Zest Registered Nurse - Ipswich, United Kingdom - St Elizabeth Hospice

Description

Job summary

Would you liketo be part of an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team working with youngadults living with progressive illness and complex health care needs?

Do you have apassion to make a difference to the lives of young people and their families?

St ElizabethHospice is looking to recruit enthusiastic and flexible team members to supportyoung adults living with progressive illness and complex health care needsaccessing Zest at St Elizabeth Hospice, including short breaks, Zest days andgroups.

Main duties of the job

Youwill have a willingness to support young adults to plan their weekend shortbreaks, maximising opportunities to increase independence, try new experiences,have fun and socialise with others. Thismay include inclusive activities at the hospice and outings into thecommunity.

Whilstenabling the young adults to enjoy a fun and comfortable stay you will berequired to:

assumethe role of shift coordinator, leading the short break care of up to threeyoung adults staying for the weekend at the hospice, ensuring their health andcare needs are met, recognising and responding to changes, supervising careassistants and delegating tasks appropriately.

supportyoung adults during their short break stay to achieve their goals and planweekend activities.

be ableto understand and recognise individual developmental needs, where appropriateencouraging and enabling independence and self-management skills.

Hours: Friday nights and weekends (permanent contract or bank hours)

About us

RatedOutstanding from the Care Quality Commission, St Elizabeth Hospice improveslife for people living with a progressive or life-limiting illness. Our work iscentred on an individual's needs, which means specialist support, whenever andwherever it is needed, whether at home, in the community or at the hospice. Weare well respected and praised for our responsiveness and expertise by peoplewe serve.

This is afantastic opportunity to join St Elizabeth Hospice, your local hospice at theheart of the community, and to be part of something special that is happeningin Suffolk.

Training will be providedto ensure you are competent and confident to support young adults with complexcare needs.

Job responsibilities

JOBSUMMARY

To provide holistic,person-centred care and support to young adults living with progressiveillness and complex health care needs needsand their families accessing Zest services including short break weekends, Zestdays and groups. To supervisethe care team delivering complex care, assuming the role of shift coordinatoras required. To support young adultsduring their short break stay to achieve their goals and plan weekendactivities. This may include planningand enabling outings into the community.To be able to understand and recognise individual developmental needs, whereappropriate encouraging and enabling independence and self-management skills. To workwithin the St Elizabeth Hospice One Team nursing care model, with theflexibility to be allocated to work in other clinical areas in response toneeds of the service.

CLINICALRESPONSIBILITIES

Assessment

To accurately assess the needs of patients and theirfamilies.

To identify priorities of care.

To refer on to the appropriate professionals, as necessary.

Planning

To identify realistic goals of care with patients and theirfamilies.

To deliver a plan of care with patients and their families.

To record explicit care plans which act as effective toolsfor other members of the multi-disciplinary team.

To organise own time and equipment to deliver a highstandard of nursing care.

To liaise effectively with all members of the Hospicemulti-disciplinary and community teams.

Implementation

To give skilled/specialist care to patients and theirfamilies.

To administer all drugs and treatments within Hospice andNMC guidelines.

To communicate effectively with patients, families and othermembers of the Hospice multi-disciplinary and community teams.

To follow community emergency care plans in the event of asudden change or sudden deterioration.

Evaluation

To ensure the care given is to the agreed standard.

To measure the effectiveness of the plan of care inachieving identified goals.

To revise and update care plans in the light of theevaluation.

MANAGEMENTRESPONSIBILITIES

To be familiar with the philosophy and roles of themulti-disciplinary team.

To provide effective communication to ensure continuity ofpatient care.

To work closely with the Zest Lead Care Assistant delegatingresponsibilities accordingly.

To supervise and delegate appropriately to the Zest CareAssistants.

To ensure that all risks associated with care deliveryrelevant to the care setting are managed effectively and that all incidents arereported promptly following the policy and procedure.

To coordinate cover for shifts in the event of staffsickness or absence, following the procedure of short break cancellation theevent of being unable to ensure safe staffing levels.

To support young adults completing one page profiles andother person-centred care tools

To actively engage in the co-production of Zest services.

To recognise indications of staff stress and to facilitatestaff support.

To recognise the value of volunteercontribution and play an active part in their support & development whereappropriate.

To support new members of staff during theinduction process.

To maintain an awareness of research andrelevant findings and in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team, worktowards this being applied to practice.

To share professional expertise with short break care teamcolleagues, providing support and training where appropriate.

To support care assistants completing their carecompetencies.

To undertake training as required.

To participate in the Hospice education programme.

To maintain and increase personal professional skills.

To undertake practice supervision and engage in 1:1 meetingsas appropriate

To demonstrate reflective practice

ORGANISATIONAL

To attend team meetings bi-monthly

To keep up to date with hospice communications via email andpodcasts

To work at all times within the policies and guidelines ofthe Hospice and act within NMC guidelines at all times.

To uphold the Hospice and individual team values at alltimes.

To ensure effective use of resources.

To respect at all times the confidentiality of informationcovering patients, staff and

volunteers.

To play an active part in the development and maintenance ofgood relationships with all who have business with the Hospice.

To promote the Hospice philosophy of care towards patients,relatives and visitors.

To be willing to support other clinical areas as needed aspart of the one team model of nursing care, including the In-patient Unit andCommunity.

Qualifications

Essential

Desirable

Experience

Essential

Desirable

Specific Skills

Essential

Desirable

Personal Qualities

Essential