Job requirements
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Essential
20 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Proven post registration experience
- Experience
Experience in the delivery of end of life and palliative care or related disciplines.
- Experience
Proven ability of successfully working with people and handling difficult and sometimes complex situations
- Experience
Ability to work under pressure, manage own stress and emotional responses and be aware of stress in others
- Experience
Ability to use a range of IT systems and software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Office 365 and electronic patient record systems (such as SystmOne), )as well as virtual systems e.g. Zoom, MS Teams
- Experience
Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
- Experience
Ability to motivate self and others and to lead by example
- Experience
Able to effectively resolve professional and ethical issues
- Experience
Ability to prioritise issues and tasks
- Experience
Good oral/written communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience
Passionate about Hospice Care and enthusiasm for the vision of the organisation
- Experience
Team player who can work as part of our One Team ethos
- Experience
Good level of emotional intelligence and resilience
- Experience
Flexible approach to work, with ability to work out of hours on occasions
- Experience
Committed to the development of palliative care skills in others
- Experience
Committed to working in partnership with people their relatives and carers other organisations and agencies
- Experience
Driving licence and access to vehicle
- Experience
SatisfactoryDisclosure and Barring Service check
- Qualifications
Nurse Registration
- Qualifications
Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of holistic assessment and complex symptom management
- Experience
Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Experience
Experience of working unsupervised (Lone working)
- Qualifications
Advanced Communications Skills Training
Job summary
Are you a motivated, forward thinking, talented individual interested in delivering excellent specialist palliative care within a multidisciplinary team to patients and their families within mid Essex?
Farleigh Hospice is the leading specialist palliative care provider in mid Essex, providing specialist support to patients and their families in both the community via our multidisciplinary locality care teams, and our inpatient unit.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for highly motivated Registered Nurses to join our specialist Inpatient Unit Nursing Team; with the introduction of a new skill mix in staff developed to meet the increasing complexities of patient needs. The 12-bed unit provides holistic care for patients with both malignant and non-malignant life limiting illnesses and their families/carers. This includes excellent symptom control, psycho-social and spiritual supportfor patients who are admitted for symptom control, specialist palliative rehabilitation and end of life care.
As an organisation with a strong social purpose, we understand the strength we gain from having and supporting diverse teams. The different skills and experiences that colleagues from different backgrounds bring to us allow us to make better decisions, consider different views and be an altogether more interesting and cohesive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone.
This post involves working on a 7-day week rota
About us
As an organisation keen to develop and retain our staff, we will provide successful candidates at all levels with:
- Bespoke induction
- Principles of Palliative Care course
- Two Tier Dementia Course
- Access to educational opportunities provided by our internal Education Team
- Opportunities for inpatient palliative care experience
- Access to external study days and conferences
Details
- Date posted: 04 September 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: £31,646 to £37,234 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
- Reference number: B0396-26-0023
- Job locations: North Court Road, Broomfield, Chelmsford, CM1 7FH, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
- As a Registered Nurse you will work within a multi-disciplinary team providing clinical care, navigation, coordination and support to hospice patients and their families
- Through holistic assessment provide information, advice, psychosocial and spiritual care to patients with palliative and end of life care needs, supporting their families and carers, liaising and referring on as necessary to appropriate health and social care professionals
- To work in partnership with those receiving care, helping them to access relevant health and social care, information and support when they need it. Support people to access, identify, appraise and interpret information, to enable them to determine their own future
- To maintain effective communication skills to deliver highly emotive information clearly, sensitively and unambiguously with staff, patients, families and professionals by face-to-face, telephone and/or electronic means
- To work collaboratively as part of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT)sharing the clinical caseload of patients/carers within the locality/in-patient unit for patients who have palliative care needs to ensure efficient and timely care is coordinated and delivered
- To work as part of the multi-disciplinary team, seeking advice from colleagues or/and clinical leadership team when required, in order to make sound decisions around palliative and end of life care
- To support management in training and mentoring a multidisciplinary workforce from novice to expert to work as one team
- To support any streamlined locality/IPU processes and services by embedding quality improvement methodology including clear outcome measures to produce efficient and highly performing community services
- To support the Hospice in building strong relationships with external partners and stakeholders and promote the good reputation of the Hospice e.g. local trusts, CCG, health and social care partners, businesses and voluntary organisations
- To support and guide Health Care Assistants, Healthcare Support Workers and volunteers in their daily practice
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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This advert is for Registered Nurse - Inpatient Unit with Farleigh Hospice in Chelmsford, England. It is listed as a Registered nurse role. The advertised salary is £31646.00 to £37234.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 23 Sep 2026.
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