Bank Staff Nurse St Helena Hospice

This

is an opportunity to further develop knowledge and skills to benefit your

practice and the lives of patients and their loved ones through advanced

communication skills, symptom control management and end of life care.

Previous

experience in palliative care is not essential. We would like to welcome

applications from enthusiastic Registered Nurses who have the desire to provide

gold standard palliative care and make a difference to those in their care.

This

post works on internal rotation which is a mixture of long days and nights, and shorter shifts are also available.

Please note we are unable to offer UK sponsorship

St

Helena may elect to bring forward the closing date for this vacancy in the

event we receive the desired volume of applications. You are therefore

encouraged you to submit your application early if you wish to express an

interest in this opportunity.

Please

note that this post requires an enhanced DBS check.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Participate as a member of the inter-disciplinary team in assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating care and meeting the needs of patients: hygiene, elimination, nutritional, mobilising, pain, maintaining independence. Work as part of a team to provide psychological, emotional, spiritual and social support to patients and families whose lives are affected by illness, loss and grief

Perform Last Offices to deceased patients including safe custody of valuables and belongings.

Assist at times with the post-bereavement family visit to collect certificate and view deceased.

Ensure that all procedures are carried out are in accordance with agreed standards of care, and assist in identifying where existing standards should be updated.

Ensure Infection Control Policies and Procedures are strictly adhered to.

Ensure that all information recorded is in accordance with St Helena policy (i.e. patient records, incident/accident reports, computer records).

Ensure that all medication is administered in accordance with St Helena policy and NMC regulation

Check and ensure that equipment is clean and in working order ready for use.

Effectively manage time to meet the needs of patients.

Participate positively in Clinical Supervision in order to develop standards of clinical practice and for support.

Develop awareness of emotional needs of patients and families and the sensitivity and communication skills to meet these needs.

Act as co-worker for patients providing effective communication with key-workers in order to ensure continuity of care for patients across St Helena services.

St Helena Hospices core values and behaviours will be embedded in our recruitment, our training and development review and our decision making process.

Training and competencies within the specialities, as well as on-going support and professional development, will be tailored to meet your individual needs.

In return we offer;

Qualifications

Skills & Knowledge

Communication

Experience

Qualities