Registered Nurse

NHS; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is looking for a proactive Registered Nurse to provide exceptional palliative care and emotional support for patients in their home and other settings. Ideal candidates will have a valid NMC registration and experience in holistic palliative care. The role includes night shifts and will require flexibility to work various patterns across the area.

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate effective coping mechanisms in isolation.
• Knowledge of palliative care theory and practice required.
• Good understanding of multi-disciplinary issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing assessment of patients with life limiting illness.
• Administer medications and provide direct nursing care.
• Participate in an on-call rota covering hours outside standard service times.

Skills

Enhanced communication skills

Ability to work in a complex environment

Quality focused with problem-solving skills

Experience with electronic patient information systems

Education

1st level Registered Nurse (Adult) NMC Registration

Job description

Go back Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland

Registered Nurse

The closing date is 02 November 2025

Would you like to provide support for our community, helping families at difficult times by providing the right care at the right time?

Are you a caring person that enjoys meeting new people and building professional relationships?

Would you like the opportunity to support an organisation with a worthwhile cause?

Would you like to be part of a team that prioritises clinical supervision and peer support?

If this all sounds good to you and you are a proactive, enthusiastic team player, keen to champion our organisational vision to positively inspire a future in which everyone within our community facing life limiting illnesses, regardless of cause, receives the best possible palliative and end of life care and their families and carers receive the support they need, please get in touch.

Main duties of the job

• To provide ongoing assessment of patients needs during a shift of work for those patients with life limiting illness and those who are dying.
• To assess patients condition and any deterioration that may have occurred, document and refer on to the appropriate personnel.
• To talk with patients, explain, listen and advise them regarding symptom control (e.g. pain, nausea & vomiting, constipation).
• To carry out direct nursing care (bladder & bowel management, nutritional management involving feeding regimes given via a PEG).
• To assess the needs and administer medications either orally, by injection or by syringe driver as prescribed.

About us

Hospice at Home's core service is our skilled team of Registered Nurses and Healthcare Assistants who provide exceptional care and support in people's last year of life, at end of life, also providing additional services such as Lymphoedema, Bereavement and Family Support, Befriending, Occupational Therapy and Complementary Therapy.

We provide individualised care and support to improve quality of life and our end of life care helps facilitate a peaceful and dignified death in the home and support to those who are bereaved.

Hospice at Home, an independent charitable organisation, is looking to recruit a registered nurse to join the nursing service. The post holder will be predominantly working nights across our geographical area. Providing support to patients that are palliative or end of life.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will provide direct nursing care predominantly in the patients home, and on occasions in other settings such as Community Hospitals, Residential & Nursing Homes and Eden Valley Hospice.

The post holder will provide nursing care, emotional, social & psychological support to individuals with palliative care needs, their families & carers. This involves regular and extended involvement of assessing fluctuating needs and the stress of caring for the dying patient and their families.

To take part in an on call rota covering hours outside standard service times.

Person Specification

Skills and Aptitudes

• Enhanced communication skills to work with patients, families and health/social care professionals.
• Ability to work in a complex environment, often in isolation and demonstrate effective coping mechanisms.
• Quality focused with an innovative approach to solving complex problems.
• Experience of electronic patient information systems e.g. EMIS.

Qualifications

• 1st level Registered Nurse (Adult) NMC Registration.

Personal Circumstances

• Flexibility to work various shifts patterns over a 24 hour period 7 days a week.
• Must be able to travel autonomously across the geographical area covered by the service

Knowledge

• Good knowledge of palliative care theory and practice
• Knowledge of Palliative Care issues.
• In-depth understanding of multi-disciplinary issues and commitment to inter-disciplinary working.

Experience

• 2 years post registration experience.
• Previous experience in delivery of holistic palliative/end of life care.
• Previous experience within a hospice or a community based setting.
• Experienced in providing supervision for others.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland