As a Band 6 Junior Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will provide specialist clinical care to children and young people with complex needs and their families across hospice, home and community settings. Working under the supervision of a Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist (Band 7), you will play a key role in:
* end-of-life care and crisis response
* anticipatory care planning
* symptom management
* supporting families to care for their child at home
* preventing avoidable hospital admissions
The role includes participation in the on‑call rota and requires confident clinical judgement, strong communication skills and a compassionate, family‑centred approach.
Main Responsibilities
* Delivering high‑quality specialist nursing care to children with life‑limiting or life‑threatening conditions
* Undertaking holistic assessments and contributing to advance care planning
* Providing skilled symptom management and end‑of‑life care
* Coordinating care with acute, community and hospice colleagues
* Supporting safe discharge and step‑down from hospital
* Maintaining high standards of documentation, quality and safety
You must be a Registered Nurse with current NMC registration, confident managing complex clinical situations, able to work autonomously with appropriate escalation and be calm, resilient and values‑led. Experience in palliative or end‑of‑life care is desirable, but we welcome applicants with transferable experience who are motivated to develop their specialist practice.
Haven House Children’s Hospice is recruiting a Band 6 Junior Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Integrated Nursing Team at a pivotal time of service development across North East London. Following the closure of Richard House Children’s Hospice, we are expanding hospice, community and Hospice at Home services to ensure children with life‑limiting and life‑threatening conditions continue to receive safe, responsive and compassionate care.
Benefits
* Retention of your NHS pension (if applicable and subject to meeting NHS criteria)
* Agenda for Change long‑service holiday (if applicable)
* Pension Scheme (employer matching up to 7% if applicable)
* Free onsite parking
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Eye care voucher scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Interest‑free season ticket loan
* Blue Light Card discount scheme
Haven House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Employment is subject to receipt of satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check.
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