Rotational Staff Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
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Role summary
This Rotational Staff Nurse role at East Cheshire Hospice involves providing high-quality palliative care to patients with life-limiting illnesses and their families. The nurse will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualised care plans, administer medications, and work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. The position requires offering emotional and practical support, maintaining accurate clinical records, and contributing to service development. The role also involves rotation to other hospice areas like Hospice@Home and the Sunflower Centre.
Essential criteria
- Excellent time management.
- Excellent communication.
- Ability and desire to work independently and within a team.
- Commitment towards various quality and professional standards.
- Experience of working in a similar environment.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of delivering holistic care.
- Experience of mentoring staff.
- Other
- Commitment to professional development Ability to work nights, weekends and bank holidays.
- Continuous access to your own car, with appropriate business use insurance cover.
- Registered Nurse
- Recognised post-registration Palliative Care Qualification
- Skills and knowledge
- Excellent time management.
- Excellent communication.
- Ability and desire to work independently and within a team.
- Commitment towards various quality and professional standards.
- Experience of working in a similar environment.
- Experience of delivering holistic care.
- Experience of mentoring staff.
- Other
- Commitment to professional development Ability to work nights, weekends and bank holidays.
- Continuous access to your own car, with appropriate business use insurance cover.
- Registered Nurse
- Recognised post-registration Palliative Care Qualification
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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East Cheshire Hospice
Rotational Staff Nurse
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
The purpose of this job role at East Cheshire Hospice is to provide high quality palliative care to meet the needs of both patients living with a life limiting illness and their families/carers in keeping with the aims, objectives and standards of East Cheshire Hospice.
Main duties of the job
- Provide compassionate and personcentred nursing care to patients with palliative and end-of-life care needs
- Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualised care plans.
- Administer medications and treatments in line with hospice policies and procedures.
- Work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team, including doctors, allied health professionals, and support staff.
- Offer emotional and practical support to patients and their families, ensuring a sensitive and empathetic approach.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date clinical records in accordance with professional and organisational standards.
- Contribute to the development and improvement of palliative care services within the hospice.
About us
East Cheshire Hospice has been caring for people living with life-limiting illnesses since 1988.
We put our patients, their carers or families at the centre of everything we do, and our expert medical treatment is only the start of the holistic care we provide.
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