Posted: 8h ago
The role
Children’s Hospice Nurse Band 5 (Equiv. to Grade 5)
£35,000 to £39,587 per year + £500 on appointment
Location: Barnet, Greater London
Closing date: 9th July 2026
Our client is expanding their team and are looking for more Nurses to join their charity.
You’ll be joining an award-winning, certified Outstanding team, who do all they can to empower children and families to experience as much life as possible.
As a member of the Nurse and Specialist Care team, you’ll be encouraged to put the experience of children and families at the heart of all you do. As well as understanding their care needs, you’ll get to know what’s important to each child you support – whether it’s knowing what their favourite song to listen to is, how they like to play, or what sooths them when they are sad - it’s so important that each child is treated as an individual. You’ll focus on what children can do, rather than their limitations, and will support them to experience things they may never have thought possible.
And by providing care for children, either at their state-of-the art building, The Ark, or out in the community, you’ll be allowing parents and cares to take some time for themselves. The hours of care you’ll provide will make a huge difference, allowing them to live life outside of their child’s condition. By creating this time, you’ll be creating choice – something which can feel impossible for the families they support.
Your commitment to children and families will continue through to end-of-life care. You’ll be a guiding reassuring presence for families and working with other healthcare professionals to create as much comfort as possible. You’ll be providing essential symptom management to help to bring comfort. During this time, you’ll continue to treat each child and family as individual by taking the time to understand what is important to them. You’ll help to create memories to enable as good a death as possible.
A natural and experienced leader, you’ll deliver high quality and effective training to other members of the team and family members.
ABOUT YOU
You’ll be an experienced Nurse (Band 5 equivalent) with excellent clinical and communication skills. You’ll be able to work collaboratively with experience leading a multi-skilled team, or can show demonstrable experience of leadership with the support from a lead nurse.
Aside from experience, the organisation looks for individuals who share their core values of kindness, excellence and courage. They’ll support you to go above and beyond to be there for the children and families they support – they ask that you share this mission with them.
You’ll thrive working autonomously, confident in your ability to deliver care on your own out in the community. You’ll know the value of collaboration, and will work closely with your team members, other healthcare professionals and the families you support to provide the very best care.
Creativity and play will be central to your approach to care, with the ability to build long-term relationships with the children and families you care for.
You’ll be qualified in Children’s Nursing and have completed your nursing preceptorship.
DBS
An enhanced DBS disclosure with Child Barring will be required for this post. Their recruitment checks, induction, ongoing support and supervision, reflect their commitment to safeguarding the families they support.
THEIR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
They believe that everyone deserves to be treated equally. It is central to their charities mission. They ensure that no member of staff, or job applicant, is treated less favourably because of their sex, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, race, colour, nationality, ethic or national origin, religion, disability, gender identity or marital status.
They are a Disability Confident Employer and will guarantee an interview to those candidates with a disability if they meet the minimum requirements of the role.
They particularly welcome and encourage applications from groups who are currently under-represented in their staff.
The organisation reserves the right to close this vacancy early if they receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, they kindly advise you to submit your application as early as possible.
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