Registered Nurse

Here at Dorothy House we provide compassionate care and support for people in our community with a life-limiting illness. Our focus is on quality of life, helping patients to live well and die well.

Our Inpatient Unit at Winsley is a safe and comfortable environment with dedicated care team. Patients usually stay for a short time - between seven and ten days. After consultation with a patient's GP or other healthcare professional, we are able to offer short stays at the Unit. Often, this time is used to assess a patient's needs and to plan for future care. 

REGISTERED NURSE | Band 5 | £31,049 - £37,796 per annum

Working as a Nurse as part of our incredible Inpatient Unit (IPU) team, you will use a patient-centred approach and evidenced based practice to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care and will co-ordinate care from admission to discharge.

Duties and responsibilities will include:

• Demonstrate clinical practice which is patient focused and has a high commitment to professional caring and partnership in care.
• To assess the needs of patients and devise a plan of nursing care based on assessment of physical, emotional, spiritual and social needs, involving patients and carers in the process.
• To implement the planned programme of nursing care and where appropriate, liaise with other members of the Caring Team who may be responsible for implementing specific aspects of nursing care
• To work as a member of the Nursing and Multi-disciplinary Teams.
• To ensure nursing practice is grounded in evidence-based wherever possible.
• To ensure and co-ordinate safe discharge of patients with an understanding of the needs of patients and carers in the community and the available services.
• To act at all times in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Professional Code of Conduct.

See our full detailed Job Description on our website for more information.

HOURS OF WORK

This is a Full Time position working 37.5 Hours per week. This role can work across a variety of shift patterns that could include late shifts, nights or early shifts.

ABOUT YOU

Essential requirements:

• First Level Nurse with Registration
• Can demonstrate an experience using evidenced based practice to nursing care
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills related to complex patient care
• Personal attributes that reflect care, compassion and willingness to support patients and their families through their end of life journey
• An experience in Medicines Management and providing quality care as part of an Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT)
• Demonstrates an experience in quality improvements, audits, or service improvements.

Desirable requirements: 

• Teaching experience or qualification, eg Facilitating Learning & Assessment in Practice or ENB 998
• Confident using IT tools and packages such as Microsoft Office 365 and SytmOne
• Can demonstrate a detailed knowledge of / experience in palliative care and end of life care

ABOUT THE BENEFITS

Dorothy House is an incredible place to work; these are just a few of our benefits that we offer to our staff:

• 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days and then 33 days with length of service. 
• Excellent industry leading training with a focus on career development!
• Pension with Life Assurance.
• Colleague discount across our 30 retail stores.
• 45p per mile for work travel.
• Mindful Employer Plus Charter – supporting our colleagues with access to impartial, confidential advice when you need it most.

If this sounds like your ideal job, then we’d love to see your application.

Please note that our vacancies can close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. We therefore encourage early submission of your application.