Registered Nurse

Children's Hospice South West; Barnstaple; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking passionate Registered Nurses to join their dedicated team. This role offers a unique opportunity to provide compassionate paediatric and palliative care, ensuring families receive the highest quality support during challenging times. You will be part of a nurturing environment where your clinical skills are valued, and you will have the chance to develop professionally. With a focus on holistic care, you will engage with families, helping them navigate their journeys with empathy and expertise. Join a forward-thinking organization committed to making a real difference in the lives of children and their families.

Benefits

33 days annual leave

Enhanced sickness benefits

Annual NMC registration fees paid

Retention of NHS pension

Free on-site parking

Excellent training and development opportunities

Enhancements for working weekends and nights

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with RSCN RN Child qualification.
• Experience in paediatric palliative care and clinical settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide individualised care to children and families.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team to support complex clinical needs.

Skills

Paediatric Palliative Care

Clinical Assessment

Medication Management

Communication Skills

Team Collaboration

Education

RSCN RN Child

Degree in Nursing

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

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• Its time to be the best Nurse you can be
• Time to care
• Time to learn new skills
• Time to feel valued
• Time to be part of a nursing team like no other
  
  

Job Summary

• Its time to be the best Nurse you can be
• Time to care
• Time to learn new skills
• Time to feel valued
• Time to be part of a nursing team like no other
  
  

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.

Main duties of the job

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.

You will leave each day knowing you have made a real difference.

About Us

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.

Benefits Include:

• Starting salary £33,317 to £39,313 depending post qualification experience, annual increments, rising to £40,822
• 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.

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.

Date posted

10 April 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£34,316 to £42,046 a year Pay based on post qual experience. Unsocial hours enhancements

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

B0231-25-0008

Job locations

Childrens Hospice South West

Redlands Road

Fremington

Barnstaple

Devon

EX31 2PZ

Job Description

Job responsibilities

CHSW delivers services to children and their families who have a palliative care need and meet the agreed referral criteria. The CHSW ethos is support the whole family and our delivery model includes care wherever the child is when they need it most including care at the hospice base, at home and virtual support.

The Registered Nurse will work as part of the care multidisciplinary team. Working under the leadership of the Care Team Leaders (TL) to provide direct care and support to children and their families.

Major Tasks(not Exhaustive):

• To ensure the care provided to children and families is highly personalised and of the highest quality.
• To foster a warm, welcoming and caring environment, informal in nature and whilst upholding the highest standards of care, which offers and support tailored to the individual needs of each referred child and their family.
• To provide holistic nursing care (physical, emotional, social and spiritual) for children and members of the family. This may include feeding; washing; play; specific medical/nursing care; listening/supporting; giving information; and caring for the child wherever they are located. It includes activities with the referred child and/or siblings to reflect their wishes / outcomes and support therapeutic spaces, resilience and meeting their full potential.
• To provide clinical care wherever the child is working in the hospice, at home and virtually. This includes within the childs home for home visits or community care, care at end of life, being part of assessments, referrals, care plan meetings, MDT meetings.
• To ensure parents are respected, working in partnership with them in the care of their child. To be proactive in making contact with each family staying at the hospice and ensuring they are satisfied with the care they are receiving and that it is responsive to their needs.
• To ensure that there is positive and robust engagement with children and families and ensuring the voice of the child is heard, central to all decisions and evidenced in our care provision and measured against the standards set by the CQC and other external organisations including professional bodies.
• The clinical skills required will need to meet the care requirements of all the children/young people on the CHSW caseload. This list includes (not exhaustive): medication management, IV including infusions, seizure, clinical assessment, tube feeding, effective suctioning, tracheostomy care, ventilation, tissue viability, IPC, moving & handling.
• To ensure that the ethos and quality standards of CHSW are positively promoted and a safe and professional service is delivered at all times.
• To support the ongoing compliance evidence assessment processes across care ensuring the hospices and teams are CQC inspection ready and engaging with any improvement plans.
  
  

Please review the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role.

Job Description Job Responsibilities

CHSW delivers services to children and their families who have a palliative care need and meet the agreed referral criteria. The CHSW ethos is support the whole family and our delivery model includes care wherever the child is when they need it most including care at the hospice base, at home and virtual support.

The Registered Nurse will work as part of the care multidisciplinary team. Working under the leadership of the Care Team Leaders (TL) to provide direct care and support to children and their families.

Major Tasks(not Exhaustive):

• To ensure the care provided to children and families is highly personalised and of the highest quality.
• To foster a warm, welcoming and caring environment, informal in nature and whilst upholding the highest standards of care, which offers and support tailored to the individual needs of each referred child and their family.
• To provide holistic nursing care (physical, emotional, social and spiritual) for children and members of the family. This may include feeding; washing; play; specific medical/nursing care; listening/supporting; giving information; and caring for the child wherever they are located. It includes activities with the referred child and/or siblings to reflect their wishes / outcomes and support therapeutic spaces, resilience and meeting their full potential.
• To provide clinical care wherever the child is working in the hospice, at home and virtually. This includes within the childs home for home visits or community care, care at end of life, being part of assessments, referrals, care plan meetings, MDT meetings.
• To ensure parents are respected, working in partnership with them in the care of their child. To be proactive in making contact with each family staying at the hospice and ensuring they are satisfied with the care they are receiving and that it is responsive to their needs.
• To ensure that there is positive and robust engagement with children and families and ensuring the voice of the child is heard, central to all decisions and evidenced in our care provision and measured against the standards set by the CQC and other external organisations including professional bodies.
• The clinical skills required will need to meet the care requirements of all the children/young people on the CHSW caseload. This list includes (not exhaustive): medication management, IV including infusions, seizure, clinical assessment, tube feeding, effective suctioning, tracheostomy care, ventilation, tissue viability, IPC, moving & handling.
• To ensure that the ethos and quality standards of CHSW are positively promoted and a safe and professional service is delivered at all times.
• To support the ongoing compliance evidence assessment processes across care ensuring the hospices and teams are CQC inspection ready and engaging with any improvement plans.
  
  

Please review the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

• RSCN RN Child (or other registered nurse (e.g. RGN, RN, RNLD) with substantial paediatric palliative care experience and willing to undertake further learning in this field)
• Education to degree level or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through a combination of alternative study, or employment experience.
• Current Professional UK registration e.g. NMC
  
  

Desirable

• Degree/Diploma in palliative care for children or equivalent.
  
  

Experience Essential

• Clinical experience and competence, including extensive post qualification experience working with children/adults with a life limiting / life threatening condition, including at end of life, chronic illness or disability in a variety of settings; acute, community.
• Experience of working with children who are technology dependant and or have complex symptom control for example seizure management.
• Evidence of continuous professional development (CPD) clearly recorded for professional profile.
• Adherence to statutory requirements standards and regulations.
• Understanding of Clinical Governance and the implications for clinical services including experience of quality issues.
• Experience and knowledge of professional issues in paediatric palliative care for example professional boundaries and resilience.
  
  

Desirable

• Significant hands on experience providing palliative care for children and their families.
• Knowledge of key legislation and key drivers within paediatric palliative care; local and national agenda.
  
  

Skills & Abilities Essential

• Ability to show evidence of being self-motivated, work autonomously and working proactively.
• Ability to communicate effectively with the leadership teams, colleagues, service users their parents and carers and external partners.
• Able to manage a wide ranging and complex workload.
• Ability to retain resilience whilst working in a demanding and unpredictable environment.
• Ability to demonstrate the required level of behaviour in keeping with CHSW core behaviours and values.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, Outlook and the ability to produce comprehensive and accurate records.
  
  

Desirable

• Experience of Caseload management.
• Managing difficult conversations, with both staff and families.
• Non-verbal communication skills e.g. Makaton
  
  

Personal Qualities Essential

• A personal commitment to and empathy for the philosophy of childrens hospice care.
• A collaborative manner which is courteous, confident, consistent, approachable and non-confrontational.
• Resourceful, energetic and creative/solution focused approach to work.
• A good listener with capacity and resourcefulness when supporting people positively through challenging emotive situations.
• Professional, with emotional intelligence, insightfulness and able to uphold professional boundaries.
  
  

Other Requirements Essential

• Satisfactory Enhanced DBS check
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Ability to work unsocial hours including nights, weekends and bank holidays
  
  

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• RSCN RN Child (or other registered nurse (e.g. RGN, RN, RNLD) with substantial paediatric palliative care experience and willing to undertake further learning in this field)
• Education to degree level or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through a combination of alternative study, or employment experience.
• Current Professional UK registration e.g. NMC
  
  

Desirable

• Degree/Diploma in palliative care for children or equivalent.
  
  

Experience Essential

• Clinical experience and competence, including extensive post qualification experience working with children/adults with a life limiting / life threatening condition, including at end of life, chronic illness or disability in a variety of settings; acute, community.
• Experience of working with children who are technology dependant and or have complex symptom control for example seizure management.
• Evidence of continuous professional development (CPD) clearly recorded for professional profile.
• Adherence to statutory requirements standards and regulations.
• Understanding of Clinical Governance and the implications for clinical services including experience of quality issues.
• Experience and knowledge of professional issues in paediatric palliative care for example professional boundaries and resilience.
  
  

Desirable

• Significant hands on experience providing palliative care for children and their families.
• Knowledge of key legislation and key drivers within paediatric palliative care; local and national agenda.
  
  

Skills & Abilities Essential

• Ability to show evidence of being self-motivated, work autonomously and working proactively.
• Ability to communicate effectively with the leadership teams, colleagues, service users their parents and carers and external partners.
• Able to manage a wide ranging and complex workload.
• Ability to retain resilience whilst working in a demanding and unpredictable environment.
• Ability to demonstrate the required level of behaviour in keeping with CHSW core behaviours and values.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, Outlook and the ability to produce comprehensive and accurate records.
  
  

Desirable

• Experience of Caseload management.
• Managing difficult conversations, with both staff and families.
• Non-verbal communication skills e.g. Makaton
  
  

Personal Qualities Essential

• A personal commitment to and empathy for the philosophy of childrens hospice care.
• A collaborative manner which is courteous, confident, consistent, approachable and non-confrontational.
• Resourceful, energetic and creative/solution focused approach to work.
• A good listener with capacity and resourcefulness when supporting people positively through challenging emotive situations.
• Professional, with emotional intelligence, insightfulness and able to uphold professional boundaries.
  
  

Other Requirements Essential

• Satisfactory Enhanced DBS check
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Ability to work unsocial hours including nights, weekends and bank holidays
  
  

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Children’s Hospice South West

Address

Childrens Hospice South West

Redlands Road

Fremington

Barnstaple

Devon

EX31 2PZ

Employer's website

https://www.chsw.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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