Nursing Associate Maternity Cover

Every moment counts. Every memory matters.

Come and join our nursing team as a Nursing Associate and provide exceptional care and support to children with life limiting and life threatening conditions.

The successful candidate will have experience of working with children with complex needs. You will have the ability to work both in a team and independently and work using your own initiative.

Nursing Associates have the opportunity to spend time with the children and their families, developing strong relationships and meeting their individual needs.

The successful candidate will have experience of caring for children with complex needs. You will have the ability to work both in a team and independently and work using your own initiative as well as accessing and contributing to the skill base of the wider team.

Julias House supports more than 140 families across Dorset and Wiltshire, in the community, at our hospices and in our families own homes.

You will be based at our Dorset Hospice and our Wimborne Care Office and work across Dorset in the homes of the children we look after.

Flexibility is required to cover days, evenings, weekends, school holidays and occasional overnights. There are no set hours for contracted staff, our care is provided at the times requested by our families and is therefore variable. Rotas are prepared 6 weeks in advance.

This role is a 28 hours per week maternity cover contract.

• As part of the Nursing Team, working in line with Julias House policies and procedures, provide family centered respite care both in the Hospice and Community for children who have life limiting and life threatening conditions.
• Work effectively in a team within the boundaries of the nursing associate role. Identify and acknowledge the need for escalation to a qualified nurse in all circumstances.
• When necessary, provide a flexible and responsive approach to support the requirements of end of life care.
• Role model Julias House Values and Behaviours at all times.

• Applicants for this role must be a Registered Nurses Associate

• Applicants must have experience of working with sick children and their families.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.