Band 5 Staff Nurse
Closing date: 02 July 2026
This is an exciting opportunity to join the experienced Palliative Care team in Sobell House.
Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing life‑threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychological and spiritual.
Located at the Churchill Hospital site in Oxford, Sobell House is an NHS hospice within Oxford University Hospitals Trust specially designed to provide this care and support.
Please note that this advert may close early if a high volume of applications is received.
Job responsibilities
- Demonstrate and promote a patient and family‑centred style of clinical practice
- Be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care from admission to discharge
- Accurately document and report to other members of the nursing team, multidisciplinary team and family/carers regarding the care given to patients, and communicate changes as they occur
- Respond to emergency situations with composure, maintaining patient safety and seeking immediate support, and supporting the patient, family/carers and other staff as required
- Identify and discuss patient needs with the team/staff, patients, carers and the multidisciplinary team. Plan own workload
- Demonstrate a problem‑solving approach to effectively execute planning, implementation and evaluation of individualized plans of care based on a person‑centred model of care
- Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers and other staff, overcoming barriers to understanding and providing support during distressing or emotional events
- Maintain patient dignity and confidentiality at all times
Person Specification
- NMC registered / Due to complete the course
- Previous nursing experience
Discovery and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and 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.
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises four hospitals – John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043 a year (per annum / pro rata)
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