Children's Palliative Care Nurse

Integrated Care System; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join East Anglia's Children's Hospices as a nurse to provide holistic care for young patients in a nurturing environment. This role involves delivering essential nursing care to children with palliative needs, leading shifts, and ensuring high-quality support for families across various settings. The position offers both full-time and part-time opportunities with competitive benefits, including NHS pension continuation and enhanced annual leave.

Benefits

Pool car provided for community work

Free onsite parking

Subsidised meals

NHS pension continuation

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

AVIVA pension package

Free eye tests

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Active NMC registration is essential.
• Experience in caring for young ones in palliative settings is crucial.
• Willingness to mentor or improve skills in this field.

Responsibilities

• Deliver holistic nursing care for children with palliative needs.
• Lead shifts and operational duties at the hospice.
• Coordinate care in home settings when required.

Skills

Caring for babies, children and young people

Knowledge of children's palliative care

Commitment to continuing professional development

Education

Current NMC registration with an active PIN

Job description

East Anglia Children's Hospices have an opportunity for a registered children's, adult or learning disabilities nurse to join our multidisciplined team at The Treehouse Hospice, Ipswich, to further their experience or develop skills working in children's palliative care. Full-time or part-time considered.

The successful applicant will deliver holistic nursing care and support to babies, children and young people with palliative and end of life care needs and their families. Lead and co-ordinate shifts and undertake day-to-day operational duties as required. You will be required to provide care in the hospice, in families' homes and occasionally across our other hospice localities; therefore, a full UK driving license and access to own vehicle is essential to this role.

Shift Pattern: Our service is provided in a 24/7, 365 day environment; shifts include weekend & bank holidays.

Our standard shift structure is 12 1/2 hour shifts (includes unpaid break):

• Day shift - 7:30am-8:00pm
• Night shift - 7:30pm-8:00am
• Homecare shift - in the community (hours vary)
• +30% Saturdays & Evenings
• +60% Sundays & Bank Holidays
• Competitive on-call rates

Main duties of the job

• Current NMC registration with an active PIN.
• Demonstrable experience of caring for babies, children or young people in an acute, community, palliative or complex needs setting.
• Knowledge of current legislation relating to babies, children and young people, including best practice in safeguarding children.
• Knowledge and understanding of children's palliative care and recent initiatives in children's health and social care.
• Mentor qualification or willingness to work towards it.
• Evidence of commitment to own continuing professional development.

About us

East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) ensures the best possible quality of life and makes every moment count for children and families across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk. Our family-centred approach includes specialist nursing care, symptom management nursing, short breaks, wellbeing activities, therapies, care at end of life, bereavement support, counselling & volunteer services in the family home; all meeting the individual needs of the child, young person & whole family.

In 2020, all three of our hospices were rated OUTSTANDING by the CQC.

We offer a comprehensive range of benefits:

• Pool car provided when working in the community
• Free onsite parking & subsidised meals at our hospices
• NHS pension - continuation if already contributing
• Enhanced Annual leave Entitlement - 27 days + 8 UK Bank Holidays
• AVIVA pension package up to 7% Employer Contribution including Life Assurance
• Free eye tests & cycle to work scheme

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact our HR department at [e-mail] who will put you in contact with the Hospice team.

EACH has a legal responsibility to ensure that its employees have the legal right to live & work in the UK. Therefore, if you are made an offer of employment, this will be subject to verification that you are eligible to work in the UK before you start work.

Please visit our website: www.each.org.uk for more information.

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration with an active PIN.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

East Anglia's Children's Hospices | EACH

£29,970 to £44,962 a yearFTE, dependent on experience