Job summary
We are looking for registered nurses/paramedics to join our evolving community team who are passionate about palliative care and have transferable skills and experience. You will be able to build a natural and trusted rapport with patients and families and provide compassionate care and support to those who need it most through home visits and telephone advice and support. Full and part-time hours available.

Main duties of the job
Our ideal candidate has excellent communication skills, sound judgement, and a real commitment to patient-centred interdisciplinary team working. You will be able to openly and honestly support people with sensitive topics including loss, grief and dying. While palliative care experience is desirable, it is not essential to join our Hospice team as a Registered Nurse or Paramedic. We welcome newly graduated nurses and paramedics and people with experience in other fields interested in a career change.

About us
At St Michaels Hospice we offer a friendly, team orientated work environment a good pension scheme with the option to continue any existing NHS pension scheme membership, an Employee Assistance Programme (Benenden Healthcare), up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, subsidised employee meals and free refreshments, free parking, supportive supervision and a proactive Education Department to support with your development. Hospice employees also qualify for a Blue Light Card with access to a huge array of discounts.

Job responsibilities

• We are looking for registered nurses/paramedics to join our evolving community team who are passionate about palliative care and have transferable skills and experience.
• You will be able to build a natural and trusted rapport with patients and families and provide compassionate care and support to those who need it most through home visits and telephone advice and support.
• Our ideal candidate has excellent communication skills, sound judgement, and a real commitment to patient-centred interdisciplinary team working.
• You will be able to openly and honestly support people with sensitive topics including loss, grief and dying.
• While palliative care experience is desirable, it is not essential to join our Hospice team as a Registered Nurse or Paramedic.
• We welcome newly graduated nurses and paramedics and people with experience in other fields interested in a career change.
• We invite you to spend the day with us to meet the team and gain insight into how you can make a difference to patients and their families by joining St Michaels Hospice.

Employee Benefits
At St Michaels Hospice we offer a friendly, team orientated work environment a good pension scheme with the option to continue any existing NHS pension scheme membership, an Employee Assistance Programme (Benenden Healthcare), up to 33days annual leave plus bank holidays, subsidised employee meals and free refreshments, free parking, supportive supervision and a proactive Education Department to support with your development. Hospice employees also qualify for a Blue Light Card with access to a huge array of discounts.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.