Registered Nurse

Children's Hospice South West; Barnstaple; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time to care

Time to learn new skills

Time to feel valued

Time to be part of a nursing team like

NHS pension

On-site parking

NMC registration fees paid

Enhancements for weekends and nights

Annual leave 33 days

Job summary

Children's Hospice South West is seeking compassionate nurses to provide specialist paediatric and palliative care in our Devon, Bristol and Cornwall hospices. This role focuses on family-centred care for children with complex needs, including ventilated patients and tracheostomies, within a supportive, multi-disciplinary network.

Starting salaries range from £35,346 to £41,707, with annual increments and rising to £43,308; enhancements apply for weekends, nights and bank holidays.

Job description

You will use your specialist clinical skills to help provide individualised paediatric and palliative care that puts the family at the centre of everything you do. Our beautiful, welcoming hospices provide an incredibly calming and supportive haven for families facing the death of their child. You will have time to develop your skills as part of a clinical, educational, psychological and holistic network across South West England, enabling you to care for our most clinically complex children with confidence. On a typical day you could be dealing with a tracheostomy, supporting a ventilated child or making up a syringe driver in the morning and enriching the lives of the children through fun and play in the afternoon. A rare opportunity to provide truly holistic care, ensuring dreams are fulfilled and precious memories are made. The care and support we provide can span many years, or be a brief moment in time, being there when families need us most. I thought the hospice was going be all end of life care, but as well as the end of life and bereavement care, it is also about getting to know the family and supporting them on their journey, long or short, and having the time to do that. As a nurse there's not many jobs where you are able to spend quality time with a family. It is a real privilege.

If you are looking for a new nursing experience with time to care and time to develop your clinical skills, whilst feeling valued as part of a supportive team, there has never been a better time to join us as we embark on our ambitious plans for the growth and development of childrens hospice care in the South West.

Our hospices in Devon, Bristol and Cornwall have been providing expert, individualised care to support children, young people and their families for more than 30 years. We are hoping to reach even more families in 2023 and are currently recruiting Nurses from a variety of different nursing settings and backgrounds for our hospices.

• Time to care
• Time to learn new skills
• Time to feel valued
• Time to be part of a nursing team like no other

• Starting salary £35,346 to £41,707 depending post qualification experience, annual increments, rising to £43,308
• Enhancements for working weekends, nights and bank holidays
• 33 days annual leave rising to 35 with long service, plus bank holidays
• Annual NMC registration fees paid
• Enhanced sickness benefits rising to 6 months full pay, 6 months half pay
• Nurturing and supportive working environment
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Retention of NHS pension
• Free on-site parking

What our Nurses say about working at CHSW We have time to care and time with the opportunity to grow, to nurture, to support and learn.