Community Nurse
Community Nurse
£34,005.32 – £ 36,087.35
37.5 hours per week
About us:
At Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice we care for children and young adults with life-shortening and life-threatening conditions. We are support around 300 families both in our hospice and in family homes.
Our support services are wide ranging and bespoke to each family including end of life treatment and care, inhouse and community short breaks, counselling, sibling support groups, music therapy, home visits and much much more. It costs more than £6.5m to keep our doors open for families across South Yorkshire and beyond. We receive around 16% of our funding from government sources.
The role:
We are seeking qualified and experienced nurses to join our rapidly expanding Community Team. Working as part of our clinical team, you will provide and ensure a high standard of holistic care to children with life limiting/life threatening conditions, to include opportunities for children to have flexibility and choice of care within the home, hospice or other community settings. You will deliver child-focused, family centred palliative, end of life care and care after death, alongside members of the interdisciplinary team. As part of our hospice at home service, you will work predominantly in the community and therefore must be willing and able to embrace a mobile and agile working model. However, there is an expectation of working across all areas including hospice and community/ hospital settings
The requirements:
To fulfil the role effectively you will be NMC registered and have relevant clinical experience and be able to work flexibly and collaboratively across the care services.
In return, we can offer you a fantastic working environment and the following benefits:
- 33 days’ annual leave with the option to buy and sell (pro rata)
- Sick pay
- Health Care Cash Back Scheme
- Free counselling sessions
- Enhanced maternity pay
- Enhanced paternity pay
- Enhanced parental bereavement leave
- Compassionate leave
- Salary sacrifice scheme
- Training & Development
- Investment in your wellbeing
- Volunteering & shadowing days
- Free parking on main site
- Free drinks and subsidised meals
- Time off in lieu
- Uniform
- Eligible for NHS Blue Light Card
- Eligible for The Company Shop
- Access to the Doctorline
At Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice we value everyone who works with us, embrace individual differences and recognise that great things happen when we work together.
How to apply:
For informal enquiries please contact Mandy Binney – Head of Community on 01909 517360 or email mandy.binney@bluebellwood.org
Download the job description and person specification & application form https://www.bluebellwood.org/community-nurse-january2025
Please download the job description and person specification for more information and if you think you have what we are looking for, download and complete the application form above and return it to recruitment@bluebellwood.org
Closing date: Monday 20th January 2025
Interviews: Friday 31st January 2025
Shortlisting will take place as we receive applications and we may close recruitment early if we have filled our vacancies.
Previous applicants need not apply.
For further information or to apply for this role, follow the link here.