Job Description

North London Hospice is a registered charity, that has been caring for local people since 1984. The Community teams cover three London boroughs Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey.



We are looking for Band 5 Registered Nurses to join our dedicated and supportive inpatient unit team providing specialist palliative care to patients in our 15 bedded unit.



If you are an experienced Band 5 Nurse and feel passionate about holistic and individualised patient care, ideally with Palliative Care experience or would relish a new challenge, then we would love to hear from you.



What's more, we are committed to offering a healthy work/life balance, with accessible mental health support, an extensive range of lifestyle and health benefits and excellent training and development opportunities.

We offer a range of competitive benefits as follows:

Workplace Pension Scheme



Inner London supplement



27 days annual leave (with increase for length of service)



Life Assurance Scheme for eligible staff



Transfer of NHS pension scheme



On-site restaurant (applicable to those based at Finchley)



Fully funded health cash plan



Discounted cinema scheme, etc.



A wide range of learning opportunities



The IPU Registered Nurse is a member of the Inpatient Unit team providing holistic, individualised, high quality palliative care to all inpatients.



This includes the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care, supporting patients' families and friends, and working collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team. They assist the unit manager/s in supervision and training of junior staff and in service development issues. They act as the shift coordinator as required.

Whilst the position is site-specific, there may be occasions when the nurse is required to provide cross-site/service cover.



North London Hospice is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity, and we acknowledge that we currently have an underrepresentation from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people. North London Hospice job opportunities are open to all, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.



Since 1984 North London Hospice has been the leading provider of end-of-life care in North London, providing specialist care to people at home, in the community and on our Inpatient Unit in Finchley. Providing vital income for our charity are our 18 retail stores across North London, that, alongside our active fundraising team, generate much of the funds needed to run our services.



Every person at North London Hospice plays a role in supporting people to live their lives as well as they can for as long as they can. From our nursing, medical and clinical staff, patient and family support and health and wellbeing teams, cleaners & caterers to communications, finance, HR, retail and fundraising support - we all work to ensure exceptional care.



Having provided incredible palliative and end of life care to patients for nearly four decades, we pride ourselves on the dedication and quality that we can bring to any situation. We're passionate, caring and focused on ensuring that everyone under our care feels cared for and supported at one of the most important moments of their lives.



Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for more details and information on the role.