Role Summary
The post holder will work as part of the Seaton Hospice at Home Specialist Nursing Team, to deliver the Seaton Integrated Model for Palliative and End of Life Care for All. This service is commissioned and funded by The Seaton League of Friends but hosted and managed by the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, as part of the Community Nursing service for Seaton.
This team provides a specialist 24 hour holistic and patient-centred palliative-care service for all patients who are registered with a Seaton GP and diagnosed as palliative, regardless of disease or complexity, guided by the individual needs and wishes of the patient and their family/carer.
About the Role
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role
Are you a dedicated nurse who always strives to give the highest standard of care to your patients? Do you have a particular interest in palliative care?
This job is a Band 6 post but a Band 5 Development post will be considered. We are seeking a motivated nurse who would like to develop their knowledge, skills and experience of working with patients with palliative care needs. You will have the opportunity to learn and gain experience through clinical reflective practice and continued professional development. You will be supported in this post by the Seaton Hospice at Home palliative care nurse specialists and the palliative care nurse team manager.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a professional, specialist palliative care team, who will work alongside members of the wider multidisciplinary team of health and social care colleagues both in the community and the acute care sectors.
The Seaton Hospice at Home model is based on the Sidmouth Integrated Model for Palliative and End of Life Care. This model integrates the available services within the community into a “one-team” approach to provide the best possible care for all patients who are diagnosed by their GP as palliative, regardless of diagnosis or complexity, guided by the individual needs and wishes of the patient and their loved ones. This service will provide continuity of care throughout the patient’s journey, enabling people to die in their preferred place, which is often their home.
The Seaton Hospice at Home Service will be managed by the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and funded by the Seaton League of Friends.
Working Pattern: The service will provide specialist palliative care 7 days a week, 365 days a year, with shifts covering 08.00-16.00, 10.00-18.00 and 12.00-20.00. After 20.00hrs an RN will be on-call to respond to our patients who need advice or a visit overnight, thus providing specialist end of life care and carer support 24/7, avoiding unnecessary and unwanted hospital admissions.
Interview Date: 13th April 2023.
For further information please contact Jo Barkley 07581 253534 j.barkley@nhs.net
“There may be an opportunity for a secondment for a year. Please agree this with your Manager before applying”
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
About Us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more
It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
Benefits
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.
