Auxiliary Nurse - Lymphoedema - 22.5 hours per week

Organisation: St Oswald's Hospice

Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne

Salary: £23,241 - £24,991 per annum full time which is £13,944 - £14,994 pro rata

Job Type: 22.5 hours per week (Monday, Tuesday and Friday)

Closing Date: 2024-05-13 23:59:00

Reference: Auxiliary Nurse - Lymphoedema - 22.5 hours per week

We are currently looking for enthusiastic and motivated full time Healthcare Professionals who are looking to develop their knowledge and skills in a specialist field.

St Oswald’s Hospice Lymphoedema Service provides high quality care for people with Lymphoedema, palliative care patients with oedema as a symptom of their advanced disease and children with Lymphoedema.

We provide specialist assessment and management of Lymphoedema for people who live in Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Gateshead and South Tyneside. Care is delivered across a range of settings at St Oswalds Hospice as well as in our community outreach clinics, hospital wards and patients homes.

We can offer you:

  • Pleasant working environment within a multidisciplinary team.
  • Hours to be worked over Monday to Friday, you will not be required to work nights or weekends.
  • Good staffing levels.
  • Membership of the NHS pension scheme transferable.
  • 27 days annual holiday per annum plus bank holidays.
  • Free car parking and excellent public transport links.
  • Opportunity to develop knowledge and skills in Lymphoedema.

A valid UK driving licence and access to a car is essential for this role.

If you’d like to get a feel for the place, we’d love you to come for a look around.

If you would like to download a detailed job description and person specification, please click here.

If after reading the job description you require further information please contact Matron Kath Clark on kathclark@stoswaldsuk.org or Senior Sister Jill Lisle on jilllisle@stoswaldsuk.org or call 0191 285 0063.

You must have existing right to work in the UK for this role.

This position will be subject to an Enhanced check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).

Watch ‘Our Story’ here to find out more about St Oswald’s Hospice.

Want to check out the benefits of working for St Oswald’s Hospice? Watch our short video or download a PDF here.

Want to find out more about why working in a Hospice could be the best job you’ve ever had?

Hospice UK have put together this short video which highlights many benefits of working in a Hospice by sharing the views of hospice professionals and what working in a hospice means to them. This video has been filmed with clinical care team members but we think it gives you a great idea what it’s like to work in a hospice in a non-clinical role too!

Closing Date: Monday 13th May 2024

Interview date: Tuesday 21st May 2024

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time if we receive a high volume of applications or if a suitable candidate is found.

 

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St Oswald’s Hospice is committed to equity and diversity and is an inclusive employer. We welcome applications from people of all ages, disability/non-disability, ethnicities, genders, religions, sexualities, transgender status, and cultural backgrounds.

We are a Disability Confident Leader and will offer interviews to candidates who request to be considered under the disability confident scheme and meet the minimum requirements of the person specification.

Please note in situations where we experience high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, we will endeavour to meet this commitment but may have to limit the overall number of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to the Disability Confident website.

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