Zest Registered Nurse

This is a fantastic opportunity to join St Elizabeth Hospice, your local hospice at the heart of the community, and to be be part of the Zest Young Adult service during an exciting period of expansion.  We are looking to increase the support we offer to young people living with progressive illness and complex health care needs through extending our respite services and are looking for enthusiastic Registered Nurses to do this with us.

St Elizabeth Hospice is an independent charity and hospice, which improves life for people in the East Suffolk, Great Yarmouth and Waveney areas living with a progressive or life-limiting illness.   Rated ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, our work is centred on an individual’s needs, which means specialist support, whenever and wherever it is needed, whether at home, in the community or at the hospice. We are well respected and praised for our responsiveness and expertise by people we serve.

Established in 1989, the hospice has built a reputation for delivering high-level care to patients and the community it serves. Through medicine and therapy, they ease pain; give life purpose and make life liveable. Last year the charity supported over 4,000 patients and their families.

You will have a willingness to support young adults to plan their weekend short breaks, maximising opportunities to increase independence, try new experiences, have fun and socialise with others.  This may include inclusive activities at the hospice and outings into the community. 

Whilst enabling the young adults to enjoy a fun and comfortable stay you will be required to:

• assume the role of shift coordinator, leading the short break care of up to three young adults staying for the weekend at the hospice, ensuring their health and care needs are met, recognising and responding to changes, supervising care assistants and delegating tasks appropriately.

• support young adults during their short break stay to achieve their goals and plan weekend activities.

• Be able to understand and recognise individual developmental needs, where appropriate encouraging and enabling independence and self-management skills.

Training will be provided to ensure you are competent and confident to support young adults with complex care needs.  

St Elizabeth Hospice is committed to safeguarding and protecting the adults and young people that we work with and has a zero-tolerance approach to abuse, neglect and discrimination of any person. As such, all posts are subject to a rigorous safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We have a range of robust safeguarding policies in place which promote safeguarding across the hospice and staff are expected to undertake regular, mandatory safeguarding training to equip them with the knowledge and skills to identify and respond to potential risks.

For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit please contact Gemma Harris, Zest Service Lead via email on Gemma.Harris@stelizabethhospice.org.uk