Senior Palliative Care Nurse/Paramedic
| Posting date: | 15 May 2026 |
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| Salary: | £37,081.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £37081.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 May 2026 |
| Location: | Great Bramingham Lane, LU3 3NT |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0364-26-0008 |
Summary
As shift leader, take responsibility for dealing with day-to-day operational requirements including staff rotas, sickness absence, co-ordinating team members, and overseeing patient admissions and discharges. Ensure patients and their families experience of the hospice is professional, welcoming, relaxed, and friendly. Supervise and actively participate in the delivery of evidenced based clinical care, promptly reporting any change or concern in the patients condition to the Palliative Care CNS/CPS or Medical teams. Provide specialist symptom control to patients and seek guidance when this is not being achieved. Comply with Keech Management of Medicines policies and legislative requirements for controlled and non-controlled drugs. Facilitate opportunities for patients and families to talk should they wish, demonstrating advanced communication skills and working as a level 2 psychology practitioner. As a level 2 psychology practitioner, sensitively complete a distress thermometer with patients when needed. Ensure effective communication and liaison with other members of the Hospice Team and outside agencies, reporting and discussing individual cases as appropriate. Attend multi-disciplinary and organisational meetings and provide written and/or oral reports as required. Provide pre and post bereavement support to families in conjunction with the family support team. Arrange/supervise the provision of a wide range of diversional and complementary therapeutic activities in accordance with the patients and family's wishes and hospice policy. Promote health education within the family unit. Maintain accurate records including records pertaining to all referrals and admissions in line with confidentiality, data protection and other statutory regulations and requirements. Participate in the senior clinician on-call rota as required to maintain service support. Have an awareness of the need for staff support and indications of stress, apply judgement in referral to senior staff. Participate in staff support group sessions. Be aware of the lone worker policy and take responsibility with the team for ensuring that community colleagues also follow the lone worker policy and escalate any concerns to the shift leader promptly. Undertake training for annual reviews of staff as delegated, identifying training needs and establishing and monitoring measurable objectives, as agreed with the unit manager beforehand. Participate in the teaching of staff, including primary health care teams, and other professionals as required. This may include the in-service training programme and the induction of new staff. Help develop the service in response to patient needs, and lead on particular areas of interest/expertise.