Staff Nurse (Band 5)
We are currently looking for 3 x Band 5 Staff Nurses to join our team. The successful candidates will provide specialist palliative care to patients within our Inpatient Unit located in St John's Wood.
About this role
We are currently looking for 3 x Band 5 Staff Nurses to join our team. The successful candidates will provide specialist palliative care to patients within our Inpatient Unit located in St John's Wood working as part of our multidisciplinary team, which includes doctors and nursing staff working alongside our social workers, physiotherapists, occupational and complementary therapists.
Patients are admitted to the 17 bedded Inpatient Unit for assessment, symptom control, end-of-life care, rehabilitation, respite care and medical interventions from a wide catchment area across Westminster, Brent, Camden, Islington, Hammersmith & Fulham, and Kensington & Chelsea.
In this role you will be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for patients and their families in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team and in accordance with hospice philosophy.
You will be expected to supervise and teach unqualified staff with the support and supervision of senior members of the team, develop high standards of skilled nursing care and professional practice through evidence-based practice and recognise the need for personal flexibility within the unit to ensure all aspects of the hospice service are managed effectively.
More details regarding the key responsibilities and the person specification can be found in Job Description below.