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 Three Counties Hospice, Worcester 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.

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.

• 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 caring for children who require long‑term ventilation, tracheostomy care, oxygen therapy, suction, syringe drivers and enteral feeds. These skills will be gained through 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.
• Work autonomously as a lone worker, making clinical decisions and managing patient care independently while coordinating with other healthcare providers as necessary.

• 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.

• £30,000 to £40,000 per annum.
• Part‑time & full‑time roles available.
• Based around the Three Counties Hospice, Worcester (WR5 3EZ).
• Employee discounts from leading retailers including the Blue Light Card.
• Discounts on refurbished tech.
• Health cash plan.
• Gym membership and equipment discount scheme.
• Bike‑2‑Work 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 18 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 so any successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check for children and will be asked to provide two satisfactory references. Candidates will also 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.

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Why Work for Acorns?

Registered Children’s nurse having completed preceptorship. Mentor and Assessing Training (or be willing to undertake).

• Demonstrable relevant experience in palliative care, lone working, proven experience of delivering care within a community environment.
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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.