Education Sessions

Our education department are delivering the following sessions over the current academic year:

  • Advanced Syringe Driver and Palliative Care Emergencies
  • Recognising Dying and Non-Pharmacological Symptom Management
  • Verification of Expected Death
  • BD Bodyguard Syringe Driver Training
  • Advance Care Planning and Patient Centred Care
  • Pharmacological Symptom Management 
  • Enhancing Communication Skills in End of Life Care
  • Teaching Skills for Registered Staff (2 day course) 
  • Care Champion Training 

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We also deliver clinical skills training for our staff i.e. catheterisation – if you are interested in further information on clinical skills training, please send us an email.

Multidisciplinary End of Life Care - University Accredited Course

HLT6087 Level 6 / HLT7072 Level 7 - 20 credits

Suitable for existing nursing and health and social care professionals.

This advanced professional development course explores best practise in end of life care focussing on the importance of multi agency working.

To register your interest in this course, planned to start in September 2025, please complete this form.

Delivered by North Devon Hospice accredited by the University of Bolton.

Student Placements

 Kickstarting your career at North Devon Hospice

 

Working in healthcare is amazing, and we think that working in palliative care especially is so rewarding. We're happy to help those studying gain the right experience and take their career to the next level. 

At North Devon Hospice we welcome applications for student placements from those studying practical healthcare courses such as T-level, Adult Nursing, Nurse Associate and other degree level healthcare courses. We like to be able to offer time with our Bedded Unit team as well as our community-based services - Hospice to Home and Community Clinical Nurse Specialist teams - depending on capacity of dates requested.

If you would like to apply for a placement with us, please complete the following form, specifying the dates you are available and we will be in touch as soon as possible.

PLEASE NOTE: placement dates must be more than 14 days from the date of submission.

 

Talk to us 

Kirsty Jenkins

Clinical Education Coordinator

01271 347205

Email Kirsty

Sarah Laverty

Clinical Practice Educator

01271 347237

Email Sarah