Hospital Palliative Care Specialist Nurse

Job overview

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare or working on the Staff Bank within these organisations. Nursing and AHP vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses/AHPs.

Make every moment matter

Are you a compassionate registered nurse with a passion for palliative and end of life care?

Wisdom Hospice is looking for a dedicated and caring nurse to join our specialist team. This is an opportunity to provide exceptional care and support to patients and their families during some of the most important moments of their lives.

Main duties of the job

As a palliative care nurse, you will:

• deliver high-quality, holistic care for patients with life-limiting illnesses
• assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual care needs
• provide symptom management and support patients to achieve the best possible quality of life
• offer emotional support and guidance to families and carers
• work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to coordinate care
• contribute to a culture of compassion, dignity and respect.

What we are looking for

You will:

• be a registered nurse with a valid NMC registration
• have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• demonstrate compassion, empathy and professionalism
• be committed to delivering person-centred care
• work well within a multidisciplinary team
• have experience in palliative, hospice, oncology, community or end of life care, although this is not essential.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [email protected], quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.