# Inpatient Unit Staff Nurse

**Company**: St Clare Hospice
**Location**: Hastingwood
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £32610.00 to £38762.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

St Clare Hospice is seeking a compassionate and committed Inpatient Unit Staff Nurse to join our team in Hastingwood. As a charity providing specialist palliative care, we prioritise time, compassion, and dignity in our care.

The successful candidate will work full-time, 37.5 hours per week, with a shift pattern that includes days, nights, weekends, and bank holidays. Additional enhancements include 30% for nights, unsocial hours, and Saturdays, and 60% for Sundays and Bank Holidays.

The Inpatient Unit is an 8-bedded calm and supportive space where patients and their families are at the heart of everything we do. As a Staff Nurse, you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide high-quality specialist palliative care. Your main duties will include:

- Providing holistic assessments of patients' and families' care needs

- Planning and evaluating interventions

- Communicating effectively with patients and families

- Supporting patients and families through grief and loss

- Liaising with the multi-professional team

- Maintaining accurate patient documentation

To be considered for this role, you will need to be a registered first-level nurse with evidence of personal professional development and an awareness of the needs of patients receiving palliative and end-of-life care.

We offer a salary range of £32,610 to £38,762 per year, depending on experience, plus enhancements.

**Benefits:**

- 30% enhancement for nights, unsocial hours, and Saturdays

- 60% enhancement for Sundays and Bank Holidays

**Requirements:**

- First-level registered nurse

- Evidence of personal professional development

- Awareness and understanding of the needs of patients receiving palliative and end-of-life care

**Disclosure and Barring Service Check:** This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

**UK Registration:** Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

## Skills

### Required
- Palliative care
- Holistic assessment
- Communication skills
- Grief and loss support
- Multi-professional team liaison
- Accurate documentation

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