St. Luke’s Hospice Community Services is seeking experienced Registered Nurses to join our Bank team supporting hospice and community palliative care. This bank role provides flexible, on-call and ad-hoc shifts across our Basildon and Thurrock services to deliver high-quality, compassionate care to people with life-limiting conditions and their families.

Role Summary

Hospice Community Services are looking for a Registered Nurse to join our team of bank staff to work in the community. The post holder should be a Registered Nurse with post qualification experience working in palliative care or related specialities and experience of working in the community. Hospice Community Services aims to provide care in locality areas/neighbourhoods aligned with our community partners serving our local communities. The post holder will demonstrate excellent communication and negotiation skills as well as a sound knowledge base linked with holistic assessment and advanced care planning. They will be an effective team member whilst working autonomously as required. They will have a commitment to collaborative working actively supporting and liaising with other health, social and voluntary care professionals and agencies. The post holder will have responsibilities ensuring high quality care delivered across St. Luke’s Hospice Community Services supporting the patient journey to ensure appropriate and seamless care, working in liaison with all community and Hospice services. Hospice Community Services provides delivery of local community palliative care services over a 7-day week. Shift work will be required to cover the 24-hour period. The post holder will be required to have a full driving licence, use of a car with business car insurance, to visit patients in the community.