Childrens Hospice Nurse Grade 4 (Equiv. to Band 6)

NHS; Chipping Barnet; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Chipping Barnet is seeking a Children's Hospice Nurse (Grade 4) to provide specialized care for children with life-limiting conditions. The successful candidate will join an award-winning team, providing 24/7 support in the community and hospice setting, focusing on compassionate care and leadership in a multidisciplinary environment. Experience in palliative care and team management is essential. Competitive salary and a joining bonus are offered.

Benefits

Joining bonus of £5,000 over 3 years

Competitive salary

Ongoing training and support

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years post-registration experience including working with life-limiting conditions.
• Experience in a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to provide direct management support to Band 5 and support staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality care to children with life-limiting conditions.
• Lead and support a nursing team with effective training.
• Deliver on-call symptom management for families.

Skills

Palliative care experience

Leadership

Clinical communication

Team management

Care for children with complex needs

Mentorship skills

Education

Registered Sick Children Nurse

Teaching qualification or willingness to undertake mentorship training

Job description

Overview

Children's Hospice Nurse Grade 4 (Equiv. to Band 6). You’ll be an experienced Band 5 nurse with palliative care experience or a Band 6 (Equivalent) nurse already working in palliative care, with at least one year experience caring for children with complex care needs. You’ll have experience managing a nursing team or supporting students, junior staff nurses or support workers. You’ll be able to work collaboratively, lead a multi-skilled team, or demonstrate leadership with support from a lead nurse. You’ll share our core values of kindness, excellence and courage and support the mission to be there for children and families.

Main duties of the job

We’re expanding our team and are looking for more Nurses to join Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice. You’ll be joining an award-winning, certified Outstanding team, who empower children and families to experience as much life as possible.

As a member of the Noah’s Ark Nurse and Specialist Care team, you’ll place the experience of children and families at the heart of all you do. You’ll understand each child’s care needs and what’s important to them, treating each child as an individual. You’ll focus on what children can do and support them to experience things they may not have thought possible.

Care may be provided at our state-of-the-art building, The Ark, or out in the community, enabling parents and carers to take time for themselves. The hours of care you’ll provide will make a huge difference and create choice for families.

You’ll join our experienced nursing team to provide a 24/7 on-call symptom assessment/management service for babies, children and young people at The Ark and in the community.

Your commitment to children and families will extend to end-of-life care. You’ll be a guiding, reassuring presence for families, elevating anxiety and working with other healthcare professionals to maximise comfort. You’ll deliver essential symptom management and support the choice of preferred place of care and death.

During this time, you’ll treat each child and family as an individual, taking time to understand what is important to them and helping to create memories for as good a death as possible.

You’ll be a natural and experienced leader, delivering high-quality and effective training to other team members and family members. You’ll provide direct line management support to Band 5 equivalent Nurses and Band 3 & 4 equivalent Specialist Carers.

About us

We exist to help babies, children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, and their families, make the most of every day. Our mission is to enable those we support to enjoy life as children, not patients; as families, not just as carers. We listen to families and tailor our services to each individual from diagnosis onward.

Our help is available wherever needed. Our expert staff and trained volunteers can provide support in a family’s home, in the community, or at our Ark building in Barnet. We collaborate with key NHS Trusts and other care providers to deliver the best support to children and families.

Job responsibilities

At Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice we need paediatric nurses to help babies, children and young people who are seriously unwell make the most of every day. You’ll be based in The Ark – a new building in a north London nature reserve, a place of laughter, play and real connection with a supportive and inclusive atmosphere.

With talented colleagues, we’re changing the landscape for paediatric palliative care in north and central London, as well as Herts Valley. As part of our Specialist Care Team, you will care for children staying with us at The Ark and those visiting for day care. Providing families with choice is central to Noah’s Ark’s care model, so you will also support children in their family homes and in community settings.

ABOUT YOU

You will be either an experienced Band 5 paediatric nurse wanting to take a step upwards, or an experienced Band 6 nurse seeking to apply your skills in the hospice sector. You will have excellent clinical and communication skills, be creative and want to make a positive difference to the charity.

Kindly see attached job description for more information about this opportunity.

In addition, an enhanced DBS disclosure with Child Barring will be required for this post. Our recruitment checks, induction, ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding the families we support.

Noahs Ark Children's Hospice is a Disability Confident employer

Part of our commitment is to interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for a job vacancy, and consider them based on their abilities.

Our Diversity Council is working hard to construct positive changes within our organisation, and we particularly welcome applications from groups under-represented in our staff.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Please submit your application as early as possible.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Sick Children Nurse or Registered Nurse Child Branch
• Relevant post-qualification experience at staff nurse band 5 level
• Teaching qualification e.g. Mentorship SSSA or equivalent or willingness to undertake qualification
• Experience in supporting students on placement as a practice supervisor or practice assessor

Skills / Knowledge / Experience

• At least 2 years post-registration experience, including a minimum of one year nursing children with life-limiting, life-threatening, or complex medical needs
• Demonstration of palliative care experience nursing children with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions including children with special needs
• Previous team nursing management experience or experience supporting students, junior staff nurses or support workers
• Experience in leading a multiskilled workforce or team or evidence of leadership with support from a lead nurse
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working with children with tracheostomies and/or long-term ventilation
• Experience with IV line care and therapies including parenteral nutrition
• Excellent clinical and mentoring support skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, transferable across professional and family settings
• Ability to plan and deliver clinical training opportunities to registered and non-registered colleagues
• Ability to critically analyse research findings and promote relevant findings in clinical practice
• Ability to work independently and within a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to assess, develop, implement, deliver and evaluate programmes of care across the hospice and community settings
• Good organisational, planning and time management skills with ability to adapt and reprioritise on short notice
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Behavioural / Personal

• Respect for and understanding of the wide variety of roles within the multidisciplinary team
• Diplomacy and advocacy with families, external agencies and within Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice
• Ability to work within a palliative care environment
• Positive, proactive, enthusiastic, flexible, innovative and creative thinking
• Ability to meet targets and deadlines
• Enthusiastic approach to help Noah’s Ark achieve its objectives
• Reliability and a track record of dependability
• Ability to use supervision and personal support systems appropriately
• Ability to work flexibly around the 24/7 service needs, including end-of-life care and on-call rota
• Live Noahs Ark values of kindness, courage and excellence
• Enhanced DBS check
• Willingness to undergo immunisation checks where applicable
• Full UK driving licence
• Provide evidence of right to work in the UK

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires an DBS disclosure check.

Salary: £43,599 to £48,048 a year. Joining Bonus £5,000 over 3 years, £500 on appointment.