Clinical Nurse Specialist

CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST                                                                     

£45,131 - £53,186 per annum for 37.5 hours per week, depending on experience

Interviews will be held on Monday 20 April, please ensure you are available          

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​About Us:

St Catherine’s Hospice is a respected local charity providing specialist hospice care alongside statutory service partners (GPs, District nursing etc) across West Sussex and East Surrey.

We provide care in communities across Surrey and Sussex which are richly diverse and we want to reflect that in everything we do. We celebrate and support difference and welcome applications from all backgrounds. If you believe in the importance of what we do, share our values and want to be a part of an outstanding team building something important, we’d love to hear from you.

This specialist role provides expert support to patients and families in the Community.

The Role:

This post is offered on a full time, permanent basis, working 37.5 hours per week. Hours worked four shifts per week, over seven days on a rota basis, three shifts working 9.5 hours and one shift working 9 hours. We operate a 365 day service and offer pay enhancements for unsociable hours and weekend working.

Please note, the successful candidate will be an essential car user, therefore candidates must have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle.

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About You:

Are you an experienced clinician with a passion for delivering specialist palliative care? Are you an effective communicator, with substantial post-registration experience, with expertise in Palliative Care?

Do you bring confidence, resilience and a compassionate approach?

We are seeking a passionate leader with sound knowledge of end of life care with confidence in care planning and individual assessments. If you have computer literacy and experience teaching and developing others we would love to hear from you!

Clinical Nurse Specialist will bring:

• Ability to listen, plan and communicate
• Strong quality and governance awareness
• Working as part of an integrated team of clinicians
• Undertaking specialist palliative care assessments, and specialising in the advisory and Care Coordinator component of this support

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​Employees at St Catherine’s Hospice can enjoy a variety of benefits including:

• Generous annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with length of service, plus Bank Holidays, and an opportunity to buy / sell annual leave days. Plus we offer a day off for volunteering & moving house.
• Generous Pension scheme with up to 9% employer contributions or honour of NHS pension.
• Life Assurance Scheme, Counselling Offering, and a range of discounts.
• Enhanced maternity and adoption pay.

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How to Apply:

If you join St Catherine’s, you’ll be joining a supportive team all working towards a big ambition: a future where everyone approaching death and those who love and care for them can access compassionate, specialist palliative and end of live care. If that sounds like something you’d find fulfilling, please apply today.

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For a full job description, please click here. Please upload either your CV or the St Catherine’s Hospice application form where it asks you to upload your application form, there is no need to complete both.

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If you don’t have a CV and would like to complete our application for, this can be found here.

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We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone and we are proud to be a Disability Confident Level 2 Employer, committed to creating an inclusive, supportive workplace.

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Terms & Conditions:

• This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check. By applying you are confirming you have read the Enhanced Check Privacy Policy for applicants https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-privacy-policiesand understand how DBS will process my personal data and the options available to me for submitting an application.

• Please ensure you have read our employee and recruitment privacy statementprior to applying for this role.

• Please note a requirement of all roles at St Catherine’s is to complete mandatory E-learning training and remain compliant with this throughout your employment.

• Must be authorised to work in the United Kingdom, please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorships.

We are located in Grace Holland Avenue, Pease Pottage, Crawley, West Sussex RH11 9SL. You can access the Hospice by car, bus, bike or walking, with full transport details on our website.

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If you require any additional information or would like to discuss this role further, please email jobs@stch.org.uk or give us a call on 01293 447353.

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