Trosolwg o'r swydd

The Great North Children's Hospital has an exciting opportunity to apply for a Children's Palliative Care Nurse within the CHIPS (Children's Holistic Integrated Palliative Care Service).

This post is one of a group of Nurse Specialists who, as a team, will provide specialist nursing support and input to deliver palliative care to children and young people (CYP) across the Northern Region. The multi-disciplinary palliative care team are be based at the Great North Children's Hospital (GNCH), Newcastle upon Tyne. The team provide outreach to all the locations in the Northern Region where palliative care is delivered to CYP, including local hospitals, hospices and community locations. CYP who are referred to the service remain under the care of their base specialist and/or local paediatrician and the role of the post holder will be to support that team and the family through consultation (face-to-face and telephone), specialist advice, education, liaison and sign-posting to useful organisations.

• Interview Date Tuesday 15 July 2025
• 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week - Full & Part Time Hours Available
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy.  Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

Patients who are referred to the service will be CYP under 18 years who have palliative care needs requiring specialist input. They may be receiving treatment with curative or palliative intent, be on an active transplant waiting list or be in the terminal phase and require end-of-life care and bereavement care planning. They may be living in the Northern region or outside of the region and receiving specialist treatment at one of the region's hospitals. Work-based wellbeing activities and peer support are an important element in the building of resilience in a team within this demanding specialty and the appointees will be expected to participate in this as part of the role.  The palliative care team will have access to specialist support from a staff counselling service.

The posts will attract part time or full time nurses. Currently there are planned out of hours working (on call) at weekends for telephone support, however this will require extended out of hours cover in the future as the service evolves. This is required by the service in the future. We are seeking people trained as children's nurses and those who have a strong background and interest in the development of children's palliative care.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

•    Freeman Hospital
•    Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
•    Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
•    Newcastle Dental Hospital
•    Newcastle Fertility Centre
•    Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
•    Northern Genetics Service
•    Cramlington Manor Walks

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS. 

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust