Nurse Band 6

The Methodist Church in Britain; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free onsite parking

NHS pension continuation

Annual leave + holidays

Job summary

East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) is seeking a Band 6 nurse to lead the on-shift team and provide holistic care for babies, children, and young people with complex or life-limiting conditions. The role involves supervising staff, coordinating care plans, and delivering advanced nursing procedures within hospice and community settings.

Applicants must hold current NMC registration and a full driving licence.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current NMC registration.
• Experience mentoring staff and students.
• Ability to lead a shift and coordinate care.

Responsibilities

• Deliver holistic nursing care to babies, children and young people with long-term complex, palliative and end-of-life needs.
• Lead and coordinate the team on shift, ensuring care is allocated and actioned.
• Develop and evaluate family-centred care plans meeting statutory requirements.
• Deliver clinical skills including syringe drivers, long-term ventilation and tracheostomy care after training.
• Implement symptom management and advance care planning under direction of senior staff.
• Mentor new staff and contribute to safety groups and audits.
• Provide care at the hospice and in families' homes and community settings.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Clinical assessment

Team mentoring

Communication

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Mentor qualification

Tools

SystmOne

Microsoft Office

Job description

A Band 6 nurse post with East Anglia's Children's Hospices, which cares for children with life-threatening conditions across four counties. Holistic nursing care is given to babies, children and young people with complex, palliative and end-of-life needs, and to their families, at the hospice and at home. Shifts run round the clock, including nights, weekends and bank holidays, and the post-holder leads the team on duty. Current NMC registration and a full driving licence are essential, and the post needs at least 24 hours a week.

What the job involves

• Deliver holistic nursing care to babies, children and young people with long-term complex, palliative and end-of-life needs
• Lead and coordinate the team on shift, ensuring all required care is allocated and actioned
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate family-centred care plans that meet statutory requirements
• Deliver clinical skills including subcutaneous syringe drivers, long-term ventilation and tracheostomy care, after bespoke training
• Implement symptom management, escalation and advance care plans under the direction of senior clinical staff
• Delegate nursing care to nurses and care assistants and oversee their practice
• Provide care at the hospice and support families in their homes and other community settings
• Support children, young people and families through end of life and bereavement, including memory-making activities
• Maintain clinical records on paper and in the SystmOne electronic care record
• Liaise with families and attend multidisciplinary, discharge planning and review meetings
• Respond to accidents, incidents and complaints during shifts and take immediate follow-up action
• Mentor new care staff and students, and contribute to quality and safety groups and audits

What’s required

Qualifications

• Mentor qualification

Registration & licences

• Current NMC registration as a Child, Adult or Learning Disabilities nurse

Experience

• Demonstrable experience caring for babies, children or young people in acute, community, palliative or complex needs settings
• Shift leading in a care setting
• Evidence of mentoring team members, staff and students
• Post-registration experience of a wide range of clinical skills, including intravenous therapy
• Using clinical judgement to interpret clinical data and inform decisions
• Working within a professional multidisciplinary team

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent written, oral and interpersonal communication skills
• Confident use of IT, including email, Microsoft Office and Teams or Zoom
• Accountability for decisions, reflective practice, and initiative and problem solving
• Planning own time and adapting quickly to changing tasks and priorities at short notice
• Knowledge of current child legislation, safeguarding best practice and social care processes

Checks & eligibility

• Current full valid driving licence

Other

• Ability to undertake physical activity and manual handling in line with the role
• Willingness to work in other EACH localities and join the on-call rota when required

Nice to have

• Access to own vehicle and experience driving a wheelchair-accessible vehicle
• Experience of using SystmOne or a similar electronic care record system
• Management or leadership training or qualification
• Experience of delivering parenteral nutrition, long-term ventilation or tracheostomy care
• Experience of providing community care services
• Experience of managing a small group of staff and resources day to day
• Experience of working with volunteers
• Evidence of participation in research and audit

What’s offered

• Free onsite parking and subsidised meals at the hospices
• Pool car provided for community working
• Employee health cash plan and wellbeing support schemes
• NHS pension continuation if already contributing
• Aviva pension with employer contribution up to 7%, including life assurance
• 27 days annual leave plus 8 UK bank holidays
• Additional holiday purchase scheme
• Enhanced shift rates: +30% Saturdays and evenings, +60% Sundays and bank holidays, plus on-call rates