Registered Nurse (In-Patient Unit) Nights

Working flexibly to provide and ensure a high standard of holistic specialist palliative care to people with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition and to their families; including direct clinical care at end of life within the Inpatient/ Hospice environment, alongside and in support of the Medical and Multidisciplinary Team., Duties are many and varied and include:

Act as a Key Worker to allocated patients, co-ordinating their care alongside the multi-professional team.

Discuss and establish patients' objectives for coming into the hospice on and throughout the admission and evaluate as appropriate.

Ensure the safe administration of medications.

Assess the needs of patients and relatives requiring intervention from other professionals/therapies and refer appropriately.

Base clinical practice on current research-based evidence.

Act as a clinical lead as appropriate i.e. infection control, wound care or diabetes.

Verify when a death has occurred, notifying relatives and carers as appropriate.

Care for the deceased patient by administering last offices and ensuring the safe and timely removal of the body from the hospice.

Communicate effectively with patients, carers and the bereaved to establish and maintain trusting relationships.

Establish and maintain effective communication and working relationships with multi-professional teams within the Hospice and in the community.

If you demonstrate an understanding of palliative care and have a desire to advocate our values of caring, connected, and courageous, we would be happy to hear from you.

In return, we provide education and support to develop your career as well as a collegiate multi-professional team environment of support & experience.

With your breadth of experience and transferable skills, coupled with our supportive and friendly team, we can help you to succeed.

St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living well services.

£29,520 to £36,761 a year £1,000 welcome bonus (subject to T&Cs)