Please apply for this vacancy via the St Catherines Hospice Website, where you can find a detailed Job Description.
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Main duties of the job
We are seeking enthusiastic, caring, and compassionate individuals to join our hospice team working on our wards in Crawley.
About us
Joining St Catherines means becoming part of a supportive team working towards a big ambition: to help everyone face death informed, supported, and pain-free. If this sounds fulfilling to you, please apply today.
Job responsibilities
Are you eager to provide personalized care and support? Are you good at offering comforting words? Are you courageous enough to stand alongside local people and their families as they face the end of life? If yes, we would love to hear from you.
Person Specification
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
* Ability to work independently and as part of a team
* Organizational skills: to organize self and workload
* IT skills and willingness to undertake training to use SystmOne, a computerized notes documentation system essential to the role
* Up-to-date evidence of minimum competency in: Communication, Clinical practice
* Ability to direct/supervise nursing assistants, students, and volunteers
* Ability to mentor junior team members and teach
* Ability to motivate others
* Ability to operate in a multidisciplinary environment
* Awareness of national developments related to practice
* Post-qualification experience (at least 3 months), general nursing experience
* Previous palliative care experience
* Community experience
* Previous acute medical ward experience
* Experience working outside hospital settings
* Oncology knowledge/experience
* Knowledge of hospice and national initiatives related to palliative care
* Evidence of competency in: Leadership, Education and Training, Grief, Loss and Bereavement, Quality, Management
* Understanding of hospice and palliative care philosophy
* Willingness to undertake further study related to the role
Qualifications
* Minimum GCSE English & Math or equivalent
* Evidence of professional development in palliative care
* Diploma in Palliative Care, Oncology, or Community Care, or working towards it
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This role is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A Disclosure check will be required to screen for any criminal convictions.
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