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HALTON HAVEN HOSPICE is looking for employees for positions:
specialty doctor
specialty doctor
nurse
registered general nurse
finance officer
rgn
support worker
Working hours
permanent
Responsibility
to manage and prioritise time effectively, working with the team to ensure patient care is delivered in a timely manner
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Provide clinical care and supervision of patients in the Inpatient Unit and Day Therapy as required Work closely with and respect roles and skills of all members of the multi professional team To maintain accurate, comprehensive, and contemporaneous medical and multi professional records To ensure safe and effective prescribing following guidelines
to support the regular audit of prescribing and contribute to the review of prescribing guidelines Meet with families and carers as required Ensure effective communication with the patient, their family and the wider teams Contribute to the clinical supervision and training of junior medical staff To be resident on site during day sessions from 9am -5pm Monday Friday Conduct a daily ward round with the senior nurse when on call at weekend Participate in daily clinical handover and review To provide clinical advice by telephone to other healthcare professionals Participate in the first on call rota for Halton Haven Hospice over night and weekends To participate in any future developments involving cross-boundary working e.g., into the community or the hospital
to participate in clinical supervision EDUCATION/ LEARNING/DEVELOPMENT To take an active part in the specialist palliative care service education programme To maintain and develop skills in Palliative Medicine by participating in CME and maintaining an appropriate portfolio of evidence To maintain CPD Share skills and knowledge with others to assist in their professional development Contribute to the teaching of undergraduate medical students and junior doctors Undertake annual appraisal with designated appraiser and meet requirements for 5 yearly revalidations Attend and complete hospice mandatory training on an annual basis Positive contribution to raising the profile of the work of the Hospice locally and nationally including co-operating with fundraising and the charitable aims of the organisation AUDIT/ RESEARCH To take an active part in audit and attend regional and hospice audit meetings To encourage and support approved research projects Where appropriate to become actively involved in research projects under the guidance of the Medical Director GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES To act as a core member of the Specialist Palliative Care MDT for Halton
promote a culture which respects and values diversity, and support patients, visitors, and staff in exercising their rights
foster an environment and service which strives to reflect the diversity of individual needs within the Hospice
co-operate with staff and management in contributing to the responsible and efficient running of services Assisting in ensuring that clinical administration is kept up to date Participating in hospice and community meetings where appropriate Covering of medical colleagues where possible during periods of absences To adhere to clinical and management governance policies and procedures in all work settings
to follow all applicable rules and procedures relating to health and safety and universal precautions Be aware of obligations and statutory rights with regards to disciplinary and grievance procedure Undertake other duties required within the post which may necessitate helping other departments/ teams Complete mandatory training where it is applicable to the role in all settings Maintain full registration with General Medical Council Maintain fully subscribed membership of a recognised medical defence organisation Maintain business car insurance PROFESSIONAL FUNCTION To maintain training and knowledge about safeguarding issues for vulnerable adults and to support other staff in acting appropriately if safeguarding issues are raised