In this role you will work as part of and supportive and experienced multidisciplinary team and be encouraged to bring your enthusiasm for delivering high standards of care, your compassion and creativity for both innovation and best practice. You will be providing advice, psychological support and symptom control for patients with an associated life limiting condition and supporting their families. The role involves lone working and the requirement to work some weekends and Bank Holiday. You will making decision autonomously and as part of a team providing care and support to patients in their home, in outpatient clinics and Wellbeing groups. You will have the support for continuous professional development and specialisation.
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Our community team is multi-skilled and multi-professional, that means nurses, medics, healthcare assistants, spiritual care, social work and occupational therapy. With a wide range of opportunities to develop specialist clinical interests and qualifications.
The team works 7 days a week from 9:00am to 5:00pm. We invest in continuous professional development from day one. Successful acquisition of addition skills and competencies are reflected in salary at the end of probation and as part of annual reviews.
We are passionate and committed to providing free care to over 2000 local people and their families. We have been inspected and rated ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission and you could be a part of this too.
The team comradery throughout the organisation, along with our hospice values, makes for a truly inspiring and supportive place of work. We offer a broad range of education and training opportunities, and we always encourage personal development.
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For an informal discussion, or to find out more please contact Caroline Wheeldon (Head of Community Team) on 01442 869550. To contact HR please email recruitment@stfrancis.org.uk
This list of tasks and responsibilities is not exhaustive and the job holder may be required to undertake other relevant and appropriate duties as required by the Manager. This Job Description can be amended by agreement with the Post Holder and Manager
Please note: Applicant shortlisting will take place as and when suitable individuals apply. As such, we strongly encourage early applications. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a suitable candidate be appointed. Interview arrangements will be communicated via email, so please check your email regularly. If you do not hear from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful.
Please visit our website via the link provided to apply and for more details.