Hospice Nurse Band 5 Job Description - Please click here to view/download the Job description
Were expanding our team and are looking for more Nurses to join your charity!
ABOUT NOAH'S ARK CHILDREN'S HOSPICE
We exist to help babies, children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, and their families, make the most of every day. Our mission is to enable those we support to enjoy life as children, not patients; as families, not just as carers.
Because everyone deserves to live life as themselves, beyond their condition or circumstances. We do this by listening to families. We know one size doesnt fit all, so we cater our services to each individual person we support. We can do this from the point of diagnosis.
Our help is available wherever it is needed. Our expert staff and trained volunteers can provide support in a families home, in the community, or at our state-of-the-art building, The Ark, in Barnet.
We work in collaboration with key NHS Trusts and other care providers to deliver the very best support to children and families. We have created a space where children with complex needs are accepted as they are, safe to play, explore, express themselves and build confidence.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Were expanding our team and are looking for more Nurses to join your charity. Youll be joining an award-winning, certified Outstanding team, who do all they can to empower children and families to experience as much life as possible.
As a member of the Noahs Ark Nurse and Specialist Care team, youll be encouraged to put the experience of children and families at the heart of all you do. As well as understanding their care needs, youll get to know whats important to each child you support whether its knowing what their favorite song to listen to is, how they like to play, or what sooths them when they are sad - at Noahs Ark its so important that each child is treated as an individual. Youll focus on what children can do, rather than their limitations, and will support them to experience things they may never have thought possible.
And by providing care for children, either at our state-of-the art building, The Ark, or out in the community, youll be allowing parents and cares to take some time for themselves. The hours of care youll provide will make a huge difference, allowing them to live life outside of their childs condition. By creating this time, youll be creating choice something which can feel impossible for the families we support.
Youll join our experienced nursing team to help provide a 24/7, on-call symptom assessment/management service for babies, children and young people in The Ark and out in the community.
Your commitment to children and families will continue through to end-of-life care. Youll be a guiding reassuring presence for families elevating anxiety and worry and working with other healthcare professionals to create as much comfort as possible. Youll be providing essential symptom management to help to bring comfort. As well as giving the choice of preferred place of care and preferred place of death.
During this time, youll continue to treat each child and family as an individual by taking the time to understand what is important to them. Youll help to create memories to enable as good a death as possible.
A natural and experienced leader, youll deliver high quality and effective training to other members of the team and family members. Youll provide direct line management support to Band 5 Nurses and Band 3 & 4 Specialist Carers.
ABOUT YOU
With excellent clinical and communication skills, youll either be an experienced Band 5 Nurse with palliative care experience, ready to take a step upwards in your career, or a Band 6 Nurse already working in the palliative care sector or have previous palliative care experience. Youll have at least one years experience caring for children with complex care needs. Youll have experience managing a nursing team, or experience of supporting students, junior staff nurses or support workers.
Youll be able to work collaboratively, experienced in leading a multi-skilled team, or can demonstrable experience of leadership with the support from a lead nurse.
Aside from experience, we look for individuals who share our core values of kindness, excellence and courage. Well support you to go above and beyond to be there for the children and families we support we ask that you share this mission with us.
Youll thrive working autonomously, confident in your ability to deliver care on your own out in the community. Youll know the value of collaboration, and will work closely with your team members, other healthcare professionals and the families you support to provide the very best care.
Creativity and play will be central to your approach to care, with the ability to build long-term relationships with the children and families you care for.
DBS
In addition, an enhanced DBS disclosure with Barring list checks will be required for this post. Our recruitment checks, induction, ongoing support and supervision, reflect our commitment to safeguarding the families we support.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
We believe that everyone deserves to be treated equally. It is central to our charities mission. We ensure that no member of staff, or job applicant, is treated less favourably because of their sex, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, race, colour, nationality, ethic or national origin, religion, disability, gender identity or marital status. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will guarantee an interview to those candidates with a disability if they meet the minimum requirements of the role. We particularly welcome and encourage applications from groups who are currently under-represented in our staff.
Please note - we are only accepting direct applications for this role
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, we kindly advise you to submit your application as early as possible.
Kindly see the job description at the top of the page for more information about this opportunity.
