Staff Nurse – Hospice at Home (Bank)

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About Us

At Rowans Hospice, we are a local charity providing free specialist palliative and end-of-life care to adults living with life-limiting illnesses across Portsmouth and South East Hampshire. We also provide invaluable support to their families and loved ones.

Since 1994, our services have been made possible through the generosity of our local community, with funding coming from donations, gifts in Wills, fundraising activities, and income generated through our retail shops.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced, compassionate and motivated Staff Nurse to join our Hospice at Home team, based at Rowans Hospice in Purbrook.

This rewarding role offers the opportunity to deliver specialist palliative and end-of-life care to patients in the comfort of their own homes. Working both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will provide high-quality, person-centred nursing care while supporting patients and their families through some of life’s most challenging times.

You will contribute to the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised care programmes and, where appropriate, provide guidance and support to more junior nursing colleagues.

Key Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Assess patients’ needs and contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of individual care plans delivered within patients’ homes.
• Build and maintain compassionate, professional relationships with patients, their families and carers, ensuring care is tailored to their individual needs.
• Deliver evidence-based nursing care, undertaking clinical procedures and treatments in line with current best practice.
• Assess when input from other healthcare professionals or specialist services is required and make appropriate referrals, seeking guidance from senior colleagues where necessary.
• Communicate effectively with GPs, District Nurses, Hospice Doctors, the Hospice at Home Co-ordinator and Senior Hospice Nurses to ensure continuity of care.
• Participate in the out-of-hours service, reporting patient concerns and operational issues to the appropriate on-call professionals.
• Verify expected deaths where appropriate, following organisational policies and procedures, and provide sensitive support to families and carers.
• Carry out last offices and ensure the safe and dignified transfer of deceased patients in accordance with community procedures.
• Administer, order and manage medicines in accordance with the NMC Standards for Medicines Management, reporting any medication errors or concerns appropriately.
• Respond professionally to patient and family feedback, concerns or complaints, supporting investigations where required.
• Maintain professional registration and practise in accordance with the NMC Code and all relevant clinical standards and policies.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will be:

• A Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Passionate about delivering high-quality, person-centred palliative and end-of-life care.
• Compassionate, empathetic and able to communicate sensitively with patients, families and colleagues.
• Committed to delivering safe, evidence-based practice and continuous professional development.

If you are looking for a rewarding opportunity to make a genuine difference to the lives of patients and their families, we would love to hear from you.

What We Offer

In addition to working for a meaningful cause, we provide:

✔️ Company pension scheme (NHS pension retained if transferring from NHS)

✔️ Continuous service recognised if transferring from NHS

✔️ Health and wellbeing programme

✔️ Employee Assistant Programme

✔️ Free Parking

✔️ DSE equipment and uniforms provided

✔️ Generous annual leave entitlement

✔️ Ongoing learning and career development opportunities

✔️ Blue Light Card membership

Join Our Team

If you are an experienced registered nurse who is passionate about delivering outstanding palliative and end-of-life care, we would love to hear from you.

Apply today and become part of a dedicated team committed to supporting people with compassion, dignity and excellence when they need it most.

Rowans Hospice is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

For further information, please review the Job Description. To apply, please complete our online application form.

Apply now and make a difference!