A Band 6 nurse post with East Anglia's Children's Hospices, which cares for children with life-threatening conditions across four counties. Holistic nursing care is given to babies, children and young people with complex, palliative and end-of-life needs, and to their families, at the hospice and at home. Shifts run round the clock, including nights, weekends and bank holidays, and the post-holder leads the team on duty. Current NMC registration and a full driving licence are essential, and the post needs at least 24 hours a week.
What the job involves
- Deliver holistic nursing care to babies, children and young people with long-term complex, palliative and end-of-life needs
- Lead and coordinate the team on shift, ensuring all required care is allocated and actioned
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate family-centred care plans that meet statutory requirements
- Deliver clinical skills including subcutaneous syringe drivers, long-term ventilation and tracheostomy care, after bespoke training
- Implement symptom management, escalation and advance care plans under the direction of senior clinical staff
- Delegate nursing care to nurses and care assistants and oversee their practice
- Provide care at the hospice and support families in their homes and other community settings
- Support children, young people and families through end of life and bereavement, including memory-making activities
- Maintain clinical records on paper and in the SystmOne electronic care record
- Liaise with families and attend multidisciplinary, discharge planning and review meetings
- Respond to accidents, incidents and complaints during shifts and take immediate follow-up action
- Mentor new care staff and students, and contribute to quality and safety groups and audits
What’s required
Qualifications
- Mentor qualification
Registration & licences
- Current NMC registration as a Child, Adult or Learning Disabilities nurse
Experience
- Demonstrable experience caring for babies, children or young people in acute, community, palliative or complex needs settings
- Shift leading in a care setting
- Evidence of mentoring team members, staff and students
- Post-registration experience of a wide range of clinical skills, including intravenous therapy
- Using clinical judgement to interpret clinical data and inform decisions
- Working within a professional multidisciplinary team
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent written, oral and interpersonal communication skills
- Confident use of IT, including email, Microsoft Office and Teams or Zoom
- Accountability for decisions, reflective practice, and initiative and problem solving
- Planning own time and adapting quickly to changing tasks and priorities at short notice
- Knowledge of current child legislation, safeguarding best practice and social care processes
Checks & eligibility
- Current full valid driving licence
Other
- Ability to undertake physical activity and manual handling in line with the role
- Willingness to work in other EACH localities and join the on-call rota when required
Nice to have
- Access to own vehicle and experience driving a wheelchair-accessible vehicle
- Experience of using SystmOne or a similar electronic care record system
- Management or leadership training or qualification
- Experience of delivering parenteral nutrition, long-term ventilation or tracheostomy care
- Experience of providing community care services
- Experience of managing a small group of staff and resources day to day
- Experience of working with volunteers
- Evidence of participation in research and audit
What’s offered
- Free onsite parking and subsidised meals at the hospices
- Pool car provided for community working
- Employee health cash plan and wellbeing support schemes
- NHS pension continuation if already contributing
- Aviva pension with employer contribution up to 7%, including life assurance
- 27 days annual leave plus 8 UK bank holidays
- Additional holiday purchase scheme
- Enhanced shift rates: +30% Saturdays and evenings, +60% Sundays and bank holidays, plus on-call rates
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
