinary teams.
Accepting and processing referrals, ensuring appropriate and timely services are delivered.
Providing leadership, support and guidance, and working with H@H administrators, H@H care staff to ensure the provision of high quality end of life care in patients homes.
Preventing unnecessary admission to acute sector or residential care settings and enabling patients to be cared for and to die at home. Working on a rota basis to provide cover 7 days per week between the hours of 07:00 and 22:00.
Providing support to the Hospice and Home Manager and Director of Care to develop and innovate the service, with delegated operational responsibility in the absence of the Head of Hospice at Home.
Line Management
Responsible for the recruitment and induction and probation of new HCAs and RNs
To Line Manage HCAs and RNs and manage employee relations issues, liaising with HR where appropriate
Toundertake regular performance reviews with the HCAs and accompany them on visits to ensure performance standards are maintained.
Clinical
T to work directly with H@H team members in the community setting, monitoring standards and performance and assessing competency to work towards achieving the local hospice and the National NHSE career pathway, core capabilities in practice and education framework competencies. To support the service with any additional clinical skills required to develop the service and provide a high standard of timely patient care. To provide clinical advice and support to the Administrators in the planning and booking of care, ensuring a match of clinical needs with appropriate H@H staff. To liaise and communicate effectively with patients and carers, to be confident in dealing with challenging or distressing situations. To liaise with GPs, District Nurses, Hospital teams, Continuing Healthcare and other providers to support the provision of high quality care. To act as a clinical resource, planning, implementing and evaluating End of Life nursing care delivered to patients in their own homes. Providing emotional support for family and carers and referring to Living Well if required. Participate in weekly meetings with the CNS team and monthly meetings with Living Well
Administration
To work with Administrators to support the rostering of staff and allocation of care based on clinical need
To ensure effective communication between members of the H@H team and other health and social care providers so that patient care is coordinated and seamless
To maintain accurate electronic records regarding all aspects of service provision including patient records and staff documentation
Governance
To contribute to the production of policies, guidelines and protocols to ensure improvements in the quality of patient care, are safe, clinically effective and based best practice evidence
To support the governance structures within hospice at home, including the development and assessment of competencies, outcome measures, audits and surveys
To support data collection to analyse service delivery including capacity and demand
To support the timely reporting of incident ensuring an appropriate review, documenting learning and actions
To ensure risks are minimised through identifying any potential risks and ensuring that policies and health and safety practices are adhered to
Contribute to the setting and monitoring of standards including proposing actions required to improve the quality of services
Monitoring the standards of care and professional practice delivered to H@H patients and their carers, through a structured governance and assurance framework.
Education and Training
To support the mentoring process for new staff ensuring that they have attained relevant skills and competency during their induction and probationary period
To be responsible for your own clinical knowledge and ensure it is up to date with current guidelines and evidence based practice
To support the acquisition and development of skills of the H@H nursing team through close working relationships providing support, education and supervision
To attend internal and external meetings and conferences, where necessary
To actively promote the use of End of Life Care Initiatives by raising awareness among health care staff about the needs of clients and families and carers
To participate and contribute to any external or internal education both formally and informally within competence boundaries
Professional
To maintain confidentiality of information about patients, staff and other hospice business at all times and to abide by the NMC Code
To attend network / multidisciplinary team / Primary and Secondary Care meetings as requested, to represent hospice community services and disseminate and cascade information
To demonstrate a proactive, creative and problem solving approach to the planning and organisation of the service in conjunction with the Hospice at Home Manager
To work closely with the wider hospice team to ensure that there is excellent communication between the teams with regards support and care of patients in the community
To participate in the recruitment, selection, supervision and induction of new staff
To carry out regular appraisals for staff that within your line management
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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