NHS
Children's Nurse - RSCN
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Job Description
- Req#: B0231-25-0013?language=en&page=818&sort=publicationDateDesc
- Time to care
- Time to learn new skills
- Time to feel valued
- Time to be part of a nursing team like no other
- RSCN or RN (Child)
- 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
- Certificate, diploma or degree in: palliative care for children; counselling; or care of the dying.
- Caring, warm and friendly. A personal commitment to and empathy for the philosophy of children's hospice care.
- A collaborative manner, which is caring, courteous, confident and non-confrontational with both children and families and fellow team members. Resourceful and energetic.
- Sense of humour. Flexible. Motivated. Creative, can do approach. Commitment to working in partnership with families and providing a family led service. Willing to share own knowledge, but also keen to learn from others.
- Knowledge and understanding of the needs of children with life limiting conditions and their families and effective responses to these needs. Understanding of the philosophy and practice of childrens hospices.
- Knowledge and understanding of palliative care for children. Knowledge and understanding of loss and bereavement in childhood.
- Evidence of ability to work to a high standard within chosen professional field. Excellent communication, listening and interpersonal skills. Evidence of problem solving ability. Good team worker with co-operative and supportive approach to fellow team members. Evidence of previous partnership working with children and families with a sensitive and non-judgmental approach.
- Post qualification practice and experience, preferably working with children and their families.
- Previous experience working with children with life limiting or life threatening conditions and their families.
- Experience of working with children and families facing loss / bereavement.
- Previous experience working on a multi-disciplinary team.
- Satisfactory Enhanced DBS check.
- Full UK Drivers License.
- Ability to work unsocial hrs including nights, weekends and bank holidays.
- Occupational Health clearance
- RSCN or RN (Child)
- 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
- Certificate, diploma or degree in: palliative care for children; counselling; or care of the dying.
- Caring, warm and friendly. A personal commitment to and empathy for the philosophy of children's hospice care.
- A collaborative manner, which is caring, courteous, confident and non-confrontational with both children and families and fellow team members. Resourceful and energetic.
- Sense of humour. Flexible. Motivated. Creative, can do approach. Commitment to working in partnership with families and providing a family led service. Willing to share own knowledge, but also keen to learn from others.
- Knowledge and understanding of the needs of children with life limiting conditions and their families and effective responses to these needs. Understanding of the philosophy and practice of childrens hospices.
- Knowledge and understanding of palliative care for children. Knowledge and understanding of loss and bereavement in childhood.
- Evidence of ability to work to a high standard within chosen professional field. Excellent communication, listening and interpersonal skills. Evidence of problem solving ability. Good team worker with co-operative and supportive approach to fellow team members. Evidence of previous partnership working with children and families with a sensitive and non-judgmental approach.
- Post qualification practice and experience, preferably working with children and their families.
- Previous experience working with children with life limiting or life threatening conditions and their families.
- Experience of working with children and families facing loss / bereavement.
- Previous experience working on a multi-disciplinary team.
- Satisfactory Enhanced DBS check.
- Full UK Drivers License.
- Ability to work unsocial hrs including nights, weekends and bank holidays.
- Occupational Health clearance
Job summary
Its time to be the best Nurse you can be
If you are looking for a new nursing experience with time to care and time to develop your clinical skills, whilst feeling valued as part of a supportive team, there has never been a better time to join us as we embark on our ambitious plans for the growth and development of children's hospice care in the South West.
Main duties of the job
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.
About us
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.
Benefits of joining our team include:
Registered nurse starting salary of £34,316 with annual increments
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.
Details
Date posted
27 October 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£34,316 to £42,046 a year plus enhancements for night, weekend and bank holiday working
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
B0231-25-0013
Job locations
Little Harbour
Porthpean Road
St Austell
Cornwall
PL26 6AZ
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
To provide childrens nursing expertise to the multi disciplinary Care Team at the hospice, offering clinical leadership, advice and support.
To create a homely and welcoming environment in which families feel nurtured and rested.
To provide friendship and care, (including physical, emotional, social and spiritual care) to the sick child and their immediate and extended family working flexibly alongside the families, supporting them in the manner that they choose.
To develop a supportive relationship as a professional friend to named children and their families, keeping in touch with them between visits to the hospice and maintaining close liaison with other practitioners and agencies involved in their care.
Job responsibilities
To provide childrens nursing expertise to the multi disciplinary Care Team at the hospice, offering clinical leadership, advice and support.
To create a homely and welcoming environment in which families feel nurtured and rested.
To provide friendship and care, (including physical, emotional, social and spiritual care) to the sick child and their immediate and extended family working flexibly alongside the families, supporting them in the manner that they choose.
To develop a supportive relationship as a professional friend to named children and their families, keeping in touch with them between visits to the hospice and maintaining close liaison with other practitioners and agencies involved in their care.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Personal Qualities
Essential
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential
Desirable
Skills
Essential
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Other requirements
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Personal Qualities
Essential
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential
Desirable
Skills
Essential
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Other requirements
Essential
Additional informationDisclosure 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).
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Children’s Hospice South West
Address
Little Harbour
Porthpean Road
St Austell
Cornwall
PL26 6AZ
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
Children’s Hospice South West
Address
Little Harbour
Porthpean Road
St Austell
Cornwall
PL26 6AZ
Employer's website
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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