NHS
Senior Registered Nurse (Palliative Care)
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Job Description
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- Demonstrate close alignment to all Demelza values
- Registered Nurse on subpart 1 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council Registers
- Childrens Nurse, Adult Nurse or Learning Disability Nurse
- Educated to Level 6 of the National Qualifications Framework, or willingness to
- undertake
- Able to demonstrate sound knowledge of clinical skills in paediatric nursing
- Able to demonstrate understanding of latest developments in nursing practice and
- reflect them in care delivery
- Able to demonstrate awareness of safeguarding children and young people
- Experience of working with children and/or young people with disabilities and complex
- health needs
- Hold a mentorship qualification or be prepared to work towards
- Excellent IT skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Willingness to travel to other sites as required
- Full driving licence and access to own vehicle for business use or access to reliable
- transport arrangements
- Experience of delivering end of life care
- Experience of paediatric intensive care
- Experience of long term ventilation
- Qualification or expertise in practice specialism relevant to paediatric palliative care
- Experience of being a Preceptor for newly qualified and/or overseas nurses
- Degree/Masters level module in relevant subject or willingness to undertake
- Demonstrate close alignment to all Demelza values
- Registered Nurse on subpart 1 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council Registers
- Childrens Nurse, Adult Nurse or Learning Disability Nurse
- Educated to Level 6 of the National Qualifications Framework, or willingness to
- undertake
- Able to demonstrate sound knowledge of clinical skills in paediatric nursing
- Able to demonstrate understanding of latest developments in nursing practice and
- reflect them in care delivery
- Able to demonstrate awareness of safeguarding children and young people
- Experience of working with children and/or young people with disabilities and complex
- health needs
- Hold a mentorship qualification or be prepared to work towards
- Excellent IT skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Willingness to travel to other sites as required
- Full driving licence and access to own vehicle for business use or access to reliable
- transport arrangements
- Experience of delivering end of life care
- Experience of paediatric intensive care
- Experience of long term ventilation
- Qualification or expertise in practice specialism relevant to paediatric palliative care
- Experience of being a Preceptor for newly qualified and/or overseas nurses
- Degree/Masters level module in relevant subject or willingness to undertake
Job summary
To provide holistic nursing care and support to children and young people with life limiting/life threatening conditions and their families/carers, utilising the skills, knowledge and expertise of the qualified practitioner in a variety of situations, working on their own initiative and accessing and contributing to the skill base of the wider team. Working in collaboration with other services to best meet the needs of the child/young person and their family.
Main duties of the job
To take the lead as a shift coordinator and participate in the on call rota. Deputise in the absence of the Team Leader or Care Services Lead. To safeguard all children and young people accessing services; by responding to concerns raised in a timely and appropriate manner and effectively escalating, acting and referring these in accordance with policies and procedures.
About us
Demelza delivers extraordinary care to extraordinary children who are facing serious or life-limiting conditions, throughout Kent, South East London and East Sussex. We're here to support them and their families at every step - from first diagnosis and for as long as we're needed. Demelza believes in care that doesn't back down.
Details
Date posted
30 May 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£46,380 to £55,001 a year Incl Palliative Nurse Retention of 5% of contracted basic
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
DEM1103234
Job locations
5 Wensley Close
Eltham
SE9 5AB
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
You will structure your care around their individual needs, with no two days being the same. Through a comprehensive training programme and continuous professional development, you will utilise your existing skills whilst gaining new ones around palliative care, symptom management and end of life care. Join us and you can be the nurse you dreamt of being by delivering expert, individualised, and compassionate care that makes a real difference to children and families.
Job responsibilities
You will structure your care around their individual needs, with no two days being the same. Through a comprehensive training programme and continuous professional development, you will utilise your existing skills whilst gaining new ones around palliative care, symptom management and end of life care. Join us and you can be the nurse you dreamt of being by delivering expert, individualised, and compassionate care that makes a real difference to children and families.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
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
Demelza Hospice Care for Children
Address
5 Wensley Close
Eltham
SE9 5AB
Employer's website
https://www.demelza.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Demelza Hospice Care for Children
Address
5 Wensley Close
Eltham
SE9 5AB
Employer's website
https://www.demelza.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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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