Registered Nurse

Chestnut Tree House is the children’s hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life-shortening conditions.

This is an exciting time to join Chestnut tree clinical team whilst we are undergoing service transformation and development. We are investing in a wide range or roles within the clinical team to support our outreach and engagement with children, young people and families.

We are looking to recruit enthusiastic and passionate nurses to provide Children / Young People (CYP’s) palliative care as part of a multi-disciplinary team, working in Chestnut Tree care team. Children’s palliative care involves delivering short respite breaks aimed at having fun and living well with life limited conditions as well as end of life care.

We have a mixture of adult, learning disability and paediatric nurses working in the inhouse team, we also welcome newly qualified nurses. You do not need to have experience of working in palliative care or paediatrics as Chestnut tree hospice offers a comprehensive development and preceptorship programme along with inhouse training which can be delivered to support staff to achieve clinical skills.

We are striving for excellence and have new workstreams to support transition, palliative care, learning disabilities, patient experience and patient safety. The post holder will have the opportunity to develop skills and contribute to these areas of development.

Benefits Include: Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme for eligible employees, 27 days annual leave (increasing after each year of continuous service, up to 30 days) + bank holidays, On-site education support and study leave opportunities, Option to access Health Shield and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less, Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card.

For further information speak to the Clinical Managers on 01903 871822.

Due to the remote location and lack of public transport, access to your own transport is essential.

Closing date: 12 October 2023

An enhanced DBS will be sought, if you are successful in this role. The safe recruitment of staff at St Barnabas Hospices is the first step to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults in our care. As an employer we expect all staff and volunteers to share our commitment to safeguarding.

If you have the passion and drive to succeed, please visit our website www.stbh.org.uk/jobs for a job description and application form. Alternatively, you can contact the HR department hr@stbh.org.uk or collect one from one of our many charity shops.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums, facilities and services to support staff from different backgrounds.

The information you provide on your application form is the only information we will use to decide whether or not to short-list you for interview.