Longfield Hospice, nr Stroud
Salary – £39,689 FTE (£20.35 per hour basic rate, plus increased hourly rate for Bank Holidays and weekends)
Hours – 37.5 or 22.5 hours per week (plus a requirement to be on call and work weekends)
We are also looking to recruit Bank staff (with availability to work on call and weekends)
We are looking for a Specialist Nurse to join our Hospice at Home team. You will work in collaboration with the wider multi-professional team to deliver coordinated and seamless care. You will be responsible for coordinating the day to day activities of the Hospice at Home Service via practical community nursing and office based activity.
Longfield is a community hospice charity, in a beautiful setting near Stroud. We believe that everyone touched by a life-limiting illness in Gloucestershire should benefit from free hospice care. We support people to live well after diagnosis through a range of day services for them and their loved ones and, when the time comes, we provide hospice at home care, enabling them to have the choice of dying in the comfort of their own home. We also provide support to their families and carers, including bereavement counselling.
We are looking for a clinically experienced individual (Band 6 Agenda for Change) to provide leadership, support and guidance to a wonderful team of Health Care Assistants. You will be working alongside other Registered Nurses and Care Service Administrators in the Hospice at Home team.
We offer a competitive benefits package which includes flexible working, 33 days holiday, increasing to 38 days with long service, Life Assurance, pension scheme or continue the NHS Superannuation pension scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, cycle to work scheme, access to discounts through the Blue Light scheme and long service awards.
Longfield is a truly wonderful place to work and we are proud of our modern, purpose-built facilities, fantastic grounds, free parking and amazing staff and volunteers. The Specialist Nurse role is a highly rewarding and varied role with a well-regarded charity, which makes a genuine difference to lives and deaths across the county.
If you would like to arrange an informal visit or to discuss the position in further detail, then please contact the HR Department on 01453 886868 or email jobs@longfield.org.uk.
This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check.
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Closing Date: 9am, Friday 26th April
Longfield is an Equal Opportunities employer and values diversity.
