Palliative Care Nurse Adult Services

As well as making a real difference to peoples lives in the local community, joining our team as aPalliative Care Nursewill make you feel proud of where you work and what you do. We are looking for someone who embraces and embodies our values by delivering the highest quality of care and holistic support to our patients.

Within this role, the successful candidate will be planning, implementing and reviewing patient care in conjunction with the Lead Nurse, and ensuring effective communication with patients and their families. They will ensure the highest clinical standards and quality of care are maintained, while promoting a caring and friendly environment.

As one of the local leading providers of palliative and end of life care, St Andrews Hospice is a highly successful and forward-thinking charity, offering both adult and childrens services. With an excellent reputation both in the local community and beyond, we reach over 800 patients and their families in North East Lincolnshire and our wider catchment area of Lincolnshire, Hull and East Yorkshire for our childrens services.

Working for St Andrews Hospice offers a rewarding career within a fantastic team, with 184 Hospice staff, a well-equipped Hospice site and 21 charity shops working together to ensure that patients and families have the best possible experience and receive the highest quality of care.

We reserve the right to extend, withdraw or close vacancies where necessary. St Andrews Hospice is an Equal Opportunities Employer it believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community.

Our ideal candidate will be motivated, enthusiastic and forward thinking with their approach to nursing. They will be able to demonstrate post registration experience and have an awareness of symptom management, as well as a strong understanding of regulatory Safeguarding and Mental Capacity guidance. Candidates must be able to work flexibly, as all posts are based upon an internal rota which includes days, nights and weekends.

In return, we offer you:

- Incremental Pay

- Paid Humber Bridge tolls

- Salary sacrifice schemes

- On call and unsocial hour payments

- Paid NMC registration

- High staff to patient ratios

- Contributory pension scheme

- Death in service benefit 3 x salary

- Career development opportunities

- Generous annual leave allowance

- Flexible working options

- Attendance Reward Scheme

- Long Service Reward Scheme

- Employee Assistance Programme

- Occupational Maternity/Paternity