Job Description

North London Hospice is a registered charity that has been caring for local people since 1984. We are committed to empowering patients with life limiting illnesses, supporting them to achieve the best quality of life possible. As well as our inpatient unit at Woodside Avenue, we work within the wider community including our Outpatient and Wellbeing services; our support to patients in their own homes; our Community Specialist Palliative Care services ; and our Patient and Family Support teams, providing emotional and practical support to patients, their families and carers.



The Palliative Care Team provides holistic, skilled, high-quality palliative care to all hospice patients both as inpatients and across the community.



Responsible for implementing and maintaining high standards of clinical and emotional care for individual patients in their own home, providing skilled care, advice and support to patients and their carers. This role involves lone working and majority of work is at night, in patients own homes.



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.



As an organisation, 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, and hence, we offer the following range of competitive benefits:



Competitive rates of pay



Generous annual leave



Transfer of NHS pension scheme



Pension - Employer contribution pension scheme



Access to clinical supervision



Fully funded Health Cash Plan



Life Assurance cover



Flexible/Hybrid Working



A range of opportunities for professional learning and development



Access to our 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)



Travel incentives



Family friendly and special leave



A supportive and collaborative work environment



Blue Light Scheme membership and carers' discounts



Social events throughout the year and much more...



Detailed job description and main responsibilities



Please review the attached job description and person specification for more details on the role and type of individual who would suit the post.



We reserve the right to interview candidates who are most suited to this post before the closing date.



North London Hospice is an equal opportunities employer and a proud member of the Disability Confident Employer Scheme. 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.