Nurse, Healthcare Nursing

Job summary

Nurse
Milton Hospice
- CB24 6AB

Current UK NMC registration & current, full valid driving license are essential for this role.

Full-Time & Part-Time applicants considered

• Minimum 24 hours per week

Our service is provided in a 24/7, 365 day environment; shifts include weekend & Bank Holidays

Our standard shift structure is 12 1/2 hour shifts (includes unpaid break)

Day Shift - 7:30am-8:00pm

Night Shift - 7:30pm-8:00am

Homecare Shift
- In the community (Hours vary)

+30% Saturdays & Evenings

+60% Sundays & Bank Holidays

Competitive on-call rates

£32,073 - £48,117 FTE per annum, dependent on experience

We are looking for registered Childrens, Adult or Learning Disabilities Nurses who want to work within a multidisciplined team to further their experience or develop skills working in childrens palliative care.

In our commitment to you, we will provide you with:

• Bespoke palliative and end of life care, clinical skills and long term ventilation training programmes
• Support to attend external training opportunities
• Participation in quality and safety groups

Regular clinical, safeguarding and management supervision to support your professional development.

The support you need to enable you to provide safe and effective care and support to the children and their families who use our service.

Are you:

• a highly motivated person who thinks going the extra mile at work is the norm?
• wanting to be part of an enthusiastic, progressive, forward-thinking and professional team?
• aspiring to make a real difference to the lives of babies, children and young people with life-threatening conditions, and their families?

Comprehensive range of benefits:

• Free onsite parking & subsidised meals at our hospices
• Pool car provided when working in the community
• Employee health cash plan & wellbeing support schemes
• NHS pension - continuation if already contributing
• Enhanced Annual leave Entitlement - 27 days + 8 UK Bank Holidays
• Additional holiday purchase scheme
• AVIVA pension package up to 7% Employer Contribution including Life Assurance
• Free eye tests & cycle to work scheme

East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) supports families and cares for children and young people with life threatening conditions across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk.

At EACH we believe in fostering a workplace where every individual feels valued and respected. We are committed to building a culture of inclusion where differences are embraced. We are actively seeking talent from all walks of life, recognising that diversity drives innovation, creativity and success.

Join us on a journey to create a more inclusive workplace, where everyone has equal opportunities to grow, contribute and succeed. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds to apply for opportunities at EACH and adjustments will be made to facilitate the application and selection process.

Deliver holistic nursing care and support to babies, children and young people with long term complex health needs, palliative and end of life care needs and their families.

Lead and co-ordinate shifts (post completion of appropriate competencies) and undertake day-to-day operational duties as required.

You will be required to provide care at the hospice and support families in their homes and occasionally in other settings.

• With bespoke training provided, deliver safe and effective nursing care involving use of a wide range of clinical skills including, but not limited to; clinical assessment and monitoring, syringe driver, long-term ventilation and tracheostomy care.
• Support to babies, children and young people whose conditions are stable, unstable, deteriorating and in need of end of life care.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care plans to meet the diverse and individual needs of babies, children, young people and their families, ensuring holistic care provided is family centred, needs led, evidence informed and meets all statutory requirements.
• Provide support to the children, young people and family members to promote their resilience and wellbeing, including at the end of life and during bereavement, giving advice on practical issues and undertaking memory making activities, seeking support from wellbeing staff when necessary.
• Maintain clinical records using both paper-based and Systm One electronic care records system in accordance with best practice guidance.
• Use clinical judgement and interpret clinical data to inform decision making, in consultation with others, to provide nursing care that meets the complexity of the palliative care needs.
• Implement symptom management, escalation and advance care plans, evaluating them in partnership with the children or young people and their families under the direction of a Clinical Nurse Specialist, Matron or Nurse Consultant.
• Facilitate end of life transfers with the support of the symptom management team.
• Support…