• Job Description

  Req#: B0507-VC237?language=en&page=682&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Are you a Registered Nurse, passionate about Palliative and End of Life care and looking for a new challenge?

  We are looking for someone who holds a high amount of empathy and compassion, and who can make a real difference not only to our patients but to their family and support network.

  22.5 hours a week, working a variety of shift patterns including nights, lates, earlies, Bank Holidays and weekends on a planned rota basis.

  Please note: we are not part of the NHS and regrettably we do not hold a licence to enable visa sponsorship

  Main duties of the job

  As a member of our team you will have excellent opportunities for training and development to enable you to expand your skills within Palliative and End of Life Care.

  You will be responsible for providing symptom management and complex end of life care to patients living with life limiting conditions. You will be able to make a real difference to peoples lives every single day, supporting our patients and their families.

  You will also be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence based patient care and for providing invaluable support to the patients family.

  About You

  You will be a Registered Nurse with current NMC registration, who is able to demonstrate a commitment to their own CPD.

  You will have excellent clinical skills and experience and be able to work under supervision and on your own initiative to provide the highest standards of care and support to your patients and their families.

  You will have good communication skills, with sound experience of symptom management gained with a Hospice/Hospital or Nursing Home environment.

  You will be willing to learn new skills and expression to develop your own practices.

  About us

  Mountbatten Hampshire is part of the Mountbatten Group, and its sister Hospice is Mountbatten Isle of Wight.

  We pride ourselves on providing expert care and support to our communities across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, who are facing death, dying and bereavement.

  Our vision at Mountbatten is of a world where all dying people and those closest to them, have access to expert care of the highest quality, provided by compassionate and professional teams.

  Our Values

  We care about what we do. We appreciate that people are different and we are kind and compassionate to our patients and families, to our local community and to each other

  We are experts in our field. We are professional at all times, aspiring to be the best that we can be in everything that we do

  We are innovative and bold. We respond quickly and creatively to the changing needs of our society within the scope of our human and financial resources

  We respect our community. We exist for our local population, now and into the future, and we believe that we can achieve more together by working in partnership with others

  Details

  Date posted

  19 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Other

  Salary

  £18,489 to £22,504 a year Mountbatten Band 5 (£30,815-£38,508 FTE)

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  B0507-VC237

  Job locations

  Botley Rd

  West End

  Southampton

  Hampshire

  SO30 3JB

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Overview of Role

  To ensure the highest standards of individualised care for patients with life threatening diseases including providing support to their families and carers in a safe, friendly and efficient environment.

  To communicate with patients, families and carers in a sensitive and empathetic way maintaining effective communication with multi-disciplinary team members. To work part of a multi professional team with professional shared learning under the supervision and guidance of nurses and medical teams.

  Although based on our Inpatient Unit, post holders may occasionally be required to work in other teams to ensure adequate staffing levels and to gain experience of the wider hospice delivery of care (e.g. Community Setting and Hazel Centre)

  Key Tasks

  To provide the highest standards of care to patients.

  To lead on and coordinate assessment, planning and evaluation of individualised patient centred care.

  Ensure that you always act in the patients best interests, taking personal responsibility for actions and decisions taken.

  Provide a holistic approach to all care provisions provided that is both sensitive and responsive to the patients ever changing needs.

  To provide out of hours specialist advice by telephone to patients, carers and allied professionals as required, alerting them to any significant matters.

  Give and receive regular reposts on the progress of patients, reporting immediately any changes in the patients condition to the senior nurse/medical personnel as duty as required.

  ~~~Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full duties and responsibilities of this role~~~

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Overview of Role

  To ensure the highest standards of individualised care for patients with life threatening diseases including providing support to their families and carers in a safe, friendly and efficient environment.

  To communicate with patients, families and carers in a sensitive and empathetic way maintaining effective communication with multi-disciplinary team members. To work part of a multi professional team with professional shared learning under the supervision and guidance of nurses and medical teams.

  Although based on our Inpatient Unit, post holders may occasionally be required to work in other teams to ensure adequate staffing levels and to gain experience of the wider hospice delivery of care (e.g. Community Setting and Hazel Centre)

  Key Tasks

  To provide the highest standards of care to patients.

  To lead on and coordinate assessment, planning and evaluation of individualised patient centred care.

  Ensure that you always act in the patients best interests, taking personal responsibility for actions and decisions taken.

  Provide a holistic approach to all care provisions provided that is both sensitive and responsive to the patients ever changing needs.

  To provide out of hours specialist advice by telephone to patients, carers and allied professionals as required, alerting them to any significant matters.

  Give and receive regular reposts on the progress of patients, reporting immediately any changes in the patients condition to the senior nurse/medical personnel as duty as required.

  ~~~Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full duties and responsibilities of this role~~~

  Person Specification

  Abilities

  Essential

  • Able to work shift patterns on a rota basis including nights, weekend, bank holidays
  • Able to make effective use of available resources to benefit the patients and Mountbatten
  • Ability to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations

  Other

  Essential

  • Physical capable carrying out manual handling duties as required by this role
  • Be prepared to assist with Hospice fundraising
  • Support and adopting of Mountbattens Values

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of dealing with vulnerable adults in a care setting
  • Experience of working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams and the ability to form good working relationships at all levels
  • Awareness of palliative care issues
  • Experience of working in a Hospital/Hospice care setting

  Skills

  Essential

  • Understand specific needs of patients requiring palliative or end of life care
  • Demonstrate commitment to the patients right to be involved in decision making relating to their health care and ensuring decisions are understood by care teams
  • Ability to be an effective advocate for the patient with multi-disciplinary teams across all healthcare settings
  • Able to effectively manage own time and case load

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • 1st Level Register Nurse with current NMC registration
  • Revalidation of NMC Registration
  • Demonstrate commitment to continuing professional development
  • Clinically up to date in general nursing care

  Person Specification

  Abilities

  Essential

  • Able to work shift patterns on a rota basis including nights, weekend, bank holidays
  • Able to make effective use of available resources to benefit the patients and Mountbatten
  • Ability to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations

  Other

  Essential

  • Physical capable carrying out manual handling duties as required by this role
  • Be prepared to assist with Hospice fundraising
  • Support and adopting of Mountbattens Values

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of dealing with vulnerable adults in a care setting
  • Experience of working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams and the ability to form good working relationships at all levels
  • Awareness of palliative care issues
  • Experience of working in a Hospital/Hospice care setting

  Skills

  Essential

  • Understand specific needs of patients requiring palliative or end of life care
  • Demonstrate commitment to the patients right to be involved in decision making relating to their health care and ensuring decisions are understood by care teams
  • Ability to be an effective advocate for the patient with multi-disciplinary teams across all healthcare settings
  • Able to effectively manage own time and case load

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • 1st Level Register Nurse with current NMC registration
  • Revalidation of NMC Registration
  • Demonstrate commitment to continuing professional development
  • Clinically up to date in general nursing care

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Mountbatten Hampshire

  Address

  Botley Rd

  West End

  Southampton

  Hampshire

  SO30 3JB

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.mountbatten.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Mountbatten Hampshire

  Address

  Botley Rd

  West End

  Southampton

  Hampshire

  SO30 3JB

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.mountbatten.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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