Have you ever wondered what it’s like working as a nurse in a hospice?
With demand for palliative and end of life care expected to soar in the next decade, what could your role in its future be?
Come and join us for a taster day, as we provide a peek into the future of palliative care nursing and everything it offers. Giving you the opportunity to develop your skills in end of life care whilst discovering the merits of working at a hospice.
For anyone who’s thought about what the future of palliative care might look like and what part they could play in it, this day is for you
Maaike Vandeweghe, Senior Educationalist at St Christopher’s CARE
By 2035, people over 85 year-olds are projected to account for almost half of all deaths in the UK meaning an escalation in the demand for palliative and end of life care
This immersive and information-packed taster day is an ideal opportunity for any nurse or nursing associate to come and discover what palliative and end of life care really means in a hospice and the wide variety of nursing roles at the heart of that care.
Nurses who attend will be given a full tour of the hospice and its extensive and diverse range of support and services. As well as visiting the in-patient unit, attendees will also get a taste of some of the practical clinical skills in essential workshops covering wound care and syringe driver use, for example – all in the fantastic facilities of the new education centre, St Christopher’s CARE.
An overview of the latest developments in palliative care will be complemented by the chance to experience some of the many therapies provided at St Christopher’s, including acupuncture and Namaste.
‘Speed-dating’ with St Christopher’s nurses working both on the wards and in the community, at all stages of their career, will provide attendees with the chance to hear first-hand from clinical colleagues what it’s really like to work in a hospice and about the prospects for career progression.
Introduction to:
This Taster Day welcomes all nurses and nursing associates interested in working in palliative and end of life care.
Amanda Mayo, Care Director, St Christopher’s Hospice
Mandy Piper-Killick, Director of People and Organisational Development, St Christopher’s Hospice
Anne Nash, Consultant Nurse, St Christopher’s Hospice
Maaike Vandeweghe, Senior Educationalist, St Christopher’s CARE
Nigel Dodds, Consultant Nurse, St Christopher’s Hospice
Mary Watson, Clinical Nurse Specialist, St Christopher’s Hospice
Katie Grace, Clinical Team Lead, St Christopher’s Hospice
9.30: Registration
10.00: Welcome and opening remarks
10.15: Palliative care reconsidered – an introduction to the Lantern Model, a new model of palliative and end of life nursing
10.45: Recognising dying and care of the dying patient
11.15: Coffee
11.30: Medication commonly used at end of life
12.15: Health and wellbeing strategy
12.45: Next steps
13.15: Lunch
14.00: Explore and network, workshops:
15.00: Throughout the afternoon nurses can find out more about the education, therapies, and community action programme in series of exhibitions and experiential displays. They’ll also be ‘Speed Dating’ with St Christopher’s nurses.
16:00: Taster Day close
If you have any questions about this or any of our other courses, please contact the Education team who will be happy to help
At St Christopher's, a registered charity, it is important for us to maximise any surpluses to reinvest in the objectives of the charity.
Unfortunately, the manner in which we undertake our training currently means we are not able to invest as much of our surplus as possible, therefore from the 1 December 2017, St Christopher’s Education Centre will charge VAT at the standard rate on our training courses, the reason for this change in pricing is twofold:
i) We want to be able to reinvest any surpluses made from training back into all of our charitable objectives rather than only Education
ii) We want to be able to reclaim the VAT on costs relating to developing and running the training courses
