Rapid Response Clinical Nurse Specialist (Development Role)

We are looking for an experienced and versatile nurse to work primarily within our Hospice at Home Service as well as, to support all clinical areas on a day to day basis.

You will work closely with our Enhanced Support Service and ensure timely pathways for patients supporting discharge from hospital.

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You will be able to respond to referrals where an urgent visit is required to support patients and families in crisis. In this way more of our patients will be able to achieve their preferred place of care/death.

Our Hospice at Home service brings the skills and expertise of our highly trained and dedicated specialist team directly into our patients homes. This allows patients, their families, and carers access to the vital support they need at home, when time matters most., The post holder works autonomously within defined protocols to facilitate and provide high quality specialist nursing care to patients with palliative care needs for Princess Alice Hospice. The post holder will act as a specialist resource for other health and social care professionals on issues relating to specialist palliative care, the community and respond to their identified requirements. The post holder will support all clinical areas on a day to day basis acting as liaison between Triage, Enhanced Support Service and the wider Hospice at Home team. The post holder will respond to urgent requests for support from patients and families in crisis in order to avoid inappropriate admissions to hospital.

Princess Alice Hospice is one of the top ten adult hospices in the UK, providing specialist palliative care and support to a community of more than a million people living in Surrey, south west London and Middlesex.