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Job summary

Main area
Palliative Care
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Secondment: 8 months (Rotational contract to include nights and weekends)
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Internal rotation, early and late shift, weekends)
Job ref
270-TG190-ACS
Employer
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Cynthia Spencer Hospice
Town
Northampton
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
25/07/2025 08:00

Employer heading

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust logo

Hospice at Home Nurse

Band 5

Job overview

Are you looking to rekindle your passion for holistic nursing care? Have you considered working within a Community Specialist Palliative Care Team?

Do you want to be a part of a team , who are proud to be able to make a difference to patients and their families?

If the answer to any of the above is yes or possibly, then we would love to hear from you. 

The Hospice at Home Team is part of the Community Specialist Palliative Care Team across Northamptonshire. It is a county wide service providing holistic nursing care for end-of-life patients in their own home, over a 24-hour period.  We provide nursing care to patients who require symptom management and end of life care at home.  Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential, as you will be required to communicate sensitively and compassionately with patients who are approaching the end of their life and their families.

Experience of  working within the community setting and palliative nursing would be ideal and a passion to provide outstanding holistic nursing care is essential.

This 24 hour service requires you to be flexible to a varying shift pattern, this will include early, late and night shifts and includes rotational weekend and bank holiday working. This post requires travel across Northamptonshire travelling to patients home as required.

 

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Main duties of the job

The post holder will have an important part to play in providing holistic care and meeting the specific needs of these patients, their families and those important to them without direct supervision. This will include:

  • Assessment of needs and symptoms and implementation of individualised care. Giving appropriate information to their families and involve them in developing the plan of care and its ongoing evaluation.
  • Administer prescribed medication, as required.
  • Ensure accurate records are maintained.
  • Ensure co-ordinated team approach by use of effective communication within the team and other community services involved.
  • Giving sensitive information and support to those closest to the patient.

We are looking for a nurse who has personal resilience and can manage the care required for patients and their loved ones who are experiencing emotions expected of those in their last short weeks of life.

The post holder will be expected to assist in the learning and development of students and clinicians.

 

 

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

Person specification

Qualifications and Experience

Essential criteria
  • RN Level 1
Desirable criteria
  • Palliative Care Qualification
  • Experience of Assessing and Lead supervisor role to Pre reg students

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working within a multi-professional team
  • Participation in service development
  • Community experience
  • Experience of communicating with patients and their families approaching the end-of-life
  • Experience of assessing patient symptoms and giving anticipatory medicines
  • Experience of preparing and administering medicines via a syringe pump
Desirable criteria
  • One year post-registration experience• Audit involvement
  • Evidence of understanding of Specialist Palliative Care

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of clinical governance and quality issues evidence based practice
  • Demonstrates continued professional development other than mandatory training
  • An understanding of holistic nursing care
  • Knowledge of symptom management for patients approaching the end of life
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of National and local NHS policies in Specialist Palliative Care
  • Knowledge of clinical supervision and reflective practice

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerCare quality commission - OutstandingStep into health

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jacqui Barlow
Job title
Hospice at Home - Team Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
03000 0271284
Additional information

Jacqui Barlow 

Hospice at Home - Team Lead 

030000271284

 

 

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