Registered Nurse

Southern Hospice Group; Chichester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospice organization in the UK seeks a compassionate nurse to provide exemplary palliative care to children and young people with life-limiting conditions. You will work within a multidisciplinary team, advocating for the best interests of children and their families while ensuring holistic care. The role supports the delivery of high-quality nursing care and includes educational support and development opportunities.

Benefits

Company pension scheme

Up to 35 days’ annual leave

On-site education support

Free parking

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Participate in high-quality nursing care delivery to children and young people.
• Provide robust care planning and evaluation.
• Use clinical judgment to manage deteriorating patients.

Responsibilities

• Support provision of palliative care to children with life-limiting conditions.
• Provide respite breaks and ensure holistic care.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team to ensure quality service.

Skills

Clinical nursing assessment

Advocacy for children and families

Team collaboration

Holistic care provision

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

Responsibilities

This role supports the provision of palliative care to children, young people and families living with a life‑limited condition. Palliative care includes the provision of respite breaks, enabling children opportunities to have fun, make memories ‘adding life to shortened years’. You will provide high‑quality, holistic, family‑centred and compassionate care whilst meeting the complex clinical needs of the children in our care. The hospice delivers end‑of‑life care to a small number of children, working with specialist teams providing training and advice to manage children’s symptoms effectively. You will work as part of a large team comprising clinical staff, activities coordinators and the child and family support team.

Essential criteria:

• Participate in the delivery of high‑quality nursing care to children and young people who receive respite and end-of-life care at the hospice.
• Provide clinical nursing assessment, robust care planning and evaluation of care.
• Participate in the training and development opportunities and frameworks provided by the hospice education team.
• Use clinical judgment to manage the deteriorating patient, following care plans, escalation of care and the use of patient safety tools.
• Work within your scope of practice and clinical competence, asking for help from senior nurses when appropriate.
• Advocate for the child and young person and their families, supporting and promoting decisions, choices and best interests.
• Work as part of a team, providing support and supervision to students and junior members of staff.
• Ensure the holistic care of children and young people, by liaising with and referring to the wider support teams within the hospice.
• Working with support, provide end‑of‑life care to children or young people staying at the hospice.

Inclusion & Support

We warmly welcome applications from all sections of our community. We also invite applications from suitably experienced people for all industry sectors who can demonstrate the skills, ability and enthusiasm to work with a people‑centric organisation like ours.

About Southern Hospice Group

Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK. We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children and their families across Sussex. Bringing our teams and resources together as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce.

Locations

St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in‑patient care and community living well services. Chestnut Tree House is the children’s hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life‑limiting conditions. Martlets provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.

Benefits

• Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme for eligible employees
• Up to 35 days’ annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• On‑site education support and study leave opportunities
• Option to access Health Shield and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less
• Free parking, subsidised meals and various social activities
• Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Death in Service

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for an Enhanced submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.