Children's Palliative Community Nurse

We’re growing our Community Nurse Team at Acorns Children's Hospice Trust!  We have an exciting opportunity in our Birmingham Hospice for an experienced Community Nurse to join the team. In this new role, you’ll use your expertise, compassion and clinical skills to provide comprehensive, evidence-based nursing care to children and young people who have a range of complex health needs and life limiting or life-threatening conditions.

About the Role

Acorns provides care for babies, children and young people, who have life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. Our Children’s Palliative Community Nurses are part of a supportive, multi-disciplinary team delivering care that is tailored to each child’s individual holistic needs.

As a Children’s Palliative Community Nurse, you will: 

• Deliver evidence-based end of life and symptom management and after death care to children and young people outside of the hospice
• Use clinical skills including, but not limited to, caring for children who require long term ventilation, tracheostomy care, oxygen therapy, suction, syringe drivers and enteral feeds etc. These skills will be gained by completing competency-based training.
• Be responsible for the assessment, development and evaluation of nursing care plans for children and young people with complex health needs including life limiting and life-threatening conditions and their families.
• Empower children, young people and their relatives to make decisions about their care and to exercise choice
• Travel within a designated geographic area to visit patients in their homes or community settings
• This role requires autonomous lone working, making clinical decisions and managing patient care independently while coordinating with other healthcare providers as necessary

About You

• Registered Children’s nurse, having completed preceptorship
• Demonstrable relevant experience in palliative care
• Proven experience of delivering care within a community environment
• Experience of working with children with complex health needs
• Ability to travel independently around the Acorns region

What We Offer

• £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
• Part-time & full-time roles are available
• Based around the Birmingham Hospice (B29 6HZ)
• Employee discounts from leading retailers – including the Blue Light Card
• Discounts on refurbished tech
• Eye Test discount
• Health cash plan
• Gym membership and equipment discount scheme
• Bike2Work scheme - save up to 42% on bikes and equipment 
• Wellbeing, legal and financial support
• Generous contribution to group personal pension plan (7.5%) or continuation of current NHS pension scheme
• NHS pension scheme life assurance or Acorns group life assurance scheme 

Interviews are scheduled to be held on 17 February

You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check for children and will be asked to provide two satisfactory references.  In addition, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of immunisation against specific diseases or confirm their willingness to receive the necessary vaccinations.

As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Children’s Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.

If you have any questions, please contact us at recruitment@acorns.org.uk

Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here: Why Work for Acorns?