Family Support Nurse
| Posting date: | 16 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £35,392.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £35392.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 May 2024 |
| Location: | Loughborough, LE11 2HS |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0345-24-0027 |
Summary
Our benefits In addition to Agenda for Change pay scales, we offer a range of benefits including: Eligibility to join blue light card discount scheme. Bupa Cashback plan. Life Assurance. 27 days holiday. Plus, bank holiday allowance but expectation to work bank holidays in this role. Free access to our Employee Assistance Programme. Access to occupational health. Opportunity for current NHS pension scheme members to transfer their membership. About the Role To support the Families on your caseload within the identified locality of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and Lincolnshire. Some of the key responsibilities include (but not limited to): To undertake the initial holistic assessment of babies, children, young people, and their families, newly referred, for suitability of accessing family support service and/or other hospice services. To provide ongoing clinical and holistic assessment and specialist palliative advice. To act as a resource and provide knowledge, support and information to the family support workers and wider family support team. To ensure that babies, children, young people, and their parents are empowered through information and understanding of their rights and options to access services required. Requirements: As an experienced Nurse, youll need to be a qualified RSCN/RN (Child Branch)/RNLD/RGN with post registration experience working with babies, children and/or young people with palliative/complex care needs. It is essential that you have experience working with families, offering emotional and/or bereavement support as well as effective communication skills. It is desirable for the ideal candidate to have experience in managing their own caseload and direct line management as this role with require you to manage a team of Family Support Workers and oversee their caseloads, providing support and guidance where needed. It is essential for you to have your own mode of transport as you will need to travel across the areas of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and Lincolnshire, sometimes to rural locations of Familys homes with no access to public transport.