Job description
As part of the Specialist Care Team, you will be required to facilitate clinical and holistic care to babies, children, and young people in our care. You will be required to work in our Woodlands inpatient unit, our families’ homes and in the community, delivering the highest quality family centred palliative care. You will need to be available to work a variety of shifts across a rota including days, evenings and weekends. There will also be regular travel across our operating region.

Specialist Carers provide care for children and young people with life-threatening and/or life-limiting conditions and support for their families and carers. This will involve working collaboratively with the family, and internal and external multidisciplinary teams and colleagues. You will use your skills, knowledge and expertise in a variety of situations within the hospice as well as out in the community and in family homes. You will be trained and competent to work as a lone worker in the community. Shift patterns will include a rotation of weekends, bank holidays, early morning/evening and night shifts, which are an integral part of the service delivery.

You will safeguard all children and young people accessing our services, by responding to concerns raised in a timely and appropriate manner and effectively escalating these in accordance with policies and procedures.

About You

You will enjoy creating experiences, activities and play for those in your care, as well as working with your team to ensure their nursing care needs are met.

You will adhere to policies and procedures at all times, underpinned by competency in clinical skills, working under the delegation of a registered children’s nurse.

You will need to be available to work a variety of shifts across a rota including days, evenings, nights and weekends.

You will need to have a full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle for business use. This is essential to cover our wide geographical operating region.

As a valued member of Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice, we will offer you free uniforms, free DBS, ongoing professional support and role specific training. Time for travel will be paid, including free car parking and a generous mileage allowance.

Kindly see attached job description for more information about this opportunity.

In addition, an enhanced DBS disclosure with Child Barring will be required for this post. Our recruitment checks, induction, ongoing support and supervision, reflect our commitment to safeguarding the families we support.

Noahs Ark Children's Hospice is a Disabilty Confident employer

Part of our commitment is to interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for a job vacancy, and consider them based on their abilities.

Our Diversity Council is working hard to construct positive changes within our organisation, and we particularly welcome applications from groups who are currently under-represented in our staff.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, we kindly advise you to submit your application as early as possible.