Overview
You will visit patients in their own homes and refer them to hospice, voluntary or community services. In this key role, you will work autonomously and manage your own caseload. Your responsibilities will also include training and development, investigating incidents, working closely with hospice and community services to offer onwards referrals and support for patients and their families and supporting the Healthcare Assistant for this service. As a confident communicator and calm decision-maker, you will need experience and knowledge in palliative care and community services, along with well-developed advanced communication, assessment, and planning skills. The ability to prioritise your work while managing a variety of changing demands is essential. This role is based in primary care with regular travel to visit patients in the community. Therefore, the ability to drive and access a vehicle insured for business use is essential.
Requirements
* Registered Nurse on NMC Register
* Experience in Mentorship/Teaching qualification
* Advanced communication skills and ability to have sensitive and difficult conversations with patients
* Strong time management skills and the ability to proactively plan and schedule your own workload, to meet patient care requirements
* Core hours will be 8.30 am - 4.30pm however there will also be a need for Flexible working around the needs of the patients (Out of hours appointments)
* Driving license and access to your own vehicle and a willingness to travel within the region
* Integration with Yorkshire place based teams
* An understanding of specific needs of patients approaching end of life and in the terminal phase
* Cultural competence
What’s in it for you
* Annual leave allowance 27 days plus 8 public holidays (pro rata)
* Competitive Policy for parental/sick Leave
* Continuous Professional development
* Industry leading training programmes
* Season ticket loan for travelling to and from work
* Defined contribution schemes for Pension
* Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
* Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
* Entitled to Marie Curie Blue Light Card
* Entitled to Benefit Hub Discount Scheme
* Life assurance for all employees
How to apply
To apply, please upload your most recent CV demonstrating how you meet the person specification and why you would like to work for Marie Curie.
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