Job Description

A leading Berkshire charity is now looking for an experienced Registered Nurse (RN Adult) to join the team in delivering kind, compassionate and fully holistic care to local people with life-limiting illnesses such as late-stage cancers, organ failure, and degenerative conditions, as well as practical and emotional wellbeing support to carers and loved ones.

The charity provides a full range of adult palliative and end-of-life services both at their state-of-the-art, \xe2\x80\x9cOutstanding\xe2\x80\x9d-rated Maidenhead site and within patients\xe2\x80\x99 own homes. With their specialist inpatient, day therapy, bereavement support and new Virtual Ward services, the charity is able to provide safe, agile, and comprehensive care wherever it is needed.

In this role, you will be a senior member of the hospice-at-home MDT, enabling patients to stay within their preferred place of care for as much time as possible through the Virtual Ward service. Working with a high degree of autonomy, you will support the planning and delivery of a service that responds quickly to evolving pain relief and symptom management needs, providing clinical and wellbeing advice as needed and acting as an advocate/liaison to maintain as high a quality of life as possible for each person in your care.

Previous community experience is not essential as an excellent induction and training programme will help you to develop your clinical skills in this area, however it would be beneficial for you to have an existing knowledge of nursing for palliative and EOL conditions.

This is a permanent position for a Senior Community Nurse; full-time and part-time contracts up to 37.5h can be considered. As it is community-based, you will need access to personal transportation for this role.

Person specification:

• (Essential) Registration with the NMC as a Registered Nurse (RN Adult)
• (Essential) Clean UK driving licence and access to personal vehicle
• (Essential) Evidence of broad nursing experience
• (Essential) Knowledge and understanding of palliative care principles
• (Desirable) Previous experience within a community and/or dedicated palliative care environment

Benefits and enhancements include:

• High autonomy alongside dedicated clinical support network
• Pay enhancements for night shifts and Saturdays (x1.33), Sundays and Bank Holidays (x1.66)
• 27 days\xe2\x80\x99 annual leave + bank holidays
• Contributory pension scheme or continuation of NHS pension (subject to eligibility)
• Excellent learning and development programme
• Occupational sick pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Blue Light Card employee discount scheme
• Enhanced and shared parental pay policies
• And more

Benefits and enhancements include:

• High autonomy alongside dedicated clinical support network
• Pay enhancements for Saturdays (x1.33) and Sundays/Bank Holidays (x1.66)
• 27 days\xe2\x80\x99 annual leave + bank holidays
• Contributory pension scheme or continuation of NHS pension (subject to eligibility)
• Excellent learning and development programme
• Occupational sick pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Blue Light Card employee discount scheme
• Enhanced and shared parental pay policies
• And more

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