Hospice in Your Home (HIYH) Registered Nurse Lead

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The role

Do you have a drive and passion for palliative care, developing Hospice in Your Home Services for patients, families and carers? Are you keen to develop your leadership skills in hospice care? Then come and join us!!! 

Nottinghamshire Hospice offers staff the unique privilege to walk alongside patients and their families at this significant time of their lives while providing compassionate care and support. We deliver high-quality, excellent palliative care for patients across Nottinghamshire for those living with a life-limiting condition. We care for patients, families and their friends, both before and after death.

Most people are cared for in their own home & our goal is to help people make the most of their lives, in ways that are important to THEM. This care may sometimes include coming into the Hospice as part of our wellbeing and reablement offer.

Our values are embedded throughout the organisation –

Compassion, Trust and Ambition

This role :We provide a range of palliative care services for people in Nottinghamshire, and we are currently looking to recruit a dynamic and experienced HIYH Registered Nurse Lead to develop our growing Hospice in your Home offer and operationally manage the Care Team. You must have substantial experience of leading teams preferably gained within a relevant healthcare setting. You will possess operational management experience and leadership skills. Support will be given to the postholder to develop their career ambitions.   Essential to this role is an understanding of multi-disciplinary working, within healthcare, experience of managing teams and a passion for hospice care.  In addition, you must have excellent communication, planning and networking skills, the ability to prioritise a busy workload and proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office and clinical systems. Experience of SystmOne is an advantage. Service development and transformation will be key aspects of the role. Flexible working on occasion may be required to meet the needs of patients.

Why you’ll love working here

Nottinghamshire Hospice is a great place to work!

As a charity we’re able to be creative, fleet of foot and inspiring in our approach to our services and how we work together.

Our values are embedded into the Hospice:

Compassion – Being inclusive; being kind and having empathy; empowering others; having integrity and being patient.

Trust – Being authentic; unified; loyal; accountable; trustworthy; responsible; reliable and professional.

Ambition- The growth of the Hospice; being courageous; getting the right outcomes and results; improvement of our services; being the best version of ourselves for the benefit of each other and our service users.

We’re the leading Nottinghamshire provider and influencer of community-based palliative and end of life care, with ambitions to make a real difference to all those diagnosed with a life-limiting or terminal illness. We have been established for 40 years and are at the heart of our communities who rely on our care and support.

If you’re looking for an opportunity to work for a local charity and be part of a great care movement then this is the opportunity for you.

How to apply 

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Nottinghamshire Hospice is a non-smoking organisation.

Due to the volume of applications that we receive, if you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.

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Nottinghamshire Hospice is fully committed to supporting and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion best practice within our workforce, as well as with our patients and supporters. We warmly welcome those from all backgrounds – this diversity is important for our journey and values and enriches the services we offer.

We particularly welcome applicants from minoritised ethnic communities, LGBTQ+ communities, applicants under the age of 40, applicants with disabilities, and male applicants for clinical roles, as they are currently under-represented within our workforce.

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