Registered NurseNHS

Job summary

• Its time to be the best Nurse you can be
• Time to care
• Time to learn new skills
• Time to feel valued
• Time to be part of a nursing team like no other

If you are looking for a new nursing experience with time to care and time to develop your clinical skills, whilst feeling valued as part of a supportive team, there has never been a better time to join us as we embark on our ambitious plans for the growth and development of childrens hospice care in the South West.

Main duties of the job

You will use your specialist clinical skills to help provide individualised paediatric and palliative care that puts the family at the centre of everything you do.

Our beautiful, welcoming hospices provide an incredibly calming and supportive haven for families facing the death of their child.

You will have time to develop your skills as part of a clinical, educational, psychological and holistic network across South West England, enabling you to care for our most clinically complex children with confidence.

On a typical day you could be dealing with a tracheostomy, supporting a ventilated child or making up a syringe driver in the morning and enriching the lives of the children through fun and play in the afternoon.

A rare opportunity to provide truly holistic care, ensuring dreams are fulfilled and precious memories are made.

The care and support we provide can span many years, or be a brief moment in time, being there when families need us most.

You will leave each day knowing you have made a real difference.

Job description

CHSW delivers services to children and their families who have a palliative care need and meet the agreed referral criteria. The CHSW ethos is support the whole family and our delivery model includes care wherever the child is when they need it most including care at the hospice base, at home and virtual support.

The Registered Nurse will work as part of the care multidisciplinary team. Working under the leadership of the Care Team Leaders (TL) to provide direct care and support to children and their families.

Major Tasks(not exhaustive):

• To ensure the care provided to children and families is highly personalised and of the highest quality.
• To foster a warm, welcoming and caring environment, informal in nature and whilst upholding the highest standards of care, which offers and support tailored to the individual needs of each referred child and their family.
• To provide holistic nursing care (physical, emotional, social and spiritual) for children and members of the family. This may include feeding; washing; play; specific medical/nursing care; listening/supporting; giving information; and caring for the child wherever they are located. It includes activities with the referred child and/or siblings to reflect their wishes / outcomes and support therapeutic spaces, resilience and meeting their full potential.
• To provide clinical care wherever the child is working in the hospice, at home and virtually. This includes within the childs home for home visits or community care, care at end of life, being part of assessments, referrals, care plan meetings, MDT meetings.
• To ensure parents are respected, working in partnership with them in the care of their child. To be proactive in making contact with each family staying at the hospice and ensuring they are satisfied with the care they are receiving and that it is responsive to their needs.
• To ensure that there is positive and robust engagement with children and families and ensuring the voice of the child is heard, central to all decisions and evidenced in our care provision and measured against the standards set by the CQC and other external organisations including professional bodies.
• The clinical skills required will need to meet the care requirements of all the children/young people on the CHSW caseload. This list includes (not exhaustive): medication management, IV including infusions, seizure, clinical assessment, tube feeding, effective suctioning, tracheostomy care, ventilation, tissue viability, IPC, moving & handling.
• To ensure that the ethos and quality standards of CHSW are positively promoted and a safe and professional service is delivered at all times.
• To support the ongoing compliance evidence assessment processes across care ensuring the hospices and teams are CQC inspection ready and engaging with any improvement plans.

Please review the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role.

About us

Our hospices in Devon, Bristol and Cornwall have been providing expert, individualised care to support children, young people and their families for more than 30 years. We are hoping to reach even more families in 2023 and are currently recruiting Nurses from a variety of different nursing settings and backgrounds for our hospices.

Benefits include:

• Starting salary £35,346 to £41,707 depending post qualification experience, annual increments, rising to £43,308
• Enhancements for working weekends, nights and bank holidays
• 33 days annual leave rising to 35 with long service, plus bank holidays
• Annual NMC registration fees paid
• Enhanced sickness benefits rising to 6 months full pay, 6 months half pay
• Nurturing and supportive working environment
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Retention of NHS pension
• Free on-site parking

What our Nurses say about working at CHSW

We have time to care and time with the opportunity to grow, to nurture, to support and learn.

I thought the hospice was going be all end of life care, but as well as the end of life and bereavement care, it is also about getting to know the family and supporting them on their journey, long or short, and having the time to do that. As a nurse there's not many jobs where you are able to spend quality time with a family. It is a real privilege.