Palliative Care Nurse - Band 6

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Job description

Salary: £36,070 - 42,712 per year
Reference: 161990

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a job based in Barnet for a Band 6 Palliative Care Nurse.

The salary for this permanent Palliative Care Nurse job is £36,070 - £42,712 per annum.

Shift Pattern:

Full Time 37.5 week - to include evening, nights and weekend shifts

Duties:

Support with the line management of Nurses, Specialist Carers and Students
Provide clinical and holistic care and support to children with life- limiting or life-threatening conditions and their families
Manage care planning, symptom control and end of life care
Ensuring holistic care is family-centred, needs-led, evidence-based and meets all statutory requirements
Applying competent clinical decision making and practice
Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care plans to meet the children's needs
Undertaking end-of-life care and provide symptom management including assessment and planning
Delivering post-death care
Contributing to the caseload management including managing referrals, ongoing and annual assessment, care delivery and transition
Responsibility for delivering safe and appropriate care
Undertaking day to day management, supervision and appraisal of staff
Participating in the 24/7 out of hours clinical on call service for the locality as required
Ensuring all risks associated with care delivery are managed effectively with incidents or concerns being reported / followed up in line with our policy
Undertake appraisals of Band 5 Nurses and Specialist Carers
Actively contribute towards quality assurance and practice development activities e.g. audit, benchmarking, service review, reflective practice and action learning
Effectively work within the legal, ethical and professional frameworks applicable to children's palliative care
Share professional expertise with colleagues, providing support and training as applicable
Responsibility for maintaining and updating own professional practice
Acting as an ambassador for the charity, maintaining positive and effective communication with other agencies involved with families receiving our services
Any other reasonable management requests
Work within legal and charity guidelines, ensuring compliance with CQC and other statutory regulations
Work within Noah's Ark Children's Hospice administrative and IT systems and guidelines and be aware of, and comply with the relevant rules and policies
Undertake further duties that may arise as the work of Noah's Ark continues to develop

Requirements of the Palliative Care Nurse:

RN Child / RSCN
Active NMC Registration
Thrive on responsibility - you'll get great autonomy within a hugely supportive small team
Promise to dedicate themselves to the babies, children, young people and families who we support
Take opportunities with open arms, always err on the side of saying 'yes' and you'll have a clear voice which you're not afraid to use
Be flexible with your time because you know that the charity will be flexible in return
A 'can-do' nurse
Able to thrive on the adrenaline of a busy day, whilst confidently and directly solution finding, as well as demonstrating flexibility, the sky will be the limit at Noah's Ark
Mentor qualification or willingness to work towards
Professional knowledge acquired through degree or diploma or other professional training
Significant post registration experience with demonstrated experience of delivering care to children and families in a health care setting
Experience of assessment, development, implementation, delivering and evaluation programmes of care across a range of environments
Evidence of working within a professional multi-disciplinary team
Experience of managing a small group of staff and resources on a day to day basis, including practice supervision, mentoring and appraisal
Experience of working in a palliative care service
Experience of working with learning and physically disabled children and young people/mental health needs
Experience of providing community care services
Experience of working with volunteers either personally or professionally
Knowledge of current legislation relating to our work
IT literate
Knowledgeable of children's palliative care
Leadership skills
Ability to undertake a wide range of clinical tasks
Take responsibility for own learning and have a willingness to grow and learn
Excellent communication skills
Solution focussed
Able to plan and manage own time
Able and willing to work within a palliative care environment
Ability to work independently and within a team
Able to develop effective working relationships
Ability to work under pressure, juggle workload/multi-task, set priorities and meet deadlines
Ability to use common sense, good judgement and initiative in potentially challenging situations
Ability to provide on call clinical care i.e. able to respond out of hours
Willingness to provide flexibility to travel and work outside normal working hours where required
Familiarity with the geographical area the hospice covers
Full UK driving license with access to a car
Willing to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Application (DBS)
Be aware of the confidential nature of the work of Noah's Ark Children's Hospice

Benefits:

Work in a positive working environment as part of a passionate team
Receive a competitive and flexible benefits package (including pension, flexible working, 25 days rising to 30 days annual leave and life assurance)
Receive advanced clinical training and career development
Holidays - starting at 25 days per year rising to 30 days per year with length of service
Flexible holiday (buy and sell) scheme
Life Assurance
Pension scheme
Season ticket loan

Contact:

This Palliative Care Nurse job is advertised by Craig Osborne; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.