Transition Nurse Wiltshire - Band 6

Julia’s House Dorset/Wiltshire Children’s Hospices; Swindon; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Julia's House in Dorset and Wiltshire seeks a Transition Nurse to join its children's hospice team to coordinate transition planning for young people with life‑limiting conditions and to advocate for their care as they move toward adult services.

The role covers hospice, home and community settings with regular travel to schools, colleges, hospitals and adult hospices; an active NMC registration and a nursing diploma or degree are required.

Qualifications

• Registered Sick Children’s Nurse or Registered Nurse (Child Branch) with a diploma or degree.
• Registered Learning Disability Nurse.
• RGN or RN Adult.

Responsibilities

• Hold a caseload of children and young people and act as Named Nurse, covering assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
• Hold a dedicated caseload of young people in transition from around age 14, acting as their key point of contact
• Coordinate person-centred transition planning to prepare young people for adult services
• Develop and embed transition pathways with health, social care, education and adult service providers
• Provide specialist advice on transition, advocacy, the Mental Capacity Act, DoLS and LPS
• Build therapeutic relationships with families, providing continuity, coordination and advocacy
• Lead and develop transition support across Julia's House to ensure consistent, high-quality practice
• Provide specialist advice, education and guidance to colleagues on transition
• Ensure transition practice reflects NICE guidance and MCA, DoLS and LPS requirements
• Help families navigate complex systems and services
• Role model Julia's House values and behaviours

Skills

Family-centred care

Advocacy

Coordination

Transition planning

NMC registration

Education

Diploma or degree in Nursing

Registered Learning Disability Nurse

RGN or RN Adult

Job description

Transition Nurse in Julia's House's nursing team, a children's hospice charity across Dorset and Wiltshire, caring for children with life-limiting conditions. Holding a dedicated caseload from around age 14, the post coordinates transition planning and advocacy and helps shape pathways into adult services. Care spans hospice, home and community settings, with regular travel to schools, colleges, hospitals and adult hospices. Active NMC registration as a children's, learning disability or adult nurse, with a diploma or degree, is required.

What the job involves

• Hold a caseload of children and young people and act as Named Nurse, covering assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care
• Hold a dedicated caseload of young people in transition from around age 14, acting as their key point of contact
• Coordinate person-centred transition planning to prepare young people for adult services
• Develop and embed transition pathways with health, social care, education and adult service providers
• Provide specialist advice on transition, advocacy, the Mental Capacity Act, DoLS and LPS
• Build therapeutic relationships with families, providing continuity, coordination and advocacy
• Lead and develop transition support across Julia's House to ensure consistent, high-quality practice
• Provide specialist advice, education and guidance to colleagues on transition
• Ensure transition practice reflects NICE guidance and MCA, DoLS and LPS requirements
• Help families navigate complex systems and services
• Role model Julia's House values and behaviours

What’s required

Qualifications

• Registered Sick Children's Nurse or Registered Nurse (Child Branch) with a diploma or degree
• Registered Learning Disability Nurse
• RGN or RN Adult

Registration & licences

• Active NMC registration

Experience

• Experience of working with sick children and their families
• Experience of working with children and families through transition to adult services
• Experience supporting children and young people to take part in decisions about their care
• Experience of working with children and young people with complex needs
• Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act, best interests decision-making, DoLS and LPS

Skills & knowledge

• Commitment to high-quality, family-centred care
• Understanding of equal opportunities

Checks & eligibility

• Safeguarding Awareness Level 3

Nice to have

• Counselling training and/or a care of the dying and bereaved course or experience
• ENB 998 or equivalent teaching and assessing course
• Experience of working with children who have life-limiting or life-threatening conditions
• Experience of working with children who have complex medical needsExperience of caring for and working alongside families in their own environment