Band 5 Nurse

Acorns Children's Hospice Trust are looking for a qualified nurse for our Birmingham Hospice to assess, plan and deliver holistic care to life-limited and life-threatened children and young people at the hospice.  This is a full time role of 37.5 hours per week.

About the Role

Acorns provides care for babies, children and young people, who have life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, both in our hospices and in their homes. Our nurses are part of a supportive, multi-disciplinary team delivering care packages that are tailored to each child’s individual holistic needs – and we’re structured so that you’ll simply ‘have the time to care’.

Our Hospice Nurses assess, plan and deliver care to babies, children and young people, using a systematic approach and creating an individualised care plan.  They strive to develop their knowledge and skills around care of children and young people with complex needs, taking advantage of training opportunities that we provide, to further develop skills and expertise to enhance the delivery of care.  As well as taking care of our children and young people’s day-to-day clinical needs, you could be planning food choices, organising trips or supporting family and friends.

We’re open every day of the year and are fully responsive to the needs of our children and young people, so we will ask for some flexibility.  Typical shift patterns:

12.5 hour day: 7.30am - 8.00pm or 9.00am - 9.30pm
7.5 hour day:   7.30am - 3.00pm or 2.00pm - 9.30pm
12.5 hour night : 7:30pm - 8am

Each hospice is purpose-built with individually decorated rooms overlooking our gardens. We try to make it as welcoming and friendly as possible – a homely environment for the children, young people and their families. 

Discover what it's like to work in an Acorns Children's Hospice: More Than End of Life Care

About You

To join as a Hospice Nurse, you’ll need to be a registered children’s nurse, with awareness of safeguarding issues.  Experience of paediatric palliative care and work with children with special needs or disabilities would be advantageous, but not essential. 

What We Offer

• Salary: £29,787 to £35,957 per annum
• Enhancements for Saturdays (30%), Sundays (50%) and nights (50%)
• 37.5 hours per week
• Employee discounts from leading retailers
• Employee gym discount scheme
• Bike-to-Work scheme
• Generous contribution to group personal pension plan or continuation of current NHS pension scheme
• NHS pension scheme life assurance or Acorns group life assurance scheme

You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check for children and will be asked to provide two satisfactory references.

As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Children’s Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.

Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here: Why work for Acorns?