Access and Community Nurse Specialist Band 6
Access and Community Nurse Specialist Band 6
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Job Description
We have an exciting opportunity forBand 6 Palliative Nurse Specialiststo join the Community Nursing Service and rotate between the Access and Community Nurse Specialist Teams.
We are a supportive and dynamic team delivering outstanding palliative care to people in our community. You will need knowledge and experience of palliative care confident decisionmaking skills and a passion to continuously improve and develop. This role is primarily advisory with minimal handson nursing care.
The Access Team manage the clinical Telephone Advice Line between 08:00 and 20:00 Monday to Sunday in addition to triaging all urgent external referrals to the hospice. The team are currently trialling a mix of long and short shifts over 7 days.
The Community Nurse Specialist Team support a complex patient caseload of 400450 patients triaging all routine external referrals to the hospice. The team work 7.5 hr days Monday to Friday with a regular commitment to the weekend/ bank holiday rota.
We can offer eitherfull orpart time hours 37.5 or 30 hours per week)
Working as a Palliative Nurse Specialist within the Community Nursing Services requires a core skill set
- Holistic assessment face to face and by phone
- Problem solving decision making symptom control and prescribing advice
- Independent prescribing
- Advance care planning and completion of Respect plus
- Joint working / liaison referral / signposting with internal and external MDT
- Initial bereavement support
You will be given excellent support to develop your nursing skills into a specialist role. There are opportunities for professional development and specialist training in palliative care including Independent Prescribing.
For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact Cate Robbins Lead Specialist Nurse Community and Access teams or Claire Collins Community Nurse Specialist Team Leader South Team or by phoning.
Please note thejobholderwill berequired to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Sensitive DBS applications:
If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate please call0 or emailonce the form has been issued to you.
We will also require vaccination history or evidence of immunity.
Strictly no agencies.
About Us
St Peters Hospice is a wellloved hospice that provides extensive inpatient and community services in Bristol and the surrounding areas. Every year St Peters Hospice makes a difference in the lives of thousands of patients and their families when it matters most.
Many of our staff work directly with patients and their families in nursing health care and medical jobs. Others raise money to support patient care through our chain of over 40 charity shops and our fundraising activities. We also have a significant number of staff working in varied officebased roles.
Our aim is to provide an inclusive safe and healthy workplace that boosts creativity and motivation.
Our Inpatient Unit is a stateoftheart centre of clinical excellence that was built with the generous support of the people of Bristol. Beyond our Inpatient Unit youll find our team in homes and on the phone 24/7. More recently in response to the pandemic we have moved some services online to continue support for our patients.
The Hospice is also a centre of educational excellence and we teach other healthcare professionals about how to care for people at the end of their lives supporting the NHS and care homes provide end of life care.
The Benefits
For our nursing and clinical teams we offer attractive terms and conditions similar to the NHS including:
- NHS equivalent salaries
- Generous holiday entitlement and recognition for previous NHS service (up to 33 days for 10 years service)
- Continuance of the NHS Pension Scheme for existing members
There are many benefits to working at the Hospice including:
- Generous holiday allowance
- Competitive salary
- Group Personal Pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle scheme
- Eye care scheme (role dependent)
- Access to discounts and offers from popular retailers
- Health Care Cash Plan
- Group Life insurance scheme
- Reduced Gym memberships
- Free onsite parking
- Opportunities to get involved in fundraising and social activities
- Comprehensive induction
- Inhouse education team
- Opportunities for continual professional development
We offer the ability to work in a variety of places as your role demands. We embrace hybrid working and there are opportunities to work remotely as well as in one of our office locations.
We also offer flexible working hours to help you manage your work life balance.
Equity and Diversity
At St Peters Hospice we are committed to promoting equality diversity and inclusion throughout the organisation. We understand the value of a diverse mix of talented people that is representative of our community and are proactively taking action to support EDI and Wellbeing.
We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of their age disability religion or belief sex race sexual orientation gender reassignment marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy and maternity.
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Employment Type
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