Job summary
Rainbows are recruiting to a brand new role of Specialist Palliative Care Well-being Practitioner based in the Hospice in Loughborough. The role is 3 days per week (22.5 hours), worked flexibly to meet the needs of the service.
Main duties of the job
The key purpose of this role is to support the development of skills to ensure the wellbeing of all staff within the palliative care team so that they can continuously deliver high-quality emotional well-being support and care to babies, children, and young people on their caseload.
You will be supported by an expert multi-disciplinary team, including Doctors, Nurse Specialists, Support Workers & therapists.
In addition to NHS matched salaries, we offer a range of benefits including a health cash plan, free parking and, as we are a directional employer, the opportunity to continue with your NHS pension.
About us
Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People is a 10 bedded Nurse led unit based in Loughborough Leicestershire. We are a multidisciplinary team that provides holistic, urgent short beaks, palliative and end of life care for children and young people (aged 0-25) from across the East Midlands who have complex and palliative care needs, including those who are technology and ventilator dependent.
We also provide care to our children and young people at home and Our Family Support Team offers bereavement and community support for the whole family. Join our incredible team at Rainbows as we continue to expand and launch our exciting new range of services which aims to meet the needs of more families across the East Midlands than ever before. When COVID-19 hit, it changed everything for our families.
We had to respond by changing everything we do. We are introducing a range of new services which our families desperately need to make sure we can still be there for them during the most difficult of times.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To lead, represent, manage, and develop the well-being service within the palliative care team in line with professional guidelines and standard operational procedures.
- To offer pre-bereavement preparation and support to the dying and their families.
To ensure staff who perform highly demanding emotional roles can develop skills to manage their own well-being.
- To provide psychosocial support to members of the Palliative Care Team, the hospice care team and the hospice in the home service who are supporting babies, children, young people prior to death and imminently after.
- To have oversite of the team caseload to ensure peer review and consistency across the team in caseload management.
- To provide support to other managers regarding the emotional wellbeing of their staff who are caring for babies, children and young people who are approaching death, dying or the period imminently after death.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To lead, represent, manage, and develop the well-being service within the palliative care team in line with professional guidelines and standard operational procedures.
- To offer pre-bereavement preparation and support to the dying and their families.
To ensure staff who perform highly demanding emotional roles can develop skills to manage their own well-being.
- To provide psychosocial support to members of the Palliative Care Team, the hospice care team and the hospice in the home service who are supporting babies, children, young people prior to death and imminently after.
- To have oversite of the team caseload to ensure peer review and consistency across the team in caseload management.
- To provide support to other managers regarding the emotional wellbeing of their staff who are caring for babies, children and young people who are approaching death, dying or the period imminently after death.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional degree & qualifications in Health or Social Work i.e. NMC Registered Childrens Nurse, Health Visitor or School Nurse or Registered Social Worker.
- Degree in related field and ability to work at this level.
- Leadership & Management Training/Qualification.
- Specialist Child Bereavement training e.g. Post Graduate Certificate in Childhood Bereavement.
Desirable
- Counselling/ Certificate or willingness to undertake.
- Masters Degree or willingness to undertake.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional degree & qualifications in Health or Social Work i.e. NMC Registered Childrens Nurse, Health Visitor or School Nurse or Registered Social Worker.
- Degree in related field and ability to work at this level.
- Leadership & Management Training/Qualification.
- Specialist Child Bereavement training e.g. Post Graduate Certificate in Childhood Bereavement.
Desirable
- Counselling/ Certificate or willingness to undertake.
- Masters Degree or willingness to undertake.
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).
Additional information
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).
