Job description

Job responsibilities

Hope House Children’s Hospices have an opportunity for a Nurse Band C to join our team based in Oswestry. You will join us on 37.5 hours per week, permanent basis. In return, our Nurse will receive a competitive salary of:

Nurse Band C £36,183 to £43,010 per annum, full time equivalent

(NHS AfC Band Equivalent Lower 6 – Lower 7)

Hope house Children’s Hospices is a special place to work. Our hospices are bright, sunny, child-centred buildings set in spacious grounds, with sensory rooms and hydrotherapy pool. We support more than 750 local families who are either caring for a terminally ill child, or whose child has died. Children and families are the reason we are here and we all have one thing in common, a shared dedication to providing the best care for our children and their families who use our specialist services.

Our caring staff are an integral part of the care we provide at our hospices, we have a friendly and inclusive culture and you will be joining one of the most respected local charities and become part of an incredible team, who will help us deliver our mission and ensure that no one faces the death of a child alone.

About the Nurse role:

Hope House Children’s Hospice has an exciting opportunity for a registered nurse (Children’s Nurse or Adult Nurse (RN) with paediatric experience) to join our care team to provide excellent specialist palliative and end of life care to children and young people. You will be a self-motivated and compassionate nurse working as part of a supportive team to provide holistic care to children and young people with complex, life-limiting conditions.

We are committed to the development of our nurses and will offer you a comprehensive training package. You will continue to develop your knowledge and clinical skills enabling you to deliver the highest standards of care, which supports our values and ethos that no one should suffer the death of a child alone. Whilst maintaining and enhancing your skills, you will have the opportunity and time to build meaningful relationships with children and their families, which make these incredibly fulfilling roles.

As a valued member of our team, you will be providing care to children and young people who have been diagnosed with life limiting illnesses, examples include cancer, cystic fibrosis, Batten Disease, Muscular Dystrophy and cerebral palsy. You will have the compassion and communication skills to put the needs of the child and their family at the heart of everything you do, so that we are able to provide the right care and support for them, when they need us most.

What we are looking for a Nurse who:

• Demonstrates an understanding of the needs of children and young people with life-limiting conditions and children’s palliative care
• Has excellent communication skills
• Sets high standards of care and is a good role model

What we offer:

In return for your commitment, we offer a great reward package, which includes

• generous annual leave entitlement of 34 days per annum for a full time role, with long service increments
• NHS pension and organisational pension scheme
• staff rewards programme
• great development opportunities with protected time to complete training

We would love to hear from you if you have a positive approach to your work and share our values of providing fair and equitable access to our services for the children, young people and families of Shropshire, Cheshire and Powys. This is a worthwhile challenge and a varied job in which your success will make a real difference, click apply today.

If you would like an informal discussion about our Nurse opportunity, please contact our Head of Care, Hayley Woodcock on 01691 671999, or alternatively call our HR Team on 01691 679679 or email [email protected].

Closing date: 7th aJuly 2024

Interview date: TBC

The successful applicant will be required to obtain an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (paid for by Hope House).

Hope House Children’s Hospices are committed to equality of opportunity and meeting the needs of children, young people and families. The care we provide and the environment we create to deliver care reflects our ongoing commitment to respecting the diversity of the communities we serve, and the individual physical, spiritual and emotional needs of each person and their loved ones.

Hope House Children’s Hospices has a responsibility and a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Hope House Children’s Hospices comply with relevant legislation, guidance and national standards relating to the recruitment of staff and volunteers working with children.

Person Specification

Essential Qualifications

Essential

• An NMC registered Nurse with children's experience

Desirable

• Recognised children's nursing qualification
• Palliative Care experience
• Non-medical prescribing qualification

Essential Skills

Essential

• Communication
• Organisational skills
• Work under pressure/stress

Desirable

• n/a

Essential Knowledge

Essential

• An understanding of the needs of children and young people with life limiting conditions and childrens palliative care
• An up-to-date understanding of the health, community and social care
• sectors
• A working knowledge of consent, GDPR and confidentiality management,
• Caldicott Principles and Duty of Candour
• A working knowledge of the principles and implementation of Safeguarding
• processes and procedures

Desirable

• n/a

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Hope House Children’s Hospices

Address

Nant Lane

Morda

Oswestry

Shropshire

SY10 9BX