Job description

Job responsibilities

CHSW delivers services to children and their families who have a palliative care need and meet the agreed referral criteria. The CHSW ethos is support the whole family and our delivery model includes care wherever the child is when they need it most including care at the hospice base, at home and virtual support.

The Registered Nurse will work as part of the care multidisciplinary team. Working under the leadership of the Care Team Leaders (TL) to provide direct care and support to children and their families.

Major Tasks (not exhaustive) :

• To ensure the care provided to children and families is highly personalised and of the highest quality.
• To foster a warm, welcoming and caring environment, informal in nature and whilst upholding the highest standards of care, which offers and support tailored to the individual needs of each referred child and their family.
• To provide holistic nursing care (physical, emotional, social and spiritual) for children and members of the family. This may include feeding; washing; play; specific medical/nursing care; listening/supporting; giving information; and caring for the child wherever they are located. It includes activities with the referred child and/or siblings to reflect their wishes / outcomes and support therapeutic spaces, resilience and meeting their full potential.
• To provide clinical care wherever the child is working in the hospice, at home and virtually. This includes within the childs home for home visits or community care, care at end of life, being part of assessments, referrals, care plan meetings, MDT meetings.
• To ensure parents are respected, working in partnership with them in the care of their child. To be proactive in making contact with each family staying at the hospice and ensuring they are satisfied with the care they are receiving and that it is responsive to their needs.
• To ensure that there is positive and robust engagement with children and families and ensuring the voice of the child is heard, central to all decisions and evidenced in our care provision and measured against the standards set by the CQC and other external organisations including professional bodies.
• The clinical skills required will need to meet the care requirements of all the children/young people on the CHSW caseload. This list includes (not exhaustive): medication management, IV including infusions, seizure, clinical assessment, tube feeding, effective suctioning, tracheostomy care, ventilation, tissue viability, IPC, moving & handling.
• To ensure that the ethos and quality standards of CHSW are positively promoted and a safe and professional service is delivered at all times.
• To support the ongoing compliance evidence assessment processes across care ensuring the hospices and teams are CQC inspection ready and engaging with any improvement plans.

Please review the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role.

Job responsibilities

CHSW delivers services to children and their families who have a palliative care need and meet the agreed referral criteria. The CHSW ethos is support the whole family and our delivery model includes care wherever the child is when they need it most including care at the hospice base, at home and virtual support.

The Registered Nurse will work as part of the care multidisciplinary team. Working under the leadership of the Care Team Leaders (TL) to provide direct care and support to children and their families.

Major Tasks (not exhaustive) :

• To ensure the care provided to children and families is highly personalised and of the highest quality.
• To foster a warm, welcoming and caring environment, informal in nature and whilst upholding the highest standards of care, which offers and support tailored to the individual needs of each referred child and their family.
• To provide holistic nursing care (physical, emotional, social and spiritual) for children and members of the family. This may include feeding; washing; play; specific medical/nursing care; listening/supporting; giving information; and caring for the child wherever they are located. It includes activities with the referred child and/or siblings to reflect their wishes / outcomes and support therapeutic spaces, resilience and meeting their full potential.
• To provide clinical care wherever the child is working in the hospice, at home and virtually. This includes within the childs home for home visits or community care, care at end of life, being part of assessments, referrals, care plan meetings, MDT meetings.
• To ensure parents are respected, working in partnership with them in the care of their child. To be proactive in making contact with each family staying at the hospice and ensuring they are satisfied with the care they are receiving and that it is responsive to their needs.
• To ensure that there is positive and robust engagement with children and families and ensuring the voice of the child is heard, central to all decisions and evidenced in our care provision and measured against the standards set by the CQC and other external organisations including professional bodies.
• The clinical skills required will need to meet the care requirements of all the children/young people on the CHSW caseload. This list includes (not exhaustive): medication management, IV including infusions, seizure, clinical assessment, tube feeding, effective suctioning, tracheostomy care, ventilation, tissue viability, IPC, moving & handling.
• To ensure that the ethos and quality standards of CHSW are positively promoted and a safe and professional service is delivered at all times.
• To support the ongoing compliance evidence assessment processes across care ensuring the hospices and teams are CQC inspection ready and engaging with any improvement plans.

Please review the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RSCN RN Child (or other registered nurse (e.g. RGN, RN, RNLD) with substantial paediatric palliative care experience and willing to undertake further learning in this field)
• Education to degree level or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through a combination of alternative study, or employment experience.
• Current Professional UK registration e.g. NMC

Desirable

• Degree/Diploma in palliative care for children or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

• Clinical experience and competence, including extensive post qualification experience working with children/adults with a life limiting / life threatening condition, including at end of life, chronic illness or disability in a variety of settings; acute, community.
• Experience of working with children who are technology dependant and or have complex symptom control for example seizure management.
• Evidence of continuous professional development (CPD) clearly recorded for professional profile.
• Adherence to statutory requirements standards and regulations.
• Understanding of Clinical Governance and the implications for clinical services including experience of quality issues.
• Experience and knowledge of professional issues in paediatric palliative care for example professional boundaries and resilience.

Desirable

• Significant hands on experience providing palliative care for children and their families.
• Knowledge of key legislation and key drivers within paediatric palliative care; local and national agenda.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Ability to show evidence of being self-motivated, work autonomously and working proactively.
• Ability to communicate effectively with the leadership teams, colleagues, service users their parents and carers and external partners.
• Able to manage a wide ranging and complex workload.
• Ability to retain resilience whilst working in a demanding and unpredictable environment.
• Ability to demonstrate the required level of behaviour in keeping with CHSW core behaviours and values.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, Outlook and the ability to produce comprehensive and accurate records.

Desirable

• Experience of Caseload management.
• Managing difficult conversations, with both staff and families.
• Non-verbal communication skills e.g. Makaton

Personal Qualities

Essential

• A personal commitment to and empathy for the philosophy of childrens hospice care.
• A collaborative manner which is courteous, confident, consistent, approachable and non-confrontational.
• Resourceful, energetic and creative/solution focused approach to work.
• A good listener with capacity and resourcefulness when supporting people positively through challenging emotive situations.
• Professional, with emotional intelligence, insightfulness and able to uphold professional boundaries.

Other Requirements

Essential

• Satisfactory Enhanced DBS check
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Ability to work unsocial hours including nights, weekends and bank holidays

Qualifications

Essential

• RSCN RN Child (or other registered nurse (e.g. RGN, RN, RNLD) with substantial paediatric palliative care experience and willing to undertake further learning in this field)
• Education to degree level or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through a combination of alternative study, or employment experience.
• Current Professional UK registration e.g. NMC

Desirable

• Degree/Diploma in palliative care for children or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

• Clinical experience and competence, including extensive post qualification experience working with children/adults with a life limiting / life threatening condition, including at end of life, chronic illness or disability in a variety of settings; acute, community.
• Experience of working with children who are technology dependant and or have complex symptom control for example seizure management.
• Evidence of continuous professional development (CPD) clearly recorded for professional profile.
• Adherence to statutory requirements standards and regulations.
• Understanding of Clinical Governance and the implications for clinical services including experience of quality issues.
• Experience and knowledge of professional issues in paediatric palliative care for example professional boundaries and resilience.

Desirable

• Significant hands on experience providing palliative care for children and their families.
• Knowledge of key legislation and key drivers within paediatric palliative care; local and national agenda.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Ability to show evidence of being self-motivated, work autonomously and working proactively.
• Ability to communicate effectively with the leadership teams, colleagues, service users their parents and carers and external partners.
• Able to manage a wide ranging and complex workload.
• Ability to retain resilience whilst working in a demanding and unpredictable environment.
• Ability to demonstrate the required level of behaviour in keeping with CHSW core behaviours and values.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, Outlook and the ability to produce comprehensive and accurate records.

Desirable

• Experience of Caseload management.
• Managing difficult conversations, with both staff and families.
• Non-verbal communication skills e.g. Makaton

Personal Qualities

Essential

• A personal commitment to and empathy for the philosophy of childrens hospice care.
• A collaborative manner which is courteous, confident, consistent, approachable and non-confrontational.
• Resourceful, energetic and creative/solution focused approach to work.
• A good listener with capacity and resourcefulness when supporting people positively through challenging emotive situations.
• Professional, with emotional intelligence, insightfulness and able to uphold professional boundaries.

Other Requirements

Essential

• Satisfactory Enhanced DBS check
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Ability to work unsocial hours including nights, weekends and bank holidays

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Children’s Hospice South West

Address

Childrens Hospice South West

Redlands Road

Fremington

Barnstaple

Devon

EX31 2PZ

Employer's website

https://www.chsw.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)