Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Hours / week
- 24
- Posted
- 24/08/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves delivering holistic nursing care to babies, children, and young people with complex health needs, palliative, and end-of-life care needs, and their families. You will lead and coordinate shifts, provide care at the hospice, in homes, and other settings. The position requires using a wide range of clinical skills, assessing and evaluating care plans, and supporting families through difficult times. Training and professional development are provided to enhance skills in children's palliative care.
Essential criteria
- Current full, valid driving license. Ability to occasionally work in the other EACH hospice (Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire) to respond to increased demand for complex or end of life care. Ability to participate in the EACH local on-call rota, when required, to deliver urgent or end of life care in the hospice or community.
Desirable criteria
- Access to own vehicle
- Experience of using clinical judgement to interpret clinical data to inform decision making. Evidence of working within a professional, multi-disciplinary team. Evidence of providing mentorship to staff and students. Ability to undertake physical activities and manual handling to support the varying needs of our service users in line with the requirements of the role.
- Post registration experience with demonstrated experience of delivering a wide range of clinical skills Demonstrable experience of caring for babies, children or young people in an acute, community, palliative or complex needs setting. Experience of delivering parenteral nutrition, long-term ventilation and/or tracheostomy care. Experience of leading and coordinating shifts or teams. Experience of working in a palliative care service. Experience of working with learning and physically disabled children and young people with mental health needs. Experience of providing community care services. Experience of managing a small group of staff and resources on a day-to-day basis. Experience of working with volunteers, either personally or professionally. Evidence of participation in research and audit.
- NMC Registered Nurse (Child, Adult or Learning Disabilities)
- Knowledge of current legislation relating to babies, children and young people, including best practice in safeguarding children.
- Knowledge and understanding of childrens palliative care and recent initiatives in childrens health and social care.
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- Experience of using SystmOne electronic care record system or similar
- Mentor qualification
- Skills & Abilities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively at all levels. Proficient in IT systems, including Microsoft Office and email platforms. Ability to reflect on practice and propose changes. Ability to use initiative and problem solve. Ability to plan and manage own time. Ability to lead and work as part of a team. Demonstrates the ability to adapt quickly to changing tasks and priorities, even at short notice.
- Proficient in video conferencing including Teams or Zoom.
- Current full, valid driving license. Ability to occasionally work in the other EACH hospice (Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire) to respond to increased demand for complex or end of life care. Ability to participate in the EACH local on-call rota, when required, to deliver urgent or end of life care in the hospice or community.
- Access to own vehicle
- Experience of using clinical judgement to interpret clinical data to inform decision making. Evidence of working within a professional, multi-disciplinary team. Evidence of providing mentorship to staff and students. Ability to undertake physical activities and manual handling to support the varying needs of our service users in line with the requirements of the role.
- Post registration experience with demonstrated experience of delivering a wide range of clinical skills Demonstrable experience of caring for babies, children or young people in an acute, community, palliative or complex needs setting. Experience of delivering parenteral nutrition, long-term ventilation and/or tracheostomy care. Experience of leading and coordinating shifts or teams. Experience of working in a palliative care service. Experience of working with learning and physically disabled children and young people with mental health needs. Experience of providing community care services. Experience of managing a small group of staff and resources on a day-to-day basis. Experience of working with volunteers, either personally or professionally. Evidence of participation in research and audit.
- NMC Registered Nurse (Child, Adult or Learning Disabilities)
- Knowledge of current legislation relating to babies, children and young people, including best practice in safeguarding children.
- Knowledge and understanding of childrens palliative care and recent initiatives in childrens health and s
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
Posted 14d ago · Closes in 7d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices
Nurse
The closing date is 13 September 2026
Job summary
Nurse
Milton Hospice - CB24 6AB
- Current UK NMC registration & current, full valid driving license are essential for this role*
Full-Time & Part-Time applicants considered
- Minimum 24 hours per week
Our service is provided in a 24/7, 365 day environment; shifts include weekend & Bank Holidays
Shift Pattern:
Our standard shift structure is 12 1/2 hour shifts (includes unpaid break)
Day Shift - 7:30am-8:00pm
Night Shift - 7:30pm-8:00am
Homecare Shift - In the community (Hours vary)
Enhanced Rates - Weekends, Evenings & Bank Holidays
+30% Saturdays & Evenings
+60% Sundays & Bank Holidays
Competitive on-call rates
Permanent Contract
£32,073 - £48,117 FTE per annum, dependent on experience
Care Salary Band: 5/6
We are looking for registered Childrens, Adult or Learning Disabilities Nurses who want to work within a multidisciplined team to further their experience or develop skills working in childrens palliative care.
Main duties of the job
In our commitment to you, we will provide you with:
All the training and development required to deliver childrens palliative care including:
- Bespoke palliative and end of life care, clinical skills and long term ventilation training programmes
- Support to attend external training opportunities
- Participation in quality and saf
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