Children's Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job summary

Keech Hospice Care are seeking a Childrens Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Palliative Care Team.

As a Childrens Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will become part of a close knit team dedicated to delivering advanced symptom management and holistic care to our children, young people and families across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes. You'll be offering compassion, expertise, and support every step of the way.

Main duties of the job

• Provide advanced level symptom management within specialist palliative care nursing to children, young people, and their families
• Champion the holistic wellbeing of our children and families, advocating for their needs and ensuring that they are supported
• Manage your own work whilst offering expert advice to families navigating the complexities of palliative care
• Provide clinical leadership for the Keech Childrens service, patients, families, and external multi-professional teams
• Deliver learning and development to enhance knowledge, skills, and confidence across services

About us

At Keech Hospice Care we provide free specialist care for Adults & Children with life limiting illnesses across Beds, Herts & Bucks.

It takes an amazingly passionate team that resonate the Keech values which are echoed throughout our office corridors and stores.

The Hospice team ranges from clinical to non-clinical staff, volunteers as well as various other departmental teams all of whom work collaboratively to ensure we can provide our patients and visitors with the highest level of care and consideration.

At Keech a life limiting illness is a journey that we support our patients, and their families navigate.

MAKING THE DIFFERENCE WHEN IT MATTERS THE MOST

Our experienced staff can help with pain management taking a compassionate approach, understanding the value of spending untroubled time with a loved one, advising how to stay out of hospital and to make the most of the precious time.

We recognise and value the extraordinary things accomplished by our volunteers creating an inclusive environment, regularly developing new roles based on the needs of our community, patients, their loved ones and the team that support them!

As we continue to invest in our people, we are also sharing a wealth of knowledge and a range of courses for professionals in this field and to help educate around the stigma related to what palliative and end of live care, really means.