Children's Palliative Nurse Specialist

Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust; Worcester; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A children's palliative care provider in Worcester is seeking a Children's Palliative Nurse Specialist to deliver holistic care for life-limited children. Responsibilities include assessing individual needs, managing symptoms, and supporting families. The ideal candidate will have relevant nursing experience and clinical leadership skills. The role offers a salary range of £41,500 to £45,000 per annum, along with various employee benefits and the opportunity to work within a supportive multi-disciplinary team.

Benefits

Employee discounts

Health cash plan

Gym membership

Bike2Work scheme

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Demonstrable relevant experience in palliative care.
• Ability to provide psychological support to parents of life-limited children.
• Experience with symptom management and end-of-life care.

Responsibilities

• Assess the care needs of life-limited and life-threatened children.
• Provide holistic care and facilitate palliative care training.
• Work collaboratively in multi-disciplinary meetings.

Skills

Clinical leadership skills

Ability to solve problems

Holistic assessment

Non-Medical Prescribing

Education

Registered Nurse

Non-Medical Prescribing or willing to undertake

Job description

Acorns Children's Hospice Trust are looking for a Children's Palliative Nurse Specialist to join our Three Counties Hospice, Worcester. Using your specialist clinical knowledge, you will assess the care needs and development of life-limited and life-threatened children and provide holistic care. You will facilitate and participate in the provision of palliative care training and research relevant to the development and delivery of the service.

Main duties of the job

• Holistically assess the situation and needs of children with life limiting conditions, inclusive of family needs
• Provide symptom management and end-of-life care/after-death care to children and young people with a range of complex health needs
• Provide psychological support to parents of life-limited children
• Work in partnership with children, families and carers to provide optimum outcomes for each child by acknowledging individual preferences and lifestyles.
• Work collaboratively with initiating, planning and facilitating multi-disciplinary discharge and care planning meetings.
• In the absence of the Clinical Lead, actively manage the service dealing with sickness and operational issues as they arise.
• Participate in the on-call rota to provide telephone clinical support, out of hours, across Acorns hospice sites and community team(s).
• Initiate and participate in research and audit relevant to development and delivery of the service.
• Facilitate and participate in the provision of training regarding palliative care for all grades of staff within and outside the service to ensure knowledge and skills are achieved to fulfil roles.

About You

• Non-Medical Prescribing(or willing to undertake)
• Demonstrable relevant experience in palliative care
• Clinical leadership skills
• Ability to solve problems acquiring and utilising information from diverse sources to identify problems, solutions evaluating and recommending and implementing actions

About us

Acorns provides care for babies, children and young people, who have life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. Our Palliative Clinical Nurse Specialists are part of a supportive, multi-disciplinary team delivering care packages that are tailored to each childs individual holistic needs and were structured so that youll simply have the time to care.

What We Offer

• £41,500 to £45,000 per annum
• 37.5 hours per week (3 x 12.5 hour shifts)
• Based in the Three Counties Hospice, Worcester (WR5 3EZ)
• Employee discounts from leading retailers including the Blue Light Card
• Discounts on refurbished tech
• Health cash plan
• Gym membership and equipment discount scheme
• Bike2Work scheme - save up to 42% on bikes and equipment
• Wellbeing, legal and financial support
• Generous contribution to group personal pension plan (7.5%) or continuation of current NHS pension scheme
• NHS pension scheme life assurance or Acorns group life assurance scheme

You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check for children and will be asked to provide two satisfactory references. In addition, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of immunisation against specific diseases or confirm their willingness to receive the necessary vaccinations.

Job responsibilities

Acorns Children's Hospice Trust are looking for a Children's Palliative Nurse Specialist to join our Three Counties Hospice, Worcester. Using your specialist clinical knowledge, you will assess the care needs and development of life-limited and life-threatened children and provide holistic care. You will facilitate and participate in the provision of palliative care training and research relevant to the development and delivery of the service.

About the Role

Acorns provides care for babies, children and young people, who have life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. Our Palliative Clinical Nurse Specialists are part of a supportive, multi-disciplinary team delivering care packages that are tailored to each childs individual holistic needs and were structured so that youll simply have the time to care.

As a Children's Palliative Nurse Specialist, you will:

• Holistically assess the situation and needs of children with life limiting conditions, inclusive of family needs
• Provide symptom management and end-of-life care/after-death care to children and young people with a range of complex health needs
• Provide psychological support to parents of life-limited children
• Work in partnership with children, families and carers to provide optimum outcomes for each child by acknowledging individual preferences and lifestyles.
• Work collaboratively with initiating, planning and facilitating multi-disciplinary discharge and care planning meetings.
• In the absence of the Clinical Lead, actively manage the service dealing with sickness and operational issues as they arise.
• Participate in the on-call rota to provide telephone clinical support, out of hours, across Acorns hospice sites and community team(s).
• Initiate and participate in research and audit relevant to development and delivery of the service.
• Facilitate and participate in the provision of training regarding palliative care for all grades of staff within and outside the service to ensure knowledge and skills are achieved to fulfil roles.

About You

• Non-Medical Prescribing(or willing to undertake)
• Demonstrable relevant experience in palliative care
• Clinical leadership skills
• Ability to solve problems acquiring and utilising information from diverse sources to identify problems, solutions evaluating and recommending and implementing actions

What We Offer

• £41,500 to £45,000 per annum
• 37.5 hours per week (3 x 12.5 hour shifts)
• Based in the Three Counties Hospice, Worcester (WR5 3EZ)
• Employee discounts from leading retailers including the Blue Light Card
• Discounts on refurbished tech
• Health cash plan
• Gym membership and equipment discount scheme
• Bike2Work scheme - save up to 42% on bikes and equipment
• Wellbeing, legal and financial support
• Generous contribution to group personal pension plan (7.5%) or continuation of current NHS pension scheme
• NHS pension scheme life assurance or Acorns group life assurance scheme

You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check for children and will be asked to provide two satisfactory references. In addition, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of immunisation against specific diseases or confirm their willingness to receive the necessary vaccinations.

As a UNICEF GoldRights Respecting organisation we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Childrens Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.

If you have any questions, please contact us at [e-mail]

Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here:Why Work for Acorns?

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse, Non-medical prescribing (or willing to undertake)
• Physical assessment skills

Experience

• Demonstrable relevant experience in palliative care

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.

£41,500 to £45,000 a yearplus additional enhancements for nights and weekends