Woking & Sam Beare Hospices and Wellbeing Care are pleased to announce the following position:
Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist – Community Palliative Care
We are a patient centred charity that delivers palliative and end of life care to thousands of people each year with advanced life-limiting illnesses who live in Northwest Surrey. The Hospice also provides support to their carers and families in patient homes, in care or nursing homes, or through its Inpatient Unit in the Hospice, as well as though the Bradbury Wellbeing Centre. This role is an essential component in supporting and complementing the Hospice Community Services Team, ensuring that the highest standards of care are implemented and that services meet statutory regulations and national standards.
” A beautiful setting, warm friendly staff and colleagues, and the gratitude of the patient’s and their families fuel my energies to keep going with a challenging role. What we do is not easy but it’s very worthwhile”
Clinical Colleague
A successful Community Clinical Nurse Specialist will be able to:
1. Provide a high level of clinical expertise, to support and facilitate individualised patient-centred care to patients with life-limiting illness and to provide care and support for relatives and carers, in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.
2. Facilitate and support the implementation of evidence-based practice and contribute to the on-going development of the service.
3. Participate in a seven day per week operational service.
4. Demonstrate leadership through clinical expertise and specialist knowledge, delivering high standards of personalised care.
5. Identify needs through a holistic assessment and co-creating a care and support plan with people living with life-limiting illnesses.
6. Independently manage a varied caseload of patients and associated responsibilities.
7. Work autonomously and within a multidisciplinary team.
8. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate as aspects of patients care.
9. Motivate and inspire others
10. Form and maintain professional working relationships
11. Have good working knowledge and application of MS Office packages
A successful candidate will have:
12. A legal right to work in the UK. We are not able to offer sponsorship.
13. Registered Nurse on NMC register
14. Minimum 4 years relevant post-registration experience or significant palliative or oncology experience
15. Experience of ongoing professional development
16. Mentorship qualification – ENB, Mentorship, Practice Assessor/ Supervisor
17. Car driver / full driving licence
18. Access to a vehicle for community visits and ensure appropriate insurance in place
19. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 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.
Benefits
We are passionate about our colleagues’ careers. Along with our commitment to provide every colleague with a personal development plan to achieve their vocational goals, we provide the following industry leading benefits:
Annual Leave: All staff start with 27 days, increasing to 29 days after 5 years’ service, and 33 days after 10 years’ service. NHS staff who join the hospice can have their NHS service recognised to start their holiday entitlement at the corresponding level, with proof of service.
Bike2Work Scheme: Supports staff to cycle to work through purchasing bikes and accessories with tax savings.
Blue Light Discount Card: Staff can apply for a Blue Light card that offers discounts across 15, retailers.
Clinical Supervision: Available to our Clinical Team.
Death in Service: A payment for your family or beneficiaries in the unfortunate event of death whilst employed at the hospice. It’s a way to support your loved ones financially during a difficult time.
Discounted Complementary Therapies: Our Wellbeing Team offer discounted therapies to all members of staff including massages and reflexology and Staff Wellbeing Days.
Employee Assistance Programme: This encompasses comprehensive support for employees’ physical, mental and financial wellbeing, offering a range of services for employees and their families. These include confidential access 24/7 to a helpline and GP service, counselling services and bereavement support.
Enhanced Schemes: including occupational sick pay, maternity, paternity and adoption pay.
Eye Care Vouchers: Specsavers vouchers for annual eye tests and contribution towards glasses if required for screen work.
Flexible Working: We offer flexible working opportunities including working part time depending on the role.
Free Parking: Available in the car park opposite the hospice
On Site Café and Wellbeing Gardens: At the hospice, there’s an-onsite café serving fresh, affordable meals, and you can enjoy our beautifully landscaped gardens lovingly maintained by our volunteer gardeners.
Pension Scheme: Hospice staff can join Royal London with a 4% employer contribution or colleagues joining from the NHS can remain in the NHS pension scheme, subject to availibility.
Training & Development: We have a dedicated education and training team to support development opportunities across the hospice including apprenticeships, professional qualifications and more.
The closing date is 12th April. However, we will be interviewing during the advertising period and reserve the right to make an appointment before the closing date, so early applications are encouraged.