Registered Nurse
Children’s Hospice South West
Barnstaple, EX31 2PZView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£35,346 to £43,308
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
2 October 2026
4 days leftJob description
Its time to be the best Nurse you can be Time to care Time to learn new skills Time to feel valued Time to be part of a nursing team like no other If ...
You will use your specialist clinical skills to help provide individualised paediatric and palliative care that puts the family at the centre of everything you do.
Our beautiful, welcoming hospices provide an incredibly calming and supportive haven for families facing the death of their child.
You will have time to develop your skills as part of a clinical, educational, psychological and holistic network across South West England, enabling you to care for our most clinically complex children with confidence.
On a typical day you could be dealing with a tracheostomy, supporting a ventilated child or making up a syringe driver in the morning and enriching the lives of the children through fun and play in the afternoon.
A rare opportunity to provide truly holistic care, ensuring dreams are fulfilled and precious memories are made.
The care and support we provide can span many years, or be a brief moment in time, being there when families need us most.
You will leave each day knowing you have made a real difference.
CHSW delivers services to children and
their families who have a palliative care need and meet the agreed referral
criteria. The CHSW ethos is support the whole family and our delivery model
includes care wherever the child is when they need it most including care at
the hospice base, at home and virtual support.
The
Registered Nurse will work as part of the care multidisciplinary team.
Working under the leadership of the Care Team Leaders (TL) to provide direct
care and support to children and their families.
- To ensure the care provided to children and families is highly
personalised and of the highest quality.
- To foster a warm, welcoming and caring
environment, informal in nature and whilst upholding the highest standards of
care, which offers and support tailored to the individual needs of each referred
child and their family.
- To provide holistic nursing care (physical, emotional, social and
spiritual) for children and members of the family. This may include feeding; washing; play;
specific medical/nursing care; listening/supporting; giving information; and
caring for the child wherever they are located. It includes activities with the
referred child and/or siblings to reflect their wishes / outcomes and support
therapeutic spaces, resilience and meeting their full potential.
- To provide clinical care wherever the child is working in the
hospice, at home and virtually. This includes within
the childs home for home visits or community care, care at end of life, being
part of assessments, referrals, care plan meetings, MDT meetings.
- To ensure parents are respected, working in partnership with them
in the care of their child. To be proactive in making contact with each family
staying at the hospice and ensuring they are satisfied with the care they are
receiving and that it is responsive to their needs.
- To ensure that there is positive and robust engagement with
children and families and ensuring the voice of the child is heard, central
to all decisions and evidenced in our care provision and measured against the
standards set by the CQC and other external organisations including
professional bodies.
- The
clinical skills required will need to meet the care requirements of all the
children/young people on the CHSW caseload. This list includes (not exhaustive):
medication management, IV including infusions, seizure, clinical assessment,
tube feeding, effective suctioning, tracheostomy care, ventilation, tissue
viability, IPC, moving & handling.
- To ensure that the ethos and quality
standards of CHSW are positively promoted and a safe and professional service
is delivered at all times.
- To support the ongoing compliance
evidence assessment processes across care ensuring the hospices and teams are
CQC inspection ready and engaging with any improvement plans.
Please review the attached Job
Description and Person Specification for full details of the role.
Our hospices in Devon, Bristol and Cornwall have been providing expert, individualised care to support children, young people and their families for more than 30 years. We are hoping to reach even more families in 2023 and are currently recruiting Nurses from a variety of different nursing settings and backgrounds for our hospices.
- Starting salary £35,346 to £41,707 depending post qualification experience, annual increments, rising to £43,308
- Enhancements for working weekends, nights and bank holidays
- 33 days annual leave rising to 35 with long service, plus bank holidays
- Annual NMC registration fees paid
- Enhanced sickness benefits rising to 6 months full pay, 6 months half pay
- Nurturing and supportive working environment
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Retention of NHS pension
- Free on-site parking
What our Nurses say about working at CHSW
We have time to care and time with the opportunity to grow, to nurture, to support and learn.
I thought the hospice was going be all end of life care, but as well as the end of life and bereavement care, it is also about getting to know the family and supporting them on their journey, long or short, and having the time to do that. As a nurse there's not many jobs where you are able to spend quality time with a family. It is a real privilege.
Qualifications
Essential
- RSCN RN Child (or other registered nurse (e.g. RGN, RN, RNLD) with substantial paediatric palliative care experience and willing to undertake further learning in this field)
- Education to degree level or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through a combination of alternative study, or employment experience.
- Current Professional UK registration e.g. NMC
Desirable: - Degree/Diploma in palliative care for children or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Clinical experience and competence, including extensive post qualification experience working with children/adults with a life limiting / life threatening condition, including at end of life, chronic illness or disability in a variety of settings; acute, community.
- Experience of working with children who are technology dependant and or have complex symptom control for example seizure management.
- Evidence of continuous professional development (CPD) clearly recorded for professional profile.
- Adherence to statutory requirements standards and regulations.
- Understanding of Clinical Governance and the implications for clinical services including experience of quality issues.
- Experience and knowledge of professional issues in paediatric palliative care for example professional boundaries and resilience.
Desirable
- Significant hands on experience providing palliative care for children and their families.
- Knowledge of key legislation and key drivers within paediatric palliative care; local and national agenda.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to show evidence of being self-motivated, work autonomously and working proactively.
- Ability to communicate effectively with the leadership teams, colleagues, service users their parents and carers and external partners.
- Able to manage a wide ranging and complex workload.
- Ability to retain resilience whilst working in a demanding and unpredictable environment.
- Ability to demonstrate the required level of behaviour in keeping with CHSW core behaviours and values.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, Outlook and the ability to produce comprehensive and accurate records.
Desirable: - Experience of Caseload management.; - Managing difficult conversations, with both staff and families.; - Non-verbal communication skills e.g. Makaton
Personal Qualities
Essential
- A personal commitment to and empathy for the philosophy of childrens hospice care.
- A collaborative manner which is courteous, confident, consistent, approachable and non-confrontational.
- Resourceful, energetic and creative/solution focused approach to work.
- A good listener with capacity and resourcefulness when supporting people positively through challenging emotive situations.
- Professional, with emotional intelligence, insightfulness and able to uphold professional boundaries.
Other Requirements
Essential: - Satisfactory Enhanced DBS check; - Full UK Driving Licence; - Ability to work unsocial hours including nights, weekends and bank holidays
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First seen
18 September 2026
Last checked
22 September 2026
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