Senior Hospice at Home Nurse

Job Advert Skip to main content Cookies on NHS Jobs We've put some small files called cookies on your device to help us make improvements to our site. To improve our site we'd also like to use cookies which will send information to Google Analytics. You can read more about our cookies before you choose. Accept analytics cookies Do not accept analytics cookies Jobs Menu Sign in Create an account English Cymraeg Menu Close menu Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) BETA Your feedback will help us to improve this service. Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care Senior Hospice at Home Nurse The closing date is 17 November 2026 Apply for this job 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 d