Nursing Associate

Nursing Associate (NMC Registered)

£28,560 pa (FTE) plus enhancements for night shifts.

37.5 hours per week – part time may also be considered at 30 or 36 hours per week

Location: Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice

• Are you looking for a role where you work collaboratively as part of a nurse-led team?
• Where your work contributes to delivering the highest quality care to babies, children and young people?
• Where every day ends with the knowledge that you've made a meaningful difference?

If your answer is yes, then Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice might just be the perfect place for you.

Join our Care Team as a Nursing Associate and bring more than just your skills, bring your purpose.

About us:

Our vision at Bluebell Wood is for every baby, child and young person with a life limiting condition to access specialist palliative care, where and when they need it. You will join our fantastic team where we all play our part in achieving our vision and creating an incredible culture for everyone.

Our services

Our uncompromisable support services are wide-ranging and bespoke to each family. We provide symptom management, end-of-life care, post-death care, short breaks, counselling, sibling support groups, music therapy, home visits and more.

We support families across a large geographical area, including South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire, North Derbyshire and parts of North Lincolnshire. The hospice is easily accessible from Barnsley, Rotherham, Doncaster, Sheffield and North Notts. We have free secure on-site parking for families, staff and volunteers to use.

Every year we need to raise £6.7m to keep our doors open and only around 17% of our income comes from government sources, the rest must be raised through fundraising activity.

The Role:

We are seeking qualified Nursing Associates who want to be part of our Care team. You will be working as part of a supportive team consisting of nurses, nursing associates, care support workers and other health professionals.

You will provide a high standard of holistic care and be able to balance opportunities for children to experience play, social interaction and learning alongside meeting the diverse nursing needs of the children supported by Bluebell Wood.

If you are looking for a working environment where every day is different and are motivated to work flexibly to meets the needs of babies, children and young people both at home and at the hospice then this may be the role for you.

We are looking for resilient, motivated, and innovative individuals who want to deliver high-quality, evidence-based paediatric palliative care.

 Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver high-quality, holistic and person-centred care to babies, children and young people with palliative care needs, working within own scope of practice and under the direction of a registered nurse.
• Implement a defined plan of care following organisational policies and Standard Operating Procedures to deliver; planned short breaks, symptom management and end of life care.
• Safely administer prescribed medicines, including controlled drugs, via a range of routes in line with policy, ensuring competence, accountability and adherence to legal and professional standards.

• Work flexibly and collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team.

• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous clinical records and effective communication to support safe, continuous care.

Key Attributes:

• Excellent communication, Resilience, and flexibility are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications:

• NMC Registered

About you: 

Our values underpin what we do and how we do it.

To succeed in this role, we are looking for someone who will embody our values, work confidently with key attention to detail, engage with everyone in our hospice, and has an absolute willingness to learn.

What we offer: 

A friendly, incredible working environment along with the following benefits:

• 33 days’ holiday entitlement, including bank holidays with the option to buy and sell leave

• Employee assistance programme - including mental health care and out of hours GP access

• A commitment to your professional development

• Matched pension scheme of 5% of salary

• Bluebell Wood enhanced maternity and paternity pay (unrelated to NHS conditions)

• Enhanced night shift pay.

• Free parking on main site

• Subsidised lunch

• Free tea and coffee

• Cycle to work scheme

• Eligible for NHS Blue Light Card

• Access to rewards portal

If you are passionate about making a difference, and have the skills and attributes listed above, we cannot wait to hear from you.

To join our team and contribute to the exceptional care at Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice Apply Now

If you would like to have an informal chat about this role, please do contact Kate Kelly (Head of Care) on  01909 393 258 or email  kate.kelly@bluebellwood.org

Download the job description and person specification here

Equal opportunities monitoring form 

Please download the job description and person specification for more information and if you think you have what we are looking for, submit your CV, Supporting Statement and Equal opportunities monitoring form to recruitment@bluebellwood.org 

Closing date:      Monday 29th June 2026

Interview date     Friday 10th July 2026

We are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive work place that reflects the communities we support, and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of gender, sex, ethnicity, race, religion, education, socioeconomic background, disability, or sexual orientation.

We will do everything we can to accommodate any needs throughout our recruitment process.

What else we will need or you need to know:   

• Proof that you have the right to work in the uk. Unfortunately, we cannot support visa sponsorship

• Any successful applicant will require a health check

• An Enhanced DBS Check

• Two references

• All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks

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