Palliative Care RN (SMH B6) - Hospice at Home - Nights

Were looking for a highly motivated, passionate Registered Nurseto join our expanding Hospice at Home (H@H) Team at St. Michaels Hospice. Thisis a specialist nursing role, providing compassionate, expert care to patientsin the last weeks and days of their lives. This is an ideal opportunity for a nurse who wishes to specialisein palliative and end of life care, or who ideally already has experience inthis area. Someone who has a passion for making a difference to patients andtheir families alongside a love of the nursing role are some of the keyaspirations we are looking for in the successful candidate. Experience ofworking within the community setting would be an advantage.

The successful candidate will be anNMC-registered nurse with an active PIN. You will have excellent communicationskills and empathy. Youll work both independently and as part of a supportivemulti-disciplinary team, proactively assessing patients needs, planning anddelivering high-quality care, and advocating for the best possible outcomes.

This role involves predominantly working night shifts(19:30 20:00), over a 7 day week, with the flexibility to work day shifts(07:30 20:00). A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle areessential, as you will be travelling across the community within the hospicescatchment area

Closing date - 24th August 2025

Main duties of the job

We are launching a new 24/7 Hospice at Home service and are recruiting to new positions within this service. The 24/7 service will offer a visiting service to patients within our catchment known to be in the last 2 weeks of life.

Working collaboratively with the wider multi-disciplinary team, youll assess, plan, and provide holistic care that meets the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of patients. Youll also play a key role in contributing to service improvement and promoting best practice in end-of-life care.

Key responsibilities:

• Deliver personalised palliative care and symptom management at home, visiting patients 24/7.
• Support the SMH Living Well Service, including MND and long-term neurological conditions.
• Maintain high standards of care, communication, and record-keeping.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals, patients, families, and carers to ensure a seamless, compassionate service.

You will have the confidence and knowledge to make clinical judgements, manage your workload effectively, and deliver care that aligns with St. Michaels Hospices values and commitment to excellence.

St. Michaels Hospice is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people. All staff are expected to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be required to undergo relevant background checks, including a DBS check and provide satisfactory reference before starting the role.

About us

St. Michaels Hospice is a registered charity providing specialistpalliative and end of life care services since 1992, for the people of NorthHampshire. We are dedicated to providing care to people throughout NorthHampshire who are affected by life limiting illness to attain the highestpossible quality of life by providing a choice of specialist care and support.

As a charity, we depend on the kindness and support of our localcommunity to continue offering our services free of charge. This care is madepossible by supporters donating, taking part in fundraising events andactivities, playing our lottery, shopping in our retail outlets, leaving giftsin their Wills or giving freely of their time to volunteer.

We offer a competitive salary with attractive benefits, including,free onsite parking, life assurance, 27 days annual leave, with serviceincrements, plus bank holidays, and an extensive health and wellbeing plan and contributorypension.

Job responsibilities

The Hospice at Home multi-professional Team(H@H) provide a 24/7 planned and reactive service to those deemed to be intheir last 2 weeks of life who require specialist palliative care advice andsupport.

The H@H nursing team specialise in providingpalliative care symptom advice, holistic assessments and support to patients atthe End of Life. The team provide clinical nursing interventions and support toenable the patient to remain at home, prevent hospital admissions and supportdischarge from hospital to home.

In this role, you will be responsible forassessing patients care needs and for developing, implementing, and evaluatingpersonalised care plans. This will be done in partnership with patients,families, and other professionals to ensure both physical and psychologicalneeds are met.

The H@H team also support patients activelyunder the care of St. Michaels Services to provide a community patientvisiting service which includes patients known to the SMH Living Well Services,SMH MND Service and the SMH Long-Term Neurological Conditions Service.

The H@H nursing team is supported by thewider multi-professional Hospice at Home team at St. Michaels Hospice.

Please refer to the Job Description for more details.

Person Specification

Skills, Knowledge, Abilities

• Advanced assessment and care planning skills.
• Demonstrate knowledge and experience in caring for palliative and end of life care patients.
• Work independently as part of the wider nursing team.
• Management and distribution of workload.
• Excellent interpersonal & communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate on the telephone and have IT experience.
• Listening, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Demonstrable computer literacy with knowledge of databases, Microsoft, use of email and aptitude to learn computer packages that are essential to the role.
• Demonstrable knowledge and awareness of quality and governance
• Ability to make clinical judgement decisions related to symptom management of patients that involve complex facts or situations, analysing what is needed and comparing a range of options.
• Evidence/Experience of being able to lead in and assist others in audits, surveys, and research & development.
• Ability to communicate complex and highly sensitive information to patients and relatives.
• Can demonstrate knowledge of complex symptom management of patients with life limiting illness
• Ability to effectively deputise and manage the daily operational safe requirements of the H@H clinical service.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Degree or equivalent or can demonstrate study to Degree level).
• NMC Registered Nurse (Adult) with active NMC PIN (no restrictions on practice).
• Student Nurse Assessor/Supervisor course.
• Evidence of recent CPD, study / courses attended within relevant areas to a Specialist Palliative Care setting.
• History Taking & Physical Assessment qualification or willingness to undertake.
• Nurse Assessor/Mentor training
• Masters degree/modules or working towards.
• Degree/modules in leadership/management or willingness to undertake.
• Edward Jenner NHS Leadership Academy Course or similar.
• Teaching course e.g., PTLLS, DTLLS, ENB.
• Appropriate competency documentation and evidence of making DNACPR decisions and completion of TEPS, ReSPECT formsCV / Application Form
• Certificates

Experience

• Substantial post registration experience and experience with supporting patients and relatives through the dying process
• Demonstrable experience of working with or within an MDT setting
• Experience of developing and teaching others.
• Experience in and/or supervision of junior staff members.
• Experience of syringe drivers, insertion of urinary catheters, taking blood and other clinical procedures
• Experience of managing pressure areas
• Previous nursing experience of practising in a variety of clinical settings and teams.
• Community based nursing experience
• Experience of intravenous injections, infusions, endotracheal suctioning, insertion of male urinary catheters.
• Demonstrate experience of clinical governance and risk management
• Proactive & ability to work on own initiative and independently, as well as part of a team.
• Professional at all times.
• Motivated and able to motivate others.
• Calm and objective.
• A positive approach to all aspects of work including influencing, managing and supporting change.
• Ability to work across St. Michaels Hospice services, as needs dictate.
• Quality focused, 'customer care' ethos.
• Ability to foster positive relationships.
• Diplomatic, honest, behaves with integrity.
• Confidence and self-awareness of own limitations and professional boundaries.
• Resilient practitioner with the ability to work under pressure on occasions.
• Demonstrates commitment to St Michael's vision and values

Other requirements

• Ability to work flexibly across days, nights and weekends
• Full UK driving license
• Access to transport to travel within the community setting across the SMH catchment area.
• Business use on vehicle insurance

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.