Access/Community Team/Virtual Ward Staff Nurse

2 weeks ago

Edinburgh EH RW, United Kingdom St Columba's Hospice Care Full time £30,000 - £60,000 per year

Palliative Care Staff Nurse

Access / Community Team / Virtual Ward

Hospice Band: 5

Starting Salary: £37,335 WTE (rising to Step2 £41,424 WTE subject to satisfactory performance review) pro rata per annum + Pension + Benefits

Part time 22.5 Hours per week (weekdays)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a caring and compassionate registered nurses to join our Hospice Team. You'll be a Registered Nurse with palliative care experience, excellent interpersonal and communication skills and a proven ability to work as part of a multi-professional team.

Our Palliative Care Nurses provide specialist advice, guidance and support to patients at home, in care homes and our Inpatient care. The Staff Nurse role involves getting to know the patient and their family well enough to allow them to talk about how they are feeling, their worries and anxieties. As well as advising on symptom control, medicines and treatments, our nurses ensure people are getting the practical help they need, from community partners.

You will be responsible for initial and ongoing holistic assessment of new patients and planning of care to meet the patients and carers practical, psychosocial, spiritual needs, as well as responding to queries requests for advice and support form patients, families and colleagues. This is a responsive/reactive role suited to experienced staff nurses with palliative care experience. This post will involve rotation between the Access team and community setting, although initially office based, a full driving license and use of your own car is required for patient home visits.

This is an extremely supportive team environment. This initial work is key to ensuring that everyone in need of hospice services receives support as quickly and comprehensively as possible and is triaged to the most appropriate team for follow up.

Please contact Jane Arber on for an informal chat.

For further information download the information pack below.

Redefining Hospice Care: St Columba's exists to give everyone who needs it the very best hospice care. We're an independent charity at the heart of our local community, offering free, flexible and person-centred palliative care and support to our patients and their families.

PVG: This post requires the post holder to have a criminal records check at a PVG scheme record update level. An application will be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post. A joint application will be made which the Hospice will pay for.

Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity to grow your skills and be part of a dynamic team? We'd love to hear from you

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