Zest Registered Nurse

This is a fantastic opportunity to join St Elizabeth

Hospice, your local hospice at the heart of the community, and to be be

part of the Zest Young Adult service during an exciting period of

expansion. We are looking to increase

the support we offer to young people living with progressive illness and complex health care needs through

extending our respite services and are looking for enthusiastic Registered

Nurses to do this with us.

You will have a willingness to support

young adults to plan their weekend short breaks, maximising opportunities to

increase independence, try new experiences, have fun and socialise with

others. This may include inclusive

activities at the hospice and outings into the community.

Whilst enabling the young adults to

enjoy a fun and comfortable stay you will be required to:

assume

the role of shift coordinator, leading the short break care of up to three

young adults staying for the weekend at the hospice, ensuring their health and

care needs are met, recognising and responding to changes, supervising care

assistants and delegating tasks appropriately.

support

young adults during their short break stay to achieve their goals and plan

weekend activities.

able to understand and recognise individual developmental needs, where

appropriate encouraging and enabling independence and self-management skills.

Training will be provided to ensure you are competent

and confident to support young adults with complex care needs.

To provide holistic,

person-centred care and support to young adults living with progressive

illness and complex health care needs needs

and their families accessing Zest services including short break weekends, Zest

days and groups. To supervise the care team delivering complex care,

assuming the role of shift coordinator as required. To support young adults

during their short break stay to achieve their goals and plan weekend

activities. This may include planning and enabling outings into the community. To

be able to understand and recognise individual developmental needs, encouraging

and enabling independence and self-management skills where appropriate. To work within the St Elizabeth Hospice One Team nursing care model,

with the flexibility to be allocated to work in other clinical areas in response

to needs of the service.

a commitment to keeping adults and young people safe.

Report any

disclosure made to you to the appropriate person.

Report any

safeguarding concerns in the workplace to the appropriate person.

Maintain an

awareness of the Hospices policies in relation to safeguarding.

Assessment

To accurately assess the needs of patients and their

families.

To identify priorities of care.

To refer on to the appropriate professionals, as necessary.

To identify realistic goals of care with patients and their

families.

To deliver a plan of care with patients and their families.

To record explicit care plans which act as effective tools

for other members of the multi-disciplinary team.

To organise own time and equipment to deliver a high

standard of nursing care.

To liaise effectively with all members of the Hospice

multi-disciplinary and community teams.

To give skilled/specialist care to patients and their

families.

To administer all drugs and treatments within Hospice and

NMC guidelines.

To communicate effectively with patients, families and other

members of the Hospice multi-disciplinary and community teams.

To follow community emergency care plans in the event of a

sudden change or sudden deterioration.

To ensure the care given is to the agreed standard.

To measure the effectiveness of the plan of care in

achieving identified goals.

To revise and update care plans in the light of the

evaluation.

To have an understanding of safeguarding principles and be

able to apply these within everyday practice and intervention/within your role.

To be familiar with the philosophy and roles of the

multi-disciplinary team.

To provide effective communication to ensure continuity of

patient care.

To work closely with the Zest Lead Care Assistant delegating

responsibilities accordingly.

To supervise and delegate appropriately to the Zest Care

Assistants.

To ensure that all risks associated with care delivery

relevant to the care setting are managed effectively and that all incidents are

reported promptly following the policy and procedure.

To coordinate cover for shifts in the event of staff

sickness or absence, following the procedure of short break cancellation the

event of being unable to ensure safe staffing levels.

To support young adults completing one page profiles and

other person-centred care tools

To actively engage in the co-production of Zest services.

To recognise indications of staff stress and to facilitate

staff support.

To recognise the value of volunteer

contribution and play an active part in their support & development where

appropriate.

To support new members of staff during the

induction process.

To maintain an awareness of research and

relevant findings and in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team, work

towards this being applied to practice.

To share professional expertise with short break care team

colleagues, providing support and training where appropriate.

To support care assistants completing their care

competencies.

To undertake training as required.

To participate in the Hospice education programme.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

To maintain and increase personal professional skills.

To undertake practice supervision and engage in 1:1 meetings

as appropriate

To demonstrate reflective practice

To attend team meetings bi-monthly

To keep up to date with Hospice communications via email and

podcasts

To work at all times within the policies and guidelines of

the Hospice and act within NMC guidelines at all times.

St Elizabeth Hospice is committed to

safeguarding and protecting the adults and young people that we work with and

has a zero-tolerance approach to abuse, neglect and discrimination of any

person. As such, all posts are subject to a rigorous safer recruitment process,

including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We have a

range of robust safeguarding policies in place which promote safeguarding

across the hospice and staff are expected to undertake regular, mandatory

safeguarding training to equip them with the knowledge and skills to identify

and respond to potential risks.

The hospice offers a generous benefit

Package, including

27

days annual leave entitlement

Pension

scheme

Cycle

to Work Scheme

Personal Qualities

Specific Skills

Desirable: - Full driving license.

Qualifications

Essential: - First Level Registered Nurse with current NMC registration

Experience