Job summary
- Main area
- Palliative Care
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Bank holidays and weekends)
- Job ref
- 434-CR8268240
- Employer
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stoke Mandeville Hospital
- Town
- Aylesbury
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata for part time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/11/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Palliative Care Community Nurse
Band 6
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
Providing specialized, compassionate end-of-life care and symptom management for patients with life-limiting illnesses in their own homes.
Main duties of the job
- Deliver safe, effective, compassionate personalised care.
- Administration of end-of-life subcutaneous PRN medications (PAR & medications to be obtained via GP.
- Work closely with GPs, district nurses, social services, and family caregivers to ensure seamless support.
- Provide Emotional & Psychological support to patients & families.
- Provide 24/7 rapid response care.
- Request for face-to-face review of unstable/deteriorating patients from Hub CNS, or OOH consultant. The patient is then to be placed on virtual ward.
- Complete assessments/referrals
- Manage caseload.
- Maintain/update Electronic/paper documentation.
- Develop personalised care plans
- Verification of Death.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
- As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
- We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
- As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
- Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
- Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
- Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
- Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.
Person specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential criteria
- RGN
- Palliative or Cancer Care degree
- Further training / development to Masters level
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Extensive post registration experience
- Experience of working in palliative or cancer care
- Experience of managing and working with groups of staff
- Experience of dealing with highly emotionally distressed people.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of multi disciplinary working
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of national & local policies /guidance relating to palliative care and End of Life care
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
- Highly developed knowledge of symptom management in specialist palliative care
- Ability to share specialist knowledge in an informal and formal setting
- Provide support to patients and their families in extreme emotional distress and to the staff looking after them
- Good Written and verbal communication skills in English with the multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team and offer specialist advice.
Desirable criteria
- IT Skills (including Microsoft package)
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Essential criteria
- Driver with access to a car during the working day
Desirable criteria
- Cross site working
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Fiona Mitchell
- Job title
- Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01296 332600
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