Job Opportunity: Care Team Nurse (NMC Registered- Children’s)
Location:Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice
Position:Care Team Nurse (NMC Registered)
Salary: £31,052 per annum
Closing Date: Monday 7 th July 2025
Interviews: Thursday 24 th July 2025
About us:
Our vision at Bluebell Wood is for every baby, child and young person with a life limiting condition to access specialist palliative care, where and when they need it. You will join our fantastic team where we all play our part in achieving our vision and creating an incredible culture for everyone.
This is a wonderful opportunity for an entry level, qualified NMC Registered Children’s Nurse (RN Child/RSCN) to be part of spear heading our innovative approach to delivering both planned and responsive, direct clinical care in the hospice.
Our uncompromisable support services are wide-ranging and bespoke to each family. We provide symptom management, end-of-life care, post-death care, short breaks, counselling, sibling support groups, music therapy, home visits and more.
We support families across a large geographical area, including South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire, North Derbyshire and parts of North Lincolnshire. The hospice is easily accessible from Barnsley, Rotherham, Doncaster, Sheffield and North Notts. We have free secure on-site parking for families, staff and volunteers to use.
Every year we need to raise £6.7m to keep our doors open and only around 17% of our income comes from government sources, the rest must be raised through fundraising activity.
More about the role:
As a nurse on the care team, you will work collaboratively to provide a professional, high-quality nursing care to babies, children, and young people in the hospice. Based in the hospice, you will be undertaking key activities:
* Delivering planned and some responsive direct clinical care.
* Deliver care after the death of a child, supporting their family whilst in the hospice
* Working collaboratively within a nurse-led service.
* Support colleagues, students and trainees whilst on duty
* Building compassionate and professional working relationships with families using our services
* To maintain confidentiality surrounding a child’s or young person’s admission and treatment at all times.
About you:
Our values underpin what we do and how we do it.
To succeed in this role, we are looking for someone who will embody our values, work confidently with key attention to detail, engage with everyone in our hospice, and has an absolute willingness to learn.
A friendly, incredible working environment along with the following benefits:
25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays with the option to buy and sell
Employee assistance programme - including mental health care and out of hours GP access
A commitment to your professional development
Matched pension scheme of 5% of salary
Bluebell Wood e nhanced maternity and paternity pay (unrelated to NHS conditions)
E nhance d night shift pay .
Subsidised lunch
Free tea and coffee
Cycle to work scheme
Eligible for NHS Blue Light Card
Access to rewards portal
If you are passionate about making a difference, we cannot wait to hear from you. Apply now
If you would like to have an informal chat about this role, please do contact Kate Kelly (Head of Care) on 01909 514 360 or email kate.kelly@bluebellwood.org
Please download the job description and person specification for more information and if you think you have what we are looking for, download and complete the application form above and return it torecruitment@bluebellwood.org
Closing date: Monday 7th July 2025
Interview date Thursday 24th July 2025
We are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive work place that reflects the communities we support, and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of gender, sex, ethnicity, race, religion, education, socioeconomic background, disability, or sexual orientation.
We will do everything we can to accommodate any needs throughout our recruitment process.
What else we will need or you need to know:
Proof that you have the right to work in the uk. U nfortunately, we cannot support visa sponsorship
Any successful applicant will require a health check
An Enhanced DBS Check
Two references
All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks
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