About us:

Princess Alice Hospice is one of the top ten adult hospices in the UK, providing specialist palliative care and support to a community of more than a million people living in Surrey, south west London and Middlesex.

About the In-Patient Team:

Is care at your core? It is at ours. Here at Princess Alice Hospice, you ll have the opportunity to make a satisfying, rewarding difference to the lives of our patients, their families and friends, and be supported every step of the way. We support our clinical staff to be the difference in these precious days. With outstanding patient to carer ratios. With time to build valued relationships with your patients, their families, and friends. With one-to-one clinical supervision from a named mentor.

The secret to our CQC outstanding rating is simple. We care for our carers. We re ambitious - blazing new trails in end of life care - and supporting the ambitions of our nurses with on-site training and qualifications. We re small enough to value each individual and big enough to help nurture your career goals. You ll be part of a great team of experienced professionals to learn from and learn with, delivering care you can take pride in.

About the role: We have an exciting opportunity for an exceptional and flexible individual to join our In-Patient Unit (IPU) team as a Senior Staff Nurse, to help lead our multi-professional team to deliver an extremely high standard of end of life care to our patients.

About you: You will be a true team player, with excellent communication skills and a compassionate approach to care. You ll be motivated to provide excellent patient care using your holistic assessment skills, whilst liaising closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team. Comfortable acting as a mentor, supervisor, and assessor, you ll enjoy providing support and a positive learning environment to new and junior staff within the IPU.

Perhaps you have similar experience in palliative or end of life care, or you have transferrable skills gained in intensive or elderly care and you re looking to join a caring organisation which will fully support you as a person and professional to grow and progress in your career.

If you are enthusiastic, flexible and share our values and care about making a difference in the last years of someone s life, we would love to hear from you!

As well as our competitive salary package and the opportunity of joining an organisation where you will be able to make a difference to our patients and their families, we offer a range of great benefits, which include:

• 27 days annual leave, plus recognised public holidays - rising to 29 days after 5 years service and 33 days after 10 years service (pro rata for part time)
• educational and professional development opportunities (we have an on-site Education Team)
• an annual development day - protected time for you and your learning
• clinical supervision (regular and we ensure its protected time)
• monthly group reflections via Schwartz Rounds sessions
• free on-site parking
• tranquil Hospice grounds
• subsidised meals at our on-site restaurant
• Employee Assistance Programme
• access to Blue Light Card discount card
• access to our Group Pension Scheme (with the option to continue your NHS Pension Scheme)
• in-house laundry of uniforms, plus excellent changing facilities (with showers, fresh towels, and hairdryers)
• wellbeing - we provide a programme of activities, opportunities, and guidance to inspire and support our employees to live a healthy life, at home and at work.

Due to the urgency of the role, candidates will be shortlisted and interviewed on as and when basis, until the position is filled.

At Princess Alice Hospice we are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that values diversity. We are fully committed to equality of opportunities, and we warmly welcome applications from all backgrounds and cultures.

We are signed up to the Disability Confident scheme and we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. We are a place where you can be you.

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