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Main area
Clinical Nurse Specialist Paediatric Palliative Care
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 19.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 09-00-17-00 to meet needs of service)
Job ref
040-NMR263-0725
Employer
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Risca Health Centre
Town
Risca
Salary
£46,840 - £53,602 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/07/2025 23:59
Interview date
31/07/2025

Employer heading

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Paediatric Palliative Care. Childrens Community Nursing Service

NHS AfC: Band 7

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments OR SUPPORT needed. If you need any documents in a larger font or a different format (such as braille) please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3 OR EMAIL [email protected]

If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

 

Job overview

Working as part of the  Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Community Children’s Nursing Service and the All Wales Manages Clinical Network (AWMCN), the post holder will lead on the delivery of specialist palliative care and advice.

Adopting a family centred care approach, this role involves supporting families from diagnosis through end-of-life care and bereavement, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and empowering staff to deliver excellent nursing care delivery in line with evidence based best practice.

The post holder will work with families and members of the multi-disciplinary team, liaising with

inpatient, community and hospice services to co-ordinate and support the delivery of high-quality

holistic care to babies, children and young people who have life limiting or life-threatening conditions, by providing clinical expertise, supporting complex decision making, advanced care planning and

symptom management.

This is an exciting time to join our friendly and supportive team and play an active role in service development, helping to inform the delivery of specialist paediatric palliative care services within Aneurin Bevan Health Board and by working in partnership with Paediatric Palliative Care Specialist Nurses from across the NHS.

English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply

 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will expertly assess, monitor and co-ordinate a holistic, individualised, therapeutic plan of care in partnership with the child/young person their families and professionals. The aim of this is to empower resilience and promote quality of life. This will be performed utilising recognised assessment tools as well as expert clinical judgement. Support consultant led paediatric palliative care clinics and run nurse led clinics independently. Be responsible for managing a defined caseload without supervision. Lead and co-ordinate multi-disciplinary assessments and meetings for individual children to ensure continuity of care and support, from all the involved services. The post holder will be required to interpret complex patient condition assessments and multi-faceted situations, comparing a range of options, in order to determine appropriate treatment Provide care in the community, acute and voluntary sector, liaising and co-ordinating across each. Acknowledge and promote best practice, whilst challenging unsafe practice. 

Work innovatively, devising novel solutions within own and others’ practice to improve quality of life outcomes in an unpredictable environment. Act as a positive role model, playing a prominent role in raising the profile of paediatric palliative care. To work in collaboration with Community Children’s Nursing Team to provide support to children, young people and their families known to both services.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are looking for a motivated, passionate and experienced Paediatric Palliative Care Clinical Specialist Nurse to work within the Community Children`s Nursing Service (CCNS) which is part of the Family & Therapies Division with Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.

Adopting a family centred care approach, this role involves supporting families from diagnosis through end-of-life care and bereavement, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and empowering staff to deliver excellent nursing care delivery in line with evidence based best practice.

The post holder will work with families and members of the multi-disciplinary team, liaising with:

-inpatient, community and hospice services to co-ordinate and support the delivery of high-quality

-holistic care to babies, children and young people who have life limiting or life-threatening conditions, by providing clinical expertise, supporting complex decision making, advanced care planning and symptom management.

 

This is an exciting time to join our friendly and supportive team and play an active role in service devel-opment, helping to inform the delivery of specialist paediatric palliative care services within Aneurin Bevan Health Board and by working in partnership with Paediatric Palliative Care Specialist Nurses from across the NHS.

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Person specification

Clinical Nurse Specialist - Paediatric Palliative Care

Essential criteria
  • RSCN/Child Branch Relevant Degree. • Educated to Master’s level or able to demonstrate the equivalent level of knowledge, skills and experience.
  • Evidence of relevant specialist education Evidence of Postgraduate Diploma in Palliative Medicine qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of further study in palliative care
  • Basic IT skills • Welsh Language Skills

relevant specialist education of Postgraduate Diploma in Palliative Medicine qualification

Essential criteria
  • relevant specialist education of Postgraduate Diploma in Palliative Medicine qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Oncology Experince

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Audra Davies
Job title
Senior Nurse Community Childrens Nursing Service
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01633 618020
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