This nursing post sits in the Clinical Care Team at Haven House Children's Hospice, a palliative care hospice for children and young people. The work centres on symptom management, end-of-life care and planned and emergency short breaks, delivered in the hospice, at home or in hospital. The hospice runs round the clock, so shifts vary and the work is multidisciplinary. Applicants need at least one year of post-registration experience, and visa sponsorship is not available.
What the job involves
- Provide high quality nursing care for children and young people with palliative care needs
- Lead shifts and support the wider team to maintain high standards of care
- Contribute to care plans and assessments so that children receive safe, effective care
- Provide symptom management, palliative and end-of-life care, and planned and emergency short breaks
- Manage medicines in line with policy and complete drug administration competencies
- Communicate complex and sensitive information to children, families and staff
- Act as advocate for the child and family
- Embed safeguarding in practice and escalating concerns at the earliest opportunity
- Train and support junior colleagues, health care support workers, parents and carers, and mentor pre-registration students
- Keep accurate, timely records on the electronic patient record system
- Ensure children's nutritional needs are met while in the hospice
- Take part in audit, service user feedback and incident reporting, and maintain own clinical competence and NMC portfolio
What's required
Qualifications
- Registered nurse (child, adult or learning disability)
Registration & licences
- Current NMC registration
Experience
- At least 1 year post-registration nursing experience
- Experience of working independently and as part of a team
Skills & knowledge
- IV competent
- Ability to work alone in a variety of settings
- IT literacy, including word processing and basic spreadsheets
- Understanding of paediatric conditions, including life-limiting, life-threatening and end-of-life needs
Checks & eligibility
- Enhanced DBS check
- Right to work in the UK
- Satisfactory references
Other
- Flexible and adaptable to competing priorities
- Self-motivated
- Able to work unsocial hours as required
Nice to have
- Technical paediatric nursing skills, such as enteral feeding tubes, tracheostomies and seizure medication
- Ability to teach clinical skills to parents and care staff
- Experience of end-of-life care for children
- Experience across paediatric needs, such as complex care, technology-dependent children and childhood cancer
- Palliative care or symptom management in life-limiting illness module, or similar
- ENB 998, teaching or mentoring qualification
- Knowledge of infection control, personal health and safety, clinical supervision and workforce equality
- Access to a vehicle and clean driving licence
What's offered
- Pension scheme with employer matching up to 7%
- Retention of NHS pension, where applicable
- Agenda for Change long service holiday, where applicable
- Free on-site parking
- Employee Assistance Programme and eye care vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Blue Light Card and access to Cavell Nurses Trust
- Development support from the Education and Governance team
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
