Job Reference: POPRGN
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Description:
As a Registered Nurseyou will work within a multi-disciplinary team providing clinical care, navigation, coordination and support to hospice patients and their families.
Through holistic assessment provide information, advice, psychosocial and spiritual care to patients with palliative and end of life care needs, supporting their families and carers, liaising and referring on as necessary to appropriate health and social care professionals.
To work in partnership with those receiving care, helping them to access relevanthealth and social care, information and support when they need it. Support people to access, identify, appraise and interpret information, to enable them to determine their own future.
To maintain effective communication skills to deliver highly emotive information clearly, sensitively and unambiguously with staff, patients, families and professionals by face-to-face, telephoneand/or electronic means
To work collaboratively as part of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) sharing the clinical caseload of patients/carers within the locality/in-patient unit for patients who have palliative care needs to ensure efficient and timelycare is coordinated and delivered.
To support management in training and mentoring a multidisciplinary workforce from noviceto expert to work as one team
To support and guide Health Care Assistants, Healthcare Support Workers and volunteers in their daily practice
Responsibilities
* To be visible and credible with the ability to listen and respond to staff and to patients' and family issues and insights
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* To communicate effectively with all staff across the organisation to promoteone team, one vision and collaborate with colleagues as appropriate to deliver this
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* To work as part of a team and provide clinical cover during the absence of other team members. To work as part of a team to ensure, the priorities of the serviceare met especially in times of high demand.
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* To adapt to the pressures of changing demands day to day
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* To participate in the development of a Hospice response to any identified changes in the supportive and palliative care needs of our population and engage with patients, carers and external professionals to positively share any agreed change in service offerQualifications
* Nurse Registration
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Advanced Communications SkillsTraining
Industry: Medical and Nursing
Salary: £29500 - £35000 per annum
Salary Benefits:
Vacancy Type: Permanent
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Contact Name: Hayley Willingham
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