Description
We are seeking a Community Senior Hospice at Home Nurse (Night Team) to join our team at Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care. The successful candidate will deliver and coordinate specialist palliative and end of life care to people in their own homes with the night service, including responding to SOS calls.
The role involves assessing, planning, and evaluating care autonomously within agreed plans and your own competence, working alone with an HCA and another qualified nurse on the night shift. You will run a safe, well-organised shift.
As a senior nurse, you will carry out holistic assessments of patients and those close to them, and develop, deliver, and evaluate individualised care plans. You will deliver fundamental and complex specialist interventions in the home, including symptom management within the RGP medicines framework, syringe driver care, and verification of expected death.
You will also respond to SOS and unplanned calls, assess, act within your competence, and escalate to the CNS, out of hours advice line, or 111 when the situation needs decisions beyond your scope.
The salary for this role is £38,682 to £46,580 per annum (pro rata).
Responsibilities:
- Carry out holistic assessment of patients and those close to them, and develop, deliver, and evaluate individualised care plans.
- Deliver fundamental and complex specialist interventions in the home, including symptom management within the RGP medicines framework, syringe driver care, and verification of expected death.
- Respond to SOS and unplanned calls: assess, act within your competence, and escalate to the CNS, out of hours advice line, or 111 when the situation needs decisions beyond your scope.
- Deliver hands-on care when it is right for the patient, including on crisis response and unplanned care visits.
- Communicate sensitive information with skill and care, supporting families before and after bereavement.
- Keep accurate, contemporaneous records and hand over clearly across shifts and services.
- Work autonomously within your competence and agreed plans, recognising the limits of your own competence and escalating appropriately.
Requirements:
- Registered Nurse (NMC) with current registration
- Post-registration experience in a relevant setting (community, acute, long-term conditions, oncology, or palliative care)
- Experience of coordinating a shift or caseload and of supervising or delegating to support staff
- Assesses, plans, and evaluates care autonomously, and recognises when a situation needs escalation
- Communicates skilfully in emotionally demanding situations, including with people who are dying and those close to them
- Plans and prioritises a shift of visits across a locality, adjusting as demand changes
- Confident use of an electronic patient record and Microsoft 365
Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Opportunities for professional development and growth
Interview Date: Week commencing 23 November 2026