Total 2 job vacancies by Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Do you have a passion for delivering holistic, patient centered compassionate care, and are motivated to make a difference? You can expect the offer of continued professional development to expand your skills and expertise within this role including leadership experience.

We have a vacancy in our team for a Band 6 Community Specialist Palliative Care nurse.

You will be joining a small team committed to managing palliative and end of life advice and support to patients and their families with complex needs who have life limiting illnesses.

We welcome applications from individuals aspiring to deliver excellent standards of care and who will positively contribute towards achieving an outstanding service.

The successful candidate will:
• Be able to work autonomously as well as being an active team member
• Be able to conduct a holistic assessment including symptom management discussions
• Be part of a patient focused team, working collaboratively with Integrated Care Teams, GP's, local hospices, and acute care colleagues.
• Work in partnership with family support therapists and psychologists to deliver complex psychological support.
• Attend monthly clinical supervision sessions to support practice
• Be experienced in using electronic records whilst mobile working (though support will be offered with this)
• Be offered a wide range of training opportunities including advanced communications training, psychological assessment skills and career progression coaching.
• Be flexible to meet the needs of the service
• Have a full valid driving license and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)

Interview - 1st October 2024

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff.

We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities.


Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision.


We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages.

We don’t want you to miss out so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now

You’ve made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we’re looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.
• Provide specialist palliative care advice and support to patients and their families who have life limiting illness and reside in North Hertfordshire, Stevenage and Royston areas, 7 days a week (including band holidays) 9-5pm. This could be in a clinic, virtually or in the patient’s home.
• Provide specialist palliative care advice and support to generalist nurses, care agencies, health and social care professionals including doctors and consultants, to ensure high quality individualised patient care. This will include support with education and training in conjunction with the band 7's in the team.
• Participate in triaging new referrals to the combined specialist palliative care services across East and North Hertfordshire, based at the integrated Care Co-ordination Centre at Abel Smith House in Stevenage.
• Work towards enhancing your palliative care skills including symptom control with the support of the band 7 team members.
• Work independently as an autonomous practitioner and as a member of a multidisciplinary team whilst being aware of your personal well being and professional boundaries.
• Maintain confidentiality at all times and manage information sensitively.
• Demonstrate discretion, dignity and respect when communicating with patients, colleagues and other agencies.
• Act as the patients’ advocate whenever necessary.

Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all its’ staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defense against COVID-19.

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This advert closes on Saturday 21 Sep 2024

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In HCT we know rehab matters. Join us to help continue to create opportunities for our patients and staff to excel with their rehabilitation goals.

We have a large community therapy team across a number of localities within East and North Hertfordshire who work with a variety of different patients. We are looking for a Occupational therapist to join our forward thinking and innovative team to continue to provide excellent rehabilitation to patients within their home environment.


The post holder has the opportunity to join the discharge home to assess service.

Discharge home to assess, assesses patient within the first 72 hours of discharge from hospital and provide up to 21 days rehabilitation.

The therapist will work alongside physiotherapists and therapy assistants, social workers, community nurses, GPs and care staff. Staff meet regularly for professional development and peer support, the post holder will have the opportunity to supervise and delegate tasks to junior staff and offer placements to occupational therapy students.

We are committed to supporting flexible working options for staff, wherever possible, and welcome discussions on flexible working patterns to support our staff to maintain a healthy work life balance.

Return to practice candidates are welcomed to apply.

This post is full time but applicants who wish to work part time or flexibly will also be considered.

The service runs 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 5pm at weekends. The post holder will be expected to contribute to the weekend rota.

The service covers both East and North Hertfordshire and the post holder may be expected at times to cover across all localities. Travel costs will be covered in line with our Travel and Expenses policy.

You must hold a full valid driving licence and have access to a car to use regularly for business purposes are essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

This post will close early if we reach the maximum amount of applications, early application is encouraged

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust.
You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff.
We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities
Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision
We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds .

In return, we can offer you:
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
• One of the UK's best pension schemes
• Special Leave for family and personal reasons
• NHS Car Lease Scheme (for substantive staff)
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Discount

We don’t want you to miss out so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now



To be part of an integrated health and social care team. To provide clinical leadership and support to the multidisciplinary team in providing care to avoid inappropriate admissions to hospital and support hospital discharge.
To provide assessments, and treatment, where required for vulnerable patients with potentially complex needs. To support patient-led goal working within the community.

Please see Job description and Personal Specification for more details.

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This advert closes on Friday 30 Aug 2024

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