Registered Nurse - Living Well

Are you a registered nurse who is committed to supporting patients, families and carers to live well with advanced and terminal illness?, Phyllis Tuckwell is looking to appoint a registered nurse into our Living Well service. The Living Well Service provides holistic, physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual care and support to people living with advanced or terminal illness; who are stable or slowly deteriorating. This care is provided in a place that is relevant to patients needs and could be on either of our sites, with peers in a group, as an outpatient, virtually or with a community or home visit. The successful applicant will work as part of the North East Hampshire, Guildford, Waverley, and Surrey Heath multi-disciplinary locality teams and in partnership with community services, specialists, and primary care to ensure care is coordinated, holistic and person-centred. The postholder will support patients to manage symptoms, take a proactive approach to enabling choices and supporting self-management, and be supported to develop their skills in palliative care. The successful applicant must be flexible and able to work between our sites at The Beacon and at The Hospice in Farnham or in other service areas according to patient need. If you would like to feel part of a welcoming and committed team, benefit from strong peer & managerial support we would be delighted to hear from you.

• Current NMC registration in adult or general nursing.
• Be committed to enabling choice and supporting a persons autonomy.
• Be committed to providing high quality holistic, person and family centred support.
• Have well developed communication, interpersonal and team working skills.
• Be willing to undertake further training in communication and palliative care skills.
• Demonstrate understanding of community working.
• Be self-aware, resilient, and able to cope with stressful situations.
• Have post registration experience.
• Have experience of working with people approaching the end of life.
  
  We are based in Farnham and Guildford, and provide bespoke, compassionate palliative and end of life care for people living with an advanced or terminal illness, across West Surrey and North-East Hampshire.
  
  Excellent Benefits
• Six weeks paid holiday plus public holidays
• Continuation of NHS Pension or Phyllis Tuckwell Group Personal Pension Plan (matched contributions up to 7.5%)
• Health Cash Plan Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff Benefit Scheme
• Blue Light Discount Card
Excellent Career Development
• Access to learning and professional development opportunities (we have an on-site education team)
• Shadow shifts
• Rotation opportunities
A Great Place to Work
• Equal Opportunities employer
• Flexible hours and flexible working
• Supportive colleagues
• Clinical supervision and support
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