Our Mission is Simple
To provide outstanding care and support to the community of North Devon who are impacted by a life limiting illness.
Our community team are proud to support and care for patients and their families in their own homes at their most difficult and vulnerable time. Our highly committed multi-disciplinary team of staff and volunteers, working together to provide care to the highest standard.
Join our Community Palliative Care Team and be part of something amazing!
Community Palliative Care Deputy Team Lead: Pay Point 22: £45,500 per annum. 37.5 Hours per week, divided between clinical hours and management time (Approx. 2 ½ days each) Monday-Friday 830am -5pm.
Working for us is awesome! Benefits include:
- An excellent working environment (& beautiful outside areas)
- Flexible & family friendly policies including Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental leave and Pawternity!
- Tech Scheme
- Cycle to work Scheme
- Free on-site parking
- Personal pension scheme
- Generous holiday allowance increasing with service
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) offering free confidential advice on a range of matters including financial, legal, health and wellbeing
- Health Cash Plan which can include up to 5 children and the option to include partners
- Regular Wellbeing events
- The opportunity to give us your feedback on how we can improve as an organisation
About the Role:
Are you an expert clinician looking for a new challenge? Do you want to develop your leadership skills and make a real difference to the care of people at end of life within their own homes? Do you want to share your knowledge and skills to support others to develop their expertise? An opportunity has arisen for you to join our Community Palliative Care Team as Deputy Team Lead. Working along side the Community Team Lead you will support the Clinical Nurse Specialists, Registered Nurses, and Multi-Skilled Health Care Assistants to support patients, and their families, who wish to be cared for and die at home. The role will combine the dual responsibility of carrying a small caseload alongside specific leadership duties.
To succeed in this role, you will have:
- Current NMC registration as a Registered Nurse
- Post registration qualification at a degree level in a palliative care or a related area of clinical practice.
- Leadership experience
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Significant post registration experience in end-of-life care, palliative care or a related field
- Experience of working in the community setting
- Excellent knowledge of symptom control
- Excellent Communication skills and interpersonal skills
We are there for all the family, do you want to be there too?
If you are interested in joining our Community Team, we would love to hear from you.
Informal discussion welcomed, please contact Community Palliative Care Team Lead Lin Walkey on 01271 344248.
Closing date for completed applications is Noon Monday 27th May 24
Interviews will be held on Friday 14th June 2024 at North Devon Hospice.
To apply for this position please click the ‘Apply Now’ button to complete your application and we will be in touch shortly. Please keep an eye on your email for updates about your application (including your junk box)
It is important to us that the people who work for and with us, or access any of our services, can be themselves and are valued as unique individuals. We welcome applications form all sections of the communities we serve, reflecting the uniqueness of each person, with the aim of continually improving our services.
We are a forces-friendly organisation and welcome applications from Veterans and Service spouses and partners.
If you require this information in large format, please email hr@northdevonhospice.org.uk or call 01271 347238.
Location: Barnstaple