Children’s Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist
Keech Hospice are seeking a Children’s Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Community Palliative Care Team.
Aa Children’s Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will become part of a growing, close knit team dedicated to delivering advanced symptom management and holistic care to our children, young people and families across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes. You’ll be offering compassion, expertise, and support every step of the way.
Key responsibilities
- Provide advanced level symptom management within specialist palliative care nursing to children, young people, and their families
- Manage a caseload within a geographical locality
- Champion the holistic wellbeing of our children and families, advocating for their needs and ensuring that they are supported
- Manage your own work whilst offering expert advice to families navigating the complexities of palliative care
- Provide clinical leadership for the Keech Children’s service, patients, families, and external multi-professional teams
- Deliver learning and development to enhance knowledge, skills, and confidence across services
Shifts are 7.5 hours (some flexibility required) with additional on call responsibilities (24/7 on call rota)
Essential
- NMC Registered Children’s Nurse
- Extensive experience in children’s palliative care
- Experience in symptom management and pain control in End of Life Care
- An adaptable approach to a changing work environment
- Be a non-medical prescriber or willingness to achieve
Desirable
- Experience in clinical leadership, mentorship, and service development
- Teaching skills
- Advanced level communication skills
Benefits
- Continuity of your NHS pension scheme
- Opportunity to develop and progress through the pay grade banding on a competency-based framework
- Access to specialist internal training and additional external courses
- Supported Training through Mentoring and Clinical Coaches
- 29 days annual leave PLUS Bank Holidays
- Free onsite secure parking
- Buy & Sell holidays
- £500 referral scheme incentive
- Onsite subsidised restaurant
- Cycle to work Scheme
- Health Cash plan
- Wellbeing & Employee Assistance Programme
- Blue Light Discount Card
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The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure and barring services check (DBS).