Band 6 Children's Palliative Nurse

Birmingham Community Health Care Nhs Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Birmingham Community Health Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking passionate nurses for its Children’s Palliative Care Nursing Service. The role focuses on quality of life and family support, delivering end-of-life care at home for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.

The successful candidate will provide professional support to the Children’s Community Nursing service and Rapid Response Teams, participate in on-call duties, and work within an experienced team to enhance

Qualifications

• Desirable experience in palliative care for children and young people.
• Ability to work collaboratively with families and multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic, child-centred palliative and end-of-life care at home.
• Support families with social, emotional, practical and nursing needs.
• Participate in on-call arrangements as part of the palliative care nursing team.

Skills

Palliative care

Paediatric nursing

End of life care

On-call

Education

Nursing registration (Children's/Nurse)

Job description

Our established, passionate, and dedicated Children's Palliative Care Nursing Service delivers high quality and holistic child centred care to CYP who require nursing interventions. Focus of care will be on quality of life, supporting the child/young person and family through their palliative care journey and end of life phase whilst in their own home. We require someone who is passionate about palliative care and can make a difference to the lives of children and young people (CYP) and their family. The post holder will be required to support families to ensure all aspects of social, emotional, practical, and nursing needs are met.

Be Part of Our Team...

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

The successful candidate will also be expected to provide professional support to the Children's Community Nursing service and Rapid Response Teams. The Palliative Care Service works alongside other Specialist Nursing Services including Children's Complex Care and Special School Nursing teams.

As part of the palliative care nursing team you will participate in the on call to provide end of life care to the children and young people requiring it If you have a passion for ensuring that CYP and their family are well supported at home during the palliative and terminal phase of their care and have the necessary knowledge and skills as identified in the person specification,

The successful candidate will also be expected to provide professional support to the Children's Community Nursing service and Rapid Response Teams. The Palliative Care Service works alongside other Specialist Nursing Services including Children's Complex Care and Special School Nursing teams. As part of the palliative care nursing team you will participate in the on call to provide end of life care to the children and young people requiring it If you have a passion for ensuring that CYP and their family are well supported at home during the palliative and terminal phase of their care and have the necessary knowledge and skills as identified in the person specification, This role will also enable you to further enhance your leadership and management skills within a supportive and experienced team. If you are registered Children's Nurse or Adult Nurse and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to be a team player, as well as the initiative to work autonomously and effectively this could be the challenge for you.

Are you READY for a new challenge? A new exciting opportunity has arisen for three additional skilled, motivated and compassionate nurses with relevant experience in caring for children with life threatening/limiting conditions., This role will also enable you to further enhance your leadership and management skills within a supportive and experienced team. If you are registered Children's Nurse or Adult Nurse and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to be a team player, as well as the initiative to work autonomously and effectively this could be the challenge for you.