Staff Nurse Fixed Term Contract

To work within the NMC Code of Professional Practice and within policies, procedure, and guidelines of Overgate Hospice.

To participate in regular staff meetings.

To be flexible to work across areas or services to meet the demands of changing service needs.

To establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, relatives, and all visitors to the Hospice.

To take responsibility for own continuing professional development and performance, including identifying own development needs and maintain own portfolio in accordance with revalidation.

Ensure confidentiality is maintained to meet professional requirements.

Salary £30,990.57 - £36,798.93 Full Time Equivalent dependant on experience

Hours 23 hours per week

Overgate Hospice is an independent charity with a mission to ensure that patients and those close to them live with the best possible quality of life. This is enabled by provision of the highest standard of compassionate and evidence-based specialist palliative and end of life care for adults in Calderdale who have active, progressive life limiting illness.

On 3rd August 2026, our brand-new Inpatient Unit welcomed its first patients, marking the beginning of a new chapter for Overgate Hospice.

Designed with comfort, dignity and compassion at its heart, every aspect of the new hospice has been carefully considered to create a welcoming and peaceful environment for everyone who walks through our doors.

Individual patient bedroomsOur new Inpatient Unit offers 16 private en-suite bedrooms, giving every patient their own peaceful space.Each bedroom includes:A private accessible en-suite bathroomA private outdoor terraceA sofa bed for families and loved onesA calm environment where patients can spend precious time with loved onesPrivacy, comfort and dignity are at the heart of every room.

And while the opening of our new Inpatient Unit marks an incredible milestone, there is still more to come. Our Day Hospice is the next part of this journey, and we look forward to creating a space where people can continue to access the care and support that they need.

Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in providing a high standard of specialist palliative care to patients and their families

Registered Nurse

The post holder must comply with all aspects of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and maintain own registration with the NMC - without conditions or sanctions placed on their registration

Key Working Relationships

Patients, their relatives, carers, and friends

All other nursing & medical staff, ward clerks, housekeeping & catering staff, clinical admin staff & volunteers

Work with nursing colleagues to deliver skilled, practical, and compassionate nursing care.

Negotiate clinical options and decisions with the patient, family, and multidisciplinary team.

Identify hopes and goals of the patient and family and work with them towards their achievement.

Monitor both physical and psychological symptoms of the illness.

Identify new problems and discuss options for resolving them.

Discover the extent to which carers wish to be involved, particularly with practical care.

Teach the skills of practical nursing care to enable carers to manage and develop confidence.

Anticipate the changing needs of patients and emotionally prepare the patient and family, exploring the patient and family awareness of the situation.

To ensure that nursing documentation is recorded accurately, legibly and that regular reviews of patients care plans are maintained.

Responsible for the organisation of patient care and the delegation of duties to nursing staff.

To participate in patient care activities, giving guidance and support as necessary to other team members.

To act as Team Coordinator when required and support junior nursing staff as required.

To work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure patients are effectively managed.

To work unsupervised and take charge of the Inpatient Unit when required and to be responsible for the running of the Inpatient Unit in the absence of the Ward Manager/Sister.

To provide support and guidance when dealing with advice call requests ensuring the On Call Consultant is contacted as appropriate in line with current procedure.

To ensure that the high standards of nursing care are given and maintained.

To act when standards are not being maintained.

To act as a Link Nurse in designated areas as directed by the Ward Manager/ Sister.

To participate in the induction, training and ongoing supervision of team members, new staff, students, and volunteers.

To participate in Overgate education and training programmes.

To act as a mentor or clinical supervisor to colleagues and visiting students as appropriate.

To have a willingness to take on extended roles such as IV administration/cannulation/ venipuncture, care of central lines and other clinical roles linked to the department.

To work within the NMC Code of Professional Practice and within policies, procedure, and guidelines of Overgate Hospice.

To participate in regular staff meetings.

To be flexible to work across areas or services to meet the demands of changing service needs.

To establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, relatives, and all visitors to the Hospice.

To take responsibility for own continuing professional development and performance, including identifying own development needs and maintain own portfolio in accordance with revalidation.

Ensure confidentiality is maintained to meet professional requirements.

To order supplies of nursing stores and equipment.

To support the ward sister in risk assessment and minimisation ensuring incidents and near misses are reported.

To manage verbal complaints, inform Ward Manager/Sister and refer on when unable to resolve.

To recognise, prevent where possible, and manage areas of conflict, reporting to the Ward Manager/Sister if unable to resolve.

Participate in research programmes utilising agreed research findings to enhance the patient and their family's experience.

Actively participate in benchmarking and auditing clinical practice.

Overgate Hospice is the Hospice that serves the people of Calderdale and was founded in 1981. It has grown since then to provide specialist palliative care to twelve inpatient beds (one of which is a booked respite bed for patients with specialist palliative care needs) and day hospice services both within the hospice and at hubs throughout Calderdale. The Hospice also provides bereavement care and counselling, specialist palliative care social work services, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, complementary therapies, chaplaincy services, diversional therapies and a 24-hour advice line for professionals. Our aspirations include development of services to support patients in their own homes, and we have a team of Specialist Palliative Care Community Educators to support primary care professionals in the palliative care they deliver; this will strengthen our good relationship with local primary care services. In 2024 ground will be broken to start the building of a new purpose built sixteen bedded single room occupancy hospice within the grounds of the current hospice.

The Hospice is situated in beautiful grounds between

Huddersfield and Halifax and is close to the M62. Parking at the Hospice is free of charge,

either in the Hospice grounds, or in the cricket club car park just across the

road. The Hospice has a dynamic

fundraising team that generates the majority of our income and receives some of

its funding from West Yorkshires Integrated Care Board.

Qualifications

Essential: - Registered Nurse Demonstrable personal profile of continuous professional development

Desirable: - Post-registration palliative care qualification or willingness to work towards; - Teaching & Assessing Qualification ENB 998 or equivalent

Experience

Essential: - Multi-professional team working; - Ability to demonstrate an awareness of the impact of loss & bereavement on self & others

Desirable: - Experience of palliative care; - Able to demonstrate palliative care knowledge including symptom control

Skills and Abilities