Inpatient Unit Staff Nurse

• To undertake a holistic needs assessment that explores individual patients and their carers/families physical, emotional, spiritual, practical, welfare right and if appropriate the families pre and post bereavement needs, using a variety of tools to support the process. • To be able to develop, update and monitor the individualised care plans ensuring they are patient centred and support the identified patient needs. • To be able to deliver both generalist basic and complex specialist nursing care interventions that is responsive to the individual patients requirements. • To be able to communicate highly sensitive and often contentious information, ensuring patients and their families/carers are adequately supported. • To be able to demonstrate through documentation, and verbal communication the care undertaken and patient outcomes. • To participate in keeping accurate and legible records in accordance with existing practice and procedure at the Peace Hospice. To be aware of the legal requirements associated with keeping such records. • To be an active member of the MDT contributing to the presentation, decision making of the patients care planning. • To be able to communicate effectively to own team, extended team and outside agencies, ensuring continuity of care is maintained across the different care settings/ home. • To take charge of the Inpatient Unit shift in the absence of the IPU Team Lead. • To regularly attend service meetings, team meetings and other intra hospice meetings, ensuring information is cascaded to colleagues accordingly. Job description Job responsibilities • To undertake a holistic needs assessment that explores individual patients and their carers/families physical, emotional, spiritual, practical, welfare right and if appropriate the families pre and post bereavement needs, using a variety of tools to support the process. • To be able to develop, update and monitor the individualised care plans ensuring they are patient centred and support the identified patient needs. • To be able to deliver both generalist basic and complex specialist nursing care interventions that is responsive to the individual patients requirements. • To be able to communicate highly sensitive and often contentious information, ensuring patients and their families/carers are adequately supported. • To be able to demonstrate through documentation, and verbal communication the care undertaken and patient outcomes. • To participate in keeping accurate and legible records in accordance with existing practice and procedure at the Peace Hospice. To be aware of the legal requirements associated with keeping such records. • To be an active member of the MDT contributing to the presentation, decision making of the patients care planning. • To be able to communicate effectively to own team, extended team and outside agencies, ensuring continuity of care is maintained across the different care settings/ home. • To take charge of the Inpatient Unit shift in the absence of the IPU Team Lead. • To regularly attend service meetings, team meetings and other intra hospice meetings, ensuring information is cascaded to colleagues accordingly.