Band 5 Rotational Nurses

Job description

Job responsibilities

Hospice at Home Location & Hours of work: Location: You will be based at the Hospice, traveling across the East Midlands, covering all 5 counties: Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire. Due to the nature of the role, the ability to travel across the East Midlands and hold your own UK Driving Licence is essential. Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week. Working on a rota pattern between Monday and Sunday 8:00am 6:00pm. Hospice Care Team Location & Hours of work: Location: At the Hospice, Lark Rise, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2HS. Hours or work: 37.5 hours per week. Shift patterns between Monday and Sunday, 24 hours. Long Day: 7:30 am 8:00 pm Night shift: 7:30 pm 8:00 am Short shifts: 7:30 am 3:30 pm or 1:30 pm 9:30 pm Our Benefits In addition to Agenda for Change pay scales, we offer a range of benefits including: Free onsite parking at the Hospice, Lark Rise, Loughborough. Opportunity for current NHS pension scheme members to transfer their membership. Shift enhancements for unsociable hours Established Training programme that will enable you to comply with NMC registration Specialist training and development opportunities and working within a supportive team which specialist knowledge Time to care for patients: Each baby, child and young person has 1:1 care Eligibility to join blue light card discount scheme and Company Shop. Healthcare Cashback plan. Life Assurance. 27 days holiday plus bank holidays. Plus bank holiday allowance but expectation to work bank holidays in this role. Contributory pension scheme or Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme. Affordable meals at the Hospice, Lark Rise, Loughborough. Free Tea, Coffee and Fruit whilst at the Hospice Free access to an employee assistance programme Wellbeing support and access to Mental Health First Aiders Unofficial benefits: Fun events, All staff away days, Guest visitors About the role Some of the key responsibilities include (but not limited to): To support the Band 6 Deputy lead nurse in planning and implementing care for children and young people within the hospice or at home. To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care of children and young people in partnership with them and their parents/guardians. To provide excellent short break, palliative and end of life care at Rainbows or at home, in conjunction with all members of the multi-disciplinary team. Further responsibilities can be found by downloading the Job Description. Essential Requirements Substantial post registration experience as a Band 5 Nurse Experience with children and/or young people (0-25 years) with complex needs Demonstrates high standard of clinical care Desirable Requirements Post-registration experience in childrens palliative / end of life care Experience of working in the community Experience of lone working Mentoring and preceptorship qualification Further requirements can be found by downloading the Person Specification. Please note: we are unable to provide preceptorship for this role. For further information about this role and the responsibilities for either Team please contact: Hospice at Home: Tracy Shearer, Lead Nurse Hospice at Home, tracy.shearer@rainbows.co.uk Hospice Care Team: Zena Barratt, Lead Nurse Clinical Operations, zena.barratt@rainbows.co.uk To apply for the role please click apply now to complete an online application form. If you require an alternative method of applying or would like to discuss reasonable adjustments further, please contact the Recruitment Team at recruitment@rainbows.co.uk This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check and comprehensive pre-employment screening, including employment referencing covering the past five years. Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Qualified RSCN (Child Branch)/RNCB/ RNLD
• Substantial post registration experience as a Band 5 Nurse
• Experience with children and/or young people (0-25 years) with complex needs
• Demonstrates high standard of clinical care
• Effective communication skills
• Ability to teach and support other team members
• Good teamwork
• Understanding of research-based practice
• Awareness of safeguarding procedures.
• Commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discrimination.
• Ability to use own initiative and make decisions based on patient care needs.
• Treats all patients with dignity, respect and understanding
• Ability to set and maintain professional boundaries with staff, children, parents and visitors
• Ability to work with multi-disciplinary team
• Positive attitude towards change
• Ability to recognise stress in oneself and others and to manage it effectively
• Ability to be assertive with other staff members when required
• Demonstrates motivation and commitment towards personal and professional development
• Be flexible and adaptable.
• Have a valid UK driving licence.
• One Team Working together with fairness and respect.
• People Centred Championing inclusivity, compassion and clarity.
• Aim High Adapting, learning and sharing our expertise.
• Own It Focused, committed and accountable.

Desirable

• Post-registration experience in childrens palliative / end of life care
• Experience of working in the community
• Experience of lone working
• Mentoring and preceptorship qualification
• Knowledge of principles of clinical supervision
• Experience of using SystmOne electronic care record system or similar.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People

Address

Rainbows Hospice, Lark Rise, Loughborough,

Loughborough

Leicestershire

LE11 2HS

Employer's website

https://www.rainbows.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)