Senior Staff Nurse – Hospice at Home (Bank)

About Us

At Rowans Hospice, we are a local charity providing free specialist palliative and end‑of‑life care and support to adults with life‑limiting illnesses, as well as their families, across Portsmouth and South East Hampshire. Since 1994, our services have been made possible through the ongoing generosity of our local community, including donations, legacies, fundraising activities, and income generated through our retail shops.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced and compassionate Senior Staff Nurse to join our Hospice at Home team, based at Rowans Hospice in Purbrook. Reporting to the Hospice at Home Manager, you will play a key role in delivering high‑quality specialist palliative care within patients' own homes. You will assess patients' needs, develop and implement individualised care plans, and provide expert clinical care with a high degree of autonomy. You will also support and supervise registered and unregistered colleagues within the nursing team, helping to ensure the highest standards of care.

Key Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Triaging referrals, assessing patients, and developing personalised programmes of care within the community, ensuring ongoing risk assessment and management.
• Maintaining regular contact with patients and their families, reviewing and evaluating care plans while prioritising care according to clinical need.
• Delivering specialist treatments and clinical procedures using evidence‑based practice, including effective symptom assessment and management.
• Assessing the needs of patients and carers and making timely referrals to appropriate internal and external professionals and services.
• Monitoring and evaluating symptom control and overall care management.
• Verifying expected deaths within the community, supporting relatives and carers, and following organisational procedures.
• Providing dignified last offices and ensuring the safe and timely transfer of the deceased in accordance with community procedures.
• Communicating effectively with the Hospice at Home Team Lead, Clinical Nurse Manager, Hospice Doctors, GPs, District Nurses and other healthcare professionals regarding patient care.
• Escalating operational or clinical concerns appropriately, including during out‑of‑hours periods.
• Responding to patient, family and carer feedback, concerns and complaints, and supporting investigations where required.
• Safely administering, ordering and storing medicines in accordance with the NMC Standards for Medicines Management, while recognising and reporting any medication errors or omissions.

For a full list of duties and responsibilities, please refer to the Job Description.

What We Offer

• Company pension scheme (NHS pension retained if transferring from NHS)
• Continuous service recognised if transferring from NHS
• Health and wellbeing programme
• Employee Assistant Programme
• Free Parking
• DSE equipment and uniforms provided
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Ongoing learning and career development opportunities
• Blue Light Card membership

Join Our Team

If you are an experienced registered nurse who is passionate about delivering outstanding palliative and end‑of‑life care, we would love to hear from you. Apply today and become part of a dedicated team committed to supporting people with compassion, dignity and excellence when they need it most.

Rowans Hospice is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

For further information, please review the Job Description. To apply, please complete our online application form.

Apply now and make a difference!

Apply now and make a difference!

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