Post : Staff Nurse
Hours : Full Time/37.5
Salary : £34,378 per annum/ £17.63 per hour.
Location : Butterwick Hospice Children’s Unit
Deadline: 20/11/24 - (We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.)
Job Summary:
Are you looking for a new and challenging career and wanting to develop your clinical skills in the palliative care setting? Our children’s hospice is recruiting registered children’s/Learning disabilities Nurses to work in our wonderful setting recently rated ‘Good’ by the CQC. Following the development of our children’s services, we are in need of Registered Nurses to join our team in providing excellent care in our 6 bedded unit.
We are looking for experienced nurses interested in Palliative care, alongside experience of working with children with complex needs.
You will be part of a highly competent, motivated, and skilled team of Registered Nurses and Health Care Assistants who provide nursing care to children and young adults with a life-limiting condition.
Benefits of joining our team are:
* Free on-site parking
* 27 days annual leave plus 8 Bank Holidays
* Company pension scheme/NHS scheme
Main duties of the job:
As an ideal candidate, you will need to demonstrate a desire to develop and maintain your professional standards and excellent nursing care, whilst understanding and appreciating the needs of patients with life-limiting illnesses and the needs of their loved ones.
Good communication skills, a high level of self-discipline, and self-motivation are a must. Flexibility is required to allow for a full range of shift cover. It is essential that you are able to deal with sensitive information and maintain confidentiality.
You will have energy and enthusiasm, commitment, and the ability to successfully deal with the daily challenges of palliative care. In addition, you will need to:
* Be a Registered Children’s or Learning Disabilities Nurse with experience of working with children/young adults with complex healthcare needs.
* Be able to demonstrate appropriate and continued personal/professional development.
* Be able to take the lead in patient care, linking in with community and specialist nurses, doctors, and the wider MDT.
* Contribute to the creation and sustaining of a friendly, welcoming, and caring environment in an informal nature, minimizing instructional practices.
A palliative care qualification and/or ENB 998/C&G 730 Teaching Certificate are desirable but not essential for the role.
Person Specification:
Qualifications:
* Essential: Registered children’s/learning disabilities nurse with a minimum of 1 year experience
* Desirable: Teaching certificate
Experience:
* Essential: Minimum of 1 year post qualification in children’s/learning disabilities nursing.
* Desirable: Experience as nurse in charge of shift, Experience of Paediatric Palliative care
Skills and Attributes:
* Essential: Good interpersonal skills, Flexible and able to use own initiative, Flexible and able to work shifts including days/nightshift and weekends.
* Desirable: Ability to work under pressure, Mentoring skills
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.
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full time/37.5
Address:
Butterwick Hospice
Middlefield Road
Stockton-on-Tees
Cleveland
TS19 8XN
Employer's website: https://www.butterwick.org.uk/
For Questions about the job or to arrange an informal visit contact:
Julie Evans
Clinical Manager CIPU
Telephone: 01642 607742
Email: Julie.evans@butterwick.org.uk
Application deadline: 20/11/2024
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