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Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care Senior Hospice at Home Nurse

The closing date is 17 November 2026

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Job summary

Senior Hospice at Home Nurse

Hours: 37.5 Hours per week - 11.5 hour shifts over a seven day rota

• Location: Watford & Hertsmere Locality but may be required to work within all RGP geographical localities

• Salary: Rennie Grove Peace Band 6- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum - pro rata

• Closing date: 17 November 2026 at 12 noon

• Interview date: 26 November 2026

You'll deliver and coordinate specialist palliative and end of life care to people in their own homes across the 7am to 9.30pm service, including responding to SOS calls.

You'll assess, plan and evaluate care autonomously within agreed plans and your own competence, working alone with the CNS and the coordination centre behind you, and you'll run a safe, well-organised shift.

This is an enhanced practice role and the place where RGP grows its future specialists.

Main duties of the job

• Carry out holistic assessment of patients and those close to them, and develop, deliver and evaluate individualised care plans.
• Deliver fundamental and complex specialist interventions in the home, including symptom management within the RGP medicines framework, syringe driver care and, once competent, verification of expected death.
• Respond to SOS and unplanned calls: assess, act within your competence, and escalate to the CNS, out of hrs advice line, or 111 when the situation needs decisions beyond your scope.
• Deliver hands-on care when it is right for the patient, including on crisis response and unplanned care visits.
• Communicate sensitive information with skill and care, supporting families before and after bereavement.
• Keep accurate, contemporaneous records and hand over clearly across shifts and services.
• Work autonomously within your competence and agreed plans, recognising the limits of your own competence and escalating appropriately.

About us

At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, our unique care provides a lifeline of compassion and support to patients, carers, and families facing progressive life-limiting illness. We provide palliative and end of life care support, including bereavement services, within Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire and our patient services are available to adults, as well as patients transitioning into adult services (16 to 25 years.)

Bereavement support is offered for all ages to families of patients and those around them, as well as throughout the community, in schools and workplaces. We are proud to offer care in the place that best suits the individuals needs, whether thats at home, in a care home, in a short stay in our inpatient unit, out in the community, or in our purpose-built Living Well Centre facilities. As a hospice care charity, we have offered this support, free of charge, for over 40 years.

Our staff team of 340+ includes a wide range of patient-facing disciplines plus operational support based in Watford, Tring, St Albans, Chalfont St Giles and Berkhamsted. The Charity is now one of the larger UK hospice charities, reaching a GP population of 797,037 of whom 75% live in Hertfordshire and 25% in Buckinghamshire.

Details

Date posted

29 October 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

NTX1247029

Job locations

Peace Drive

Watford

WD17 3PH

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Carry out holistic assessment of patients and those close to them, and develop, deliver and evaluate individualised care plans.
• Deliver fundamental and complex specialist interventions in the home, including symptom management within the RGP medicines framework, syringe driver care and, once competent, verification of expected death.
• Respond to SOS and unplanned calls: assess, act within your competence, and escalate to the CNS, out of hrs advice line, or 111 when the situation needs decisions beyond your scope.
• Deliver hands-on care when it is right for the patient, including on crisis response and unplanned care visits.
• Coordinate the shift: allocate visits, supervise HCAs, bank colleagues and students on duty, and handle service enquiries and referrals on nominated shifts.
• Handle initial concerns and complaints calmly, resolve what sits within your role, be open with patients and families when something has gone wrong and support the duty of candour conversation, and report concerns to your line manager in line with policy.

Please see the attached Job Description for full details

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Carry out holistic assessment of patients and those close to them, and develop, deliver and evaluate individualised care plans.
• Deliver fundamental and complex specialist interventions in the home, including symptom management within the RGP medicines framework, syringe driver care and, once competent, verification of expected death.
• Respond to SOS and unplanned calls: assess, act within your competence, and escalate to the CNS, out of hrs advice line, or 111 when the situation needs decisions beyond your scope.
• Deliver hands-on care when it is right for the patient, including on crisis response and unplanned care visits.
• Coordinate the shift: allocate visits, supervise HCAs, bank colleagues and students on duty, and handle service enquiries and referrals on nominated shifts.
• Handle initial concerns and complaints calmly, resolve what sits within your role, be open with patients and families when something has gone wrong and support the duty of candour conversation, and report concerns to your line manager in line with policy.

Please see the attached Job Description for full details

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (NMC) or Registered Paramedic (HCPC) with current registration
• Post-registration experience in a relevant setting (community, acute, long-term conditions, oncology or palliative care)
• Experience of coordinating a shift or caseload and of supervising or delegating to support staff
• Assesses, plans and evaluates care autonomously, and recognises when a situation needs escalation
• Communicates skilfully in emotionally demanding situations, including with people who are dying and those close to them
• Plans and prioritises a shift of visits across a locality, adjusting as demand changes
• Confident use of an electronic patient record and Microsoft 365
• Can show how they work in line with RGP's values: compassionate, supportive, inclusive and collaborative, with examples that match RGP's behavioural indicators.
• Recognises the limits of their own competence and escalates appropriately

Desirable

• Post-registration study in palliative care or a related area, or completion of an agreed module within 18 months with RGP support
• Practice supervisor or assessor preparation, with RGP support
• Experience of specialist palliative care; experience of audit or quality improvement; a champion or link role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (NMC) or Registered Paramedic (HCPC) with current registration
• Post-registration experience in a relevant setting (community, acute, long-term conditions, oncology or palliative care)
• Experience of coordinating a shift or caseload and of supervising or delegating to support staff
• Assesses, plans and evaluates care autonomously, and recognises when a situation needs escalation
• Communicates skilfully in emotionally demanding situations, including with people who are dying and those close to them
• Plans and prioritises a shift of visits across a locality, adjusting as demand changes
• Confident use of an electronic patient record and Microsoft 365
• Can show how they work in line with RGP's values: compassionate, supportive, inclusive and collaborative, with examples that match RGP's behavioural indicators.
• Recognises the limits of their own competence and escalates appropriately

Desirable

• Post-registration study in palliative care or a related area, or completion of an agreed module within 18 months with RGP support
• Practice supervisor or assessor preparation, with RGP support
• Experience of specialist palliative care; experience of audit or quality improvement; a champion or link role

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care

Address

Peace Drive

Watford

WD17 3PH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://renniegrovepeace.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care

Address

Peace Drive

Watford

WD17 3PH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://renniegrovepeace.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Recruitment Team

[email protected]

Details

Date posted

29 October 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

NTX1247029

Job locations

Peace Drive

Watford

WD17 3PH

United Kingdom

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