Job description

Job responsibilities

About the role

Southern Hospice Group (St Barnabas House and Martlets Hospice) providespecialist palliative care to adults in the our local area, through a range of services, including in-patient care and communityservices. This is an exciting time to join our hospice group, as we develop our Patient & Family Support Team. We are looking for an experienced, qualified counsellor who is registered with the BACP. As part of our team you will support our patients and their loved ones whilst in our care, and during bereavement. The role requires adaptable and responsive individuals, with a passion for specialist palliative care. You will have experience of working both individually and in a group setting. You will also be required to contribute to the development of services provided by an established and vibrant multi-professional team.

You'll be

A consummate professional who is able to practice with confidence and autonomy, as part of the Patient & Family Support Team and wider hospice multi-disciplinary group. You will provide specialist 1:1 interventions for our patients, and their families/carers, both pre and post bereavement.

About us

Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK.We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children and their families across Sussex. Bringing our teams and resources together as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce.

St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living well services.

Chestnut Tree Houseis the childrens hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.

Martlets provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.

Benefits

• Company pension scheme
• Up to 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• On-site education support and study leave opportunities
• Option to access Bupa and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less
• Free parking, subsidised meals and various social activities
• Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Death in Service

We warmly welcome applications from all sections of our community. We also invite applications from suitably experienced people for all industry sectors who can demonstrate the skills, ability and enthusiasm to work with a people-centric organisation like ours.

Artificial intelligence (AI)

Your application and interview should give us an accurate and authentic picture of your skills and experiences. Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

Before you submit an application, we will ask you to confirm the information you provide is true and accurate.Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high.

Some of our roles aresubject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it may be necessary for a disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Diploma or advanced Diploma in Counselling qualified at Level 4 and above
• Demonstrable post qualification experience
• Registered with BACP, UKCP, NCS or similar professional body and working toward accreditation
• Evidence of Continual Professional Development and education

Experience

Essential

• Effective IT and computer literacy with working knowledge of Microsoft Office and electronic patient records
• Demonstrable experience of working with individuals experiencing loss and bereavement.
• Experience of working effectively with groups in a therapeutic setting.
• Experience of working effectively with clients virtually, face-to-face and over the telephone.

General Requirements

Essential

• Please refer to job description above

Desirable

• Please refer to job description above

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

Southern Hospice Group

Address

St Barnabas House

Titnore Lane

Worthing

BN12 6NZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.stbarnabas-hospice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

This role supports the provision of palliative care to children, young people and families living with a life limited condition across Sussex and South East Hampshire. Palliative care includes the provision of respite breaks, enabling children opportunities to have fun, make memories adding life to shortened years.

The hospice delivers end of life care to a small number of children, working with specialist teams providing training and advice to manage childrens symptoms effectively. You will work as part of a large team comprising of clinical staff, activities coordinators and the child and family support team.

The team accept referrals from professionals when a child has died suddenly in the community. This means that counsellors might be supporting bereaved families in a range of sudden death circumstances.

Person Specification

Additional Requirements

Essential

• Full driving licence and own transport
• Ability to work flexibly and independently

Experience

Essential

• Extensive post qualifying experience including bereavement work Extensive experience of working within a community setting.
• Experience of working with adults and children
• Experience of working in a palliative care or health care setting

Desirable

• Experience of working in a palliative care or health care (desirable)

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified Counsellor/ Psychotherapist accredited with BACP, UKCP or BPS

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

Southern Hospice Group

Address

Chestnut Tree House

Dover Lane

Poling

Arundel

West Sussex

BN18 9PX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.stbarnabas-hospice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

This role supports the provision of palliative care to children, young people and families living with a life limited condition. Palliative care includes the provision of respite breaks, enabling children opportunities to have fun and make memories adding life to shortened years. You will provide high quality, holistic, family centred and compassionate care whilst meeting the complex clinical needs of the children in our care. The hospice delivers end of life care to a small number of children, working with specialist teams providing training and advice to manage childrens symptoms effectively. You will work as part of a large team comprising of clinical staff, activities coordinators and the child and family support team.

Key duties and responsibilities include:

Be integral in supporting patient safety and driving high quality, evidence-based care across the care team.

Work as a shift lead, ensuring appropriate allocation of patients, providing support to junior staff where needed.

Be a role model to the team, demonstrating a high level of professional behaviours, clinical skills and professional curiosity and management of risk.

Support the professional development of the clinical team, including teaching, providing feedback and fostering professional growth.

Work with the senior management team to support effective change management.

Participate in quality governance processes including audit and contributing to workstreams such as safeguarding, transition, medicines management.

Support engagement with colleagues within and beyond the hospice.

Participate in the delivery of high-quality nursing care to children and young people who receive respite and end of life care at the hospice.

Provide clinical nursing assessment, robust care planning and evaluation of care.

Participate in the training and development opportunities and frameworks provided by the hospice education team.

Use clinical judgment to manage the deteriorating patient, following care plans, escalation of care and the use of patient safety tools.

Work within your scope of practice and clinical competence, asking for help from managers or external professionals when appropriate.

Advocate for the child and young person and their families, supporting and promoting decisions, choices and best interests.

Work as part of a team, providing support and supervision to students and junior members of staff.

Ensure the holistic care of children and young people, by liaising with and referring to the wider support teams within the hospice.

Provide end of life care to children or young people staying at the hospice.

Provide assessment of children who are end of life ensuring symptoms are controlled, liaising with the specialist palliative care teams as required.

Ensure exemplary communication skills and participate in the MDT planning of children's care.

Maintain accurate contemporaneous patients records as per hospice policy and NMC framework.

Follow all hospice safeguarding policies and procedures ensuring escalation of safeguarding concerns in a timely manner.

Engage in clinical supervision to support own personal and professional development and engage in the facilitation of this for registered and non-registered members of the care team.

Work as part of a rota to meet the 24/7 needs of the service.

Occasionally work as part of an on call.

Work within the code of the NMC at all times.

Support and drive the team to ensure the strategic objectives of the hospice and care strategy are delivered.

Demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical risk and ensure appropriate mitigations are in place.

Support young people as they transition to adult services.

Undertake driver and poolside training to enable children and young people to experience the full range of hospice activities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RNC or RN Adult or RN LD registration.
• 3-year post registration experience.

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of continued professional
• development.
• Ability to manage a small clinical team.
• Excellent clinical skills and knowledge.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and can
• communicate effectively with children,
• families and professionals.
• Demonstrate the values of the hospice and
• inspire this behaviour in others.
• Ability to present information written and
• orally in a clear and logical manner.
• Experience of supporting junior members of
• staff and students.
• Experience and confident in managing child
• and adult safeguarding concerns.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Essential

• Excellent time management and organisational skills.
• Competent IT skills.
• Able to travel across various sites where applicable.
• IV competency.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team, contributing constructively to team objectives.
• Ability to consistently demonstrate the organisational values.
• Ability to build partnerships and work across organisational boundaries.

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

Southern Hospice Group

Address

Chestnut Tree House

Dover Lane

Arundel

West Sussex

BN18 9PX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.stbarnabas-hospice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)