Nurse Associate - Chestnut Tree House

Job summary

Nurse Associate

Chestnut Tree House, Arundel

37.5 hours per week

FTE £25,956 p.a depending on depth and variety of experience in a similar role

Chestnut Tree House is thechildren's hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life-shortening conditions.

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and passionate Nurse Associate to provide Children / Young People (CYPs) palliative care as part of a multi-disciplinary team, working in the Chestnut Tree care team.

The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of high quality, clinical nursing care to children and young people that access Chestnut Tree inhouse care. The post holder will provide clinical nursing care, delivering a broad range of interventions for CYP and be flexible in meeting the needs of CYP with life threatening and life shortening conditions and their families.

It is an exciting time to join the Chestnut Tree integrated clinical team and be part of our transformation and development of care services. Chestnut Tree has an integrated care team, whilst the post is to predominantly provide inhouse care, the post holder will also have opportunities to support community care and end of life care in children and young peoples homes.

Main duties of the job

Chestnut Tree House offers a comprehensive development programme for staff and inhouse training will be delivered to support staff to achieve clinical skills to care for children and to support staff in providing end of life care.

This is a challenging yet rewarding role and requires dedication and commitment to ensure children and young people are at the centre of care.

Benefits

• Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme for eligible employees
• 27 days annual leave (increasing after each year of continuous service, up to 30 days) + bank holidays
• On-site education support and study leave opportunities
• Option to access Health Shield and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less
• Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card

For further details and an informal discussion about the role please contact the Chestnut Tree House Managers on 01903 871822.

Due to the remote location and lack of public transport, access to your own transport is essential.

About us

Chestnut Tree House is thechildren's hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providingspecialist palliative care for children and young people with life-shortening conditions.

An enhanced DBS will be sought, if you are successful in this role. The safe recruitment of staff at St Barnabas Hospices is the first step to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults in our care. As an employer we expect all staff and volunteers to share our commitment to safeguarding.

If you have the passion and drive to succeed, please visit our website www.chestnut-tree-house.org.uk/jobs for a job description and to apply. Alternatively, you can contact the HR department hr@stbh.org.uk

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums, facilities and services to support stafffrom different backgrounds.

The information you provide on your application form is the only information we will use to decide whether or not to short-list you for interview.

Employer details

Employer name

St Barnabas Hospices

Address

Chestnut Tree House

Dover Lane

Poling

Arundel

West Sussex

BN18 9PX

Employer's website

https://www.stbarnabas-hospice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

St Barnabas Hospices

Address

Chestnut Tree House

Dover Lane

Poling

Arundel

West Sussex

BN18 9PX

Employer's website

https://www.stbarnabas-hospice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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