Southern Area Hospice seek ‘pool of nurses’ for new Out of Hours service
Thanks to funding support, Southern Area Hospice Services are developing their Community Services with the launch of an out of hours, on-call nursing service.
The funding, which was provided by Department of Health’s Cancer Charities’ Support Fund, administered by the Community Foundation NI, is enabling the hospice services to take the next step in their strategic plan.
In preparation for commencement of the new service, Southern Area Hospice are now seeking to recruit a pool of nurses who will work as part of the Hospice Out of Hours Nursing Team.
The Out of Hours service will be provided at night – 365 days per year, from 10pm to 8am – in patients’ homes.
Nurses will be responsible for providing a nursing service to patients, who have a cancer diagnosis and are at end-of-life, as well as offering support for their families.
As this role will involve lone working in patients’ homes, candidates must have excellent standards of nursing care, be able to work on their own initiative and demonstrate good time management and organisation skills.
This is an opportunity to join a team which plays a key role in supporting the local community.
If this is something that you are interested in and are registered on part 1 of the NMC register with two years’ post registration experience, live within 50 minutes travelling time (measurable by Google Maps) of any address within the catchment area and meet the other criteria outlined in the Job Description, then they want to hear from you.
Recruitment and interviewing for this position are ongoing and shifts will be allocated based on availability.