Job Summary:Deliver holistic nursing care and support to babies, children and young people with palliative and end of life care needs and their families.
Lead and co-ordinate shifts and undertake day-to-day operational duties as required.
You will be required to provide care and occasionally across our other hospice localities.
Appointment to Band 5 or 6 is commensurate with nursing skills, experience and knowledge. Specific Responsibilities:
1. Deliver safe and effective nursing care involving use of a wide range of clinical skills. For example, clinical assessment and monitoring, intravenous therapy, parenteral nutrition, long-term ventilation and tracheostomy care and support to babies, children and young people whose conditions are stable, unstable, deteriorating and need end of life care.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Maintain clinical records using both paper-based and SystmOne electronic care records system in accordance with best practice guidance.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Lead and co-ordinate shifts and undertake day-to-day operational duties as required, including providing the initial response to all accidents, incidents and complaints reported during shifts, ensuring immediate follow up actions are taken as required.
8. Delegate nursing care to senior care assistants and care assistants following EACH guidelines providing:
Assessment and ongoing clinical review of the , child or the appropriateness of delegation of care.
Oversight of practice and responding to queries from the senior care assistants and care assistants delivering care.
9. Act as a family co-ordinator to designated families, maintaining regular contact with them and actively participating at care co-ordination team and locality multi-professional meetings, ensuring any significant changes identified for designated families are discussed and followed up with any action required.
10. Attend external multidisciplinary, discharge planning, review and debrief meetings representing EACH to maintain positive and effective communication with other agencies involved with families receiving our services.
11. Participate in the ongoing development of our care services, including quality and safety initiatives such as audits and evaluations.
12. Mentor new care staff and students, providing support, training and sharing professional expertise.
13. Participate in regular management, clinical and safeguarding supervision sessions.
Be extraordinary. Be outstanding. Be a Nurse at EACH.
Every day will be different and offers new challenges. Delivering high quality care to babies, children and young people with life threatening and life limiting conditions. Supporting them and their families - in the hospice building, family homes and in the community.
We are looking for registeredChildren's, Adult or Learning Disabilities Nurseswho want to work within a multidisciplined team to further their experience or develop skills working in children's palliative care.
Nurse - The Treehouse Hospice,IP3 8NS
*A Full UK Driving License and access to own vehicle is essential for this role*
Full-Time & Part-Time applicants considered
Our service is provided in a 24/7, 365 day environment; shifts include weekend & Bank Holidays
Shift Pattern:
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)
Enhanced Rates - Weekends, Evenings & Bank Holidays
+30% Saturdays & Evenings
+60% Sundays & Bank Holidays
Competitive on-call rates
Permanent Contract
£28,4£42,618 FTE per annum, dependent on experience
Care Salary Band: 5/6
*A Full UK Driving License and access to own vehicle is essential for this role*
In our commitment to you, we will provide you with:
Is this the right opportunity for you?
Are you:
If you have any questions, please dont hesitate to contact our Human Resource Department by email who will put you in contact with our the Hospice Team.
Job Summary:Deliver holistic nursing care and support to babies, children and young people with palliative and end of life care needs and their families.
Lead and co-ordinate shifts and undertake day-to-day operational duties as required.
You will be required to provide care and occasionally across our other hospice localities.
Appointment to Band 5 or 6 is commensurate with nursing skills, experience and knowledge. Specific Responsibilities:
1. Deliver safe and effective nursing care involving use of a wide range of clinical skills. For example, clinical assessment and monitoring, intravenous therapy, parenteral nutrition, long-term ventilation and tracheostomy care and support to babies, children and young people whose conditions are stable, unstable, deteriorating and need end of life care.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Maintain clinical records using both paper-based and SystmOne electronic care records system in accordance with best practice guidance.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Lead and co-ordinate shifts and undertake day-to-day operational duties as required, including providing the initial response to all accidents, incidents and complaints reported during shifts, ensuring immediate follow up actions are taken as required.
8. Delegate nursing care to senior care assistants and care assistants following EACH guidelines providing:
Assessment and ongoing clinical review of the , child or the appropriateness of delegation of care.
Oversight of practice and responding to queries from the senior care assistants and care assistants delivering care.
9. Act as a family co-ordinator to designated families, maintaining regular contact with them and actively participating at care co-ordination team and locality multi-professional meetings, ensuring any significant changes identified for designated families are discussed and followed up with any action required.
10. Attend external multidisciplinary, discharge planning, review and debrief meetings representing EACH to maintain positive and effective communication with other agencies involved with families receiving our services.
11. Participate in the ongoing development of our care services, including quality and safety initiatives such as audits and evaluations.
12. Mentor new care staff and students, providing support, training and sharing professional expertise.
13. Participate in regular management, clinical and safeguarding supervision sessions.
Be extraordinary. Be outstanding. Be a Nurse at EACH.
Every day will be different and offers new challenges. Delivering high quality care to babies, children and young people with life threatening and life limiting conditions. Supporting them and their families - in the hospice building, family homes and in the community.
We are looking for registeredChildren's, Adult or Learning Disabilities Nurseswho want to work within a multidisciplined team to further their experience or develop skills working in children's palliative care.
Nurse - The Treehouse Hospice,IP3 8NS
*A Full UK Driving License and access to own vehicle is essential for this role*
Full-Time & Part-Time applicants considered
Our service is provided in a 24/7, 365 day environment; shifts include weekend & Bank Holidays
Shift Pattern:
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)
Enhanced Rates - Weekends, Evenings & Bank Holidays
+30% Saturdays & Evenings
+60% Sundays & Bank Holidays
Competitive on-call rates
Permanent Contract
£28,4£42,618 FTE per annum, dependent on experience
Care Salary Band: 5/6
*A Full UK Driving License and access to own vehicle is essential for this role*
In our commitment to you, we will provide you with:
Is this the right opportunity for you?
Are you:
If you have any questions, please dont hesitate to contact our Human Resource Department by email who will put you in contact with our the Hospice Team.