Registered Nurse (Band 5) - Ty Hafan

Do you want to use your paediatric nursing experience, skills and qualifications to make a huge difference to children and their families during some of the most challenging times in their lives? If so, we have exciting opportunities for paediatric registered nurses to join our highly experienced care team at Tŷ Hafan children's hospice.

If you would love to be able to provide holistic family-centred care to a caseload of very special and inspiring children, young people and their families, in a peaceful, out of town location, then one of these roles could be ideal for you.

As a Tŷ Hafan nurse, you will work within a close-knit team of fellow nursing professionals to provide truly intuitive and creative clinical care, while being supported to maintain and further develop your clinical nursing skills to a leading standard. At Tŷ Hafan, you will gain deep job satisfaction, through having the time and capacity to get to know the families in our care and by being able to make a positive difference to their lives, through multiple opportunities to support them.

Providing services for children and their families from South, East and West Wales, the hospice itself is a short distance from Cardiff and offers a welcoming work environment, set in beautiful gardens on the banks of the Severn Estuary.

About the role

As a registered Paediatric Nurse your responsibility will be to deliver safe, clinical nursing care to children resident in the hospice, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure continuity of care. We are looking for Registered Nurses with the skills to assess, plan and deliver individualised nursing care, providing evidence-based clinical intervention in line with current guidelines, regulations and policies.

Our skilled team provide specialist care for children and young people with a wide range of complex conditions therefore, at Tŷ Hafan your work will be extremely varied, and deeply fulfilling.

As a Tŷ Hafan employee you will benefit from regular professional development opportunities including up to 10 days a year of focused on-site skills development, and the ability to apply for post graduate short-courses or external training programmes. We encourage our nurses to become champions, supporting progression throughout their career, and developing their skills of interest to the benefit of the wider team and our families.

Our new enhanced benefits package includes:

• Unsocial pay enhancements for nights, evenings, weekends and bank holidays (Ranging from +25% to +60%)
• Reimbursement of annual nursing registration (PIN) fees
• Investment in your professional development with allocated time for training opportunities.
• Holiday entitlement of 30 days (rising to 32 days with service) plus Bank Holidays
• The ability to continue an existing NHS pension or to enrol in our Group Personal Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of 5%
• Life assurance (death in service benefit)
• Wellbeing support and clinical supervision available both on site and through external providers
• Employee assistance program, which provides a range of free services including counselling, financial and legal support.
• Unlimited access to a 24/7 online GP as well as a range of other health experts
• Healthcare Cash Plan – claim back the cost for appointments and treatment such as dental, optical or physio
• Employee complementary therapy and yoga sessions offered regularly.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted gym membership and shopping discounts
• Subsidised meals, prepared daily by our dedicated catering team
• Free on-site secured parking.

Shift requirements:

Candidates will be required to work 37.5 hours a week, covering 3 x 12-hrs shifts (days & nights) a week and 1 x 6hrs early or late shift a month. Our shift patterns are as follows:

• Days 7.00am – 7.30pm (12 hours)
• Nights 7.00pm – 7.30am(12 hours)
• Earlies 7.00am – 1.30pm (6 hours)
• Lates 1.00pm – 7.30pm(6 hours)

About us

At Tŷ Hafan we are experts at caring for children with life-shortening conditions and our services support families in our hospice, in community settings, local hospitals and in families' homes. We understand that needs of each child and their family are unique and we know that caring for a child with life-shortening condition is often extremely demanding.

Tŷ Hafan's ambition is that when a child's life will be short, no family should have to live it on their own. Sadly, we know that thousands of families in Wales are struggling alone through fear, exhaustion and uncertainty that comes with caring for a child whose life will be short. We believe that no family should have to live this on their own and we are determined to walk alongside every family through life, death and beyond.

Our colleagues, volunteers and supporters are crucial in the delivery of our ambition - we know that everyone plays a huge part in making sure that no family faces their child's short life alone.

Our Vision: A Wales where every child with life-shortening conditions lives a fulfilling life, supported with the compassion and specialist care and their family need.

Our Purpose: No family should have to face the unimaginable loss of their child alone. With children and families at the heart of all we do, we provide free care and support in our hospice and in community, offering a lifeline throughout the child's short life, at end of life, through bereavement and beyond.

Our Values: At Tŷ Hafan we make a difference by living our values which are Demonstrating Compassion, Providing Excellent Service, Working Together and Taking Ownership.

If you are interested in an exciting new career challenge and share our aim of providing specialist and compassionate palliative care to children, then Tŷ Hafan could be the place for you. We would love to hear from you.

For further information please see the full job description and job specification, or email Careers@tyhafan.org.

Additionally, you are welcome to contact Sian Middleton, Director of Nursing and Clinical Services on Sian.Middleton@tyhafan.org or call on 07482446380 for an informal and confidential chat or to arrange a visit to the hospice.

Tips for applicants

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Additional information

Successful applicants must be UK residents and we do not offer sponsorships at this time. You will also have a current NMC registration and will be subject to the outcome of an enhanced DBS (Disclosure and barring service) check and two satisfactory references.

Tŷ Hafan is an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.