The vacancy
Ready to take your nursing career to the next level in a dynamic role that blends hospice and community care? Join us as a Band 5 Rotational Nurse and experience the variety, support, and growth you’ve been looking for!
Here at Rainbows Children’s Hospice, we provide specialist palliative care and end-of-life support to over 750 Babies, Children, and Young People living with life-limiting conditions and terminal illnesses as well as approximately 3,000 people, including families, siblings, and carers, across the East Midlands. Simply put, we’re here to brighten short lives and support families, wherever they are.
We are currently recruiting two full-time Band 5 Rotational Nurses to join the Rainbows Clinical Team, working across both our Hospice at Home Team and Hospice Care Team on a permanent rotational basis. The role will be permanently shared between two nursing positions, with one starting in Hospice at Home and the other in the Care Team.
For 6 months you will provide clinical care to babies, children and young people with life threatening/terminal illnesses in their homes, offering short breaks and support to parents/carers. For the other 6 months you will work within the Hospice setting, delivering a high standard of nursing care to babies, children and young people, in a family led environment. This rotation will then be continuously repeated.
This unique permanent role offers a rare opportunity to build a broad and meaningful skill set in children’s palliative care—both in the home and hospice setting—while being supported by a multidisciplinary team that values your development.
Hospice at Home Location & Hours of work:
Location: You will be based at the Hospice, traveling across the East Midlands, covering all 5 counties: Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire. Due to the nature of the role, the ability to travel across the East Midlands and hold your own UK Driving Licence is essential.
Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week. Working on a rota pattern between Monday and Sunday 8:00am – 6:00pm.
Hospice Care Team Location & Hours of work:
Location: At the Hospice, Lark Rise, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2HS.
Hours or work: 37.5 hours per week. Shift patterns between Monday and Sunday, 24 hours.
1. Long Day: 7:30 am – 8:00 pm
2. Night shift: 7:30 pm – 8:00 am
3. Short shifts: 7:30 am – 3:30 pm or 1:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Our Benefits
In addition to Agenda for Change pay scales, we offer a range of benefits including:
4. Free onsite parking at the Hospice, Lark Rise, Loughborough.
5. Opportunity for current NHS pension scheme members to transfer their membership.
6. Shift enhancements for unsociable hours
7. Established Training programme that will enable you to comply with NMC registration
8. Specialist training and development opportunities and working within a supportive team which specialist knowledge
9. Time to care for patients: Each baby, child and young person has 1:1 care
10. Eligibility to join blue light card discount scheme and Company Shop.
11. Healthcare Cashback plan.
12. Life Assurance.
13. 27 days holiday plus bank holidays.
14. Plus bank holiday allowance but expectation to work bank holidays in this role.
15. Contributory pension scheme or Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme.
16. Affordable meals at the Hospice, Lark Rise, Loughborough.
17. Free Tea, Coffee and Fruit whilst at the Hospice
18. Free access to an employee assistance programme
19. Wellbeing support and access to Mental Health First Aiders
20. Unofficial benefits: Fun events, All staff away days, Guest visitors
About the role
Some of the key responsibilities include (but not limited to):
21. To support the Band 6 Deputy lead nurse in planning and implementing care for children and young people within the hospice or at home.
22. To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care of children and young people in partnership with them and their parents/guardians.
23. To provide excellent short break, palliative and end of life care at Rainbows or at home, in conjunction with all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
24. Further responsibilities can be found by downloading the Job Description.
Essential Requirements
25. Substantial post registration experience as a Band 5 Nurse
26. Experience with children and/or young people (0-25 years) with complex needs
27. Demonstrates high standard of clinical care
Desirable Requirements
28. Post-registration experience in children’s palliative / end of life care
29. Experience of working in the community
30. Experience of lone working
31. Mentoring and preceptorship qualification
Further requirements can be found by downloading the Person Specification.
Please note: we are unable to provide preceptorship for this role.
For further information about this role and the responsibilities for either Team please contact:
This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check and comprehensive pre-employment screening, including employment referencing covering the past five years.
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Equality, diversity & inclusion
Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People is committed to improving the quality of its services to all people, irrespective of race/ethnicity, disability, gender, religion or belief, age, or sexual orientation. Our objective is to deliver high quality services that are accessible, responsive, and appropriate to meet the diverse needs of different groups and individuals. As such, we will continue to take action to ensure that staff and volunteers employed by Rainbows Hospice are culturally aware and treat every person with dignity, respect, and fairness, in a way that is sensitively responsive to differences and similarities. Unlawful discrimination and other forms of exclusion have no place within Rainbows Hospice.
About us
Rainbows cares for hundreds of families every year who have a baby, child or young person with a serious or terminal illness that means that their lives will be shorter than most.
We’ve been providing the highest level of professional holistic care and emotional support to babies, children, young people and their families since 1994. Our incredible team help to relieve symptoms, improve quality of life, and support their families to make the most of every precious moment, during life, through bereavement and beyond.
Our aim is to support every one of the thousands of babies, children and young people in the East Midlands, with a terminal or serious illness. To do this we’ve made it easier to access our services – wherever families are in our region. So, as well as providing end-of-life, short break care and bereavement support at our hospice, we also offer care and support at the point of need. Whether at our Lark Rise hospice, in the community, in hospital, or at home.
Simply put, we’re here to brighten short lives, and support families, wherever they are.
When you join Team Rainbows, not only will you receive a host of benefits including free parking, health cash plan and subsidised meals - but you’ll be making a real difference to the lives of families across the East Midlands who are going through the toughest of times.
Although there can be some sad times, Rainbows is a fun, dynamic and caring place to work. Whether you’re based at the Hospice, home or out in the community, you’ll join a team with a can-do attitude, ready to make a positive impact on the world of hospice care.
Our Vision
To become a household name across the East Midlands for the outstanding care we provide, wherever it’s needed.
Our Mission
Whether in our hospice, in hospital, or at home, we deliver unrivalled care to seriously and terminally ill babies, children, young people and their families. Our purpose is to make every moment of their short lives the best it can be.
Our vision is to create the “Rainbows Experience” wherever you are. Our mission is that across the East Midlands we will:
32. Transform care for those babies, children and young people who have a life-limiting or life-threatening condition
33. Relieve the pain and symptoms associated with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions
34. Support every baby, child and young person to achieve their full potential
35. Create memories for families to treasure
36. Provide comfort and compassion at the time of and following the death of a baby, child or young person
Across the East Midlands we will:
37. transform care for those children and young people who have a life-limiting or life-threatening condition
38. relieve the pain and symptoms associated with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions
39. support every child and young person to achieve their full potential
40. create memories for families to treasure
41. provide comfort and compassion at the time of and following the death of a child or young person
Our values
Because WE CARE, we are:
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