Band 5 Nurse
Hours
37.5 hours per week to be worked flexibly
Salary (Band 5)
£31,049 - £37796 per annum plus London Allowance and unsocial hours payments
Considering your options in your nursing career? Haven House Children's Hospice needs a compassionate nurse like you to be part of our Clinical Care Team. Whether you are a newly qualified nurse or want to make a change and care in a holistically-focussed environment, Haven House welcomes all disciplines of nursing to our varied Care Team. We are dedicated to providing excellent care while progressing you as a palliative care nurse. We will support you as you develop advanced clinical skills within an experienced team.
'Our vision at Haven House is to deliver the best quality care for extraordinary children where and when they choose.’
Haven House is regulated by the Care Quality Commission and we were last inspected in March 2020 when we received a 'Good' rating.
As part of the clinical care team, led by the Clinical Nurse Manager, you will be part of a multidisciplinary team providing symptom management, palliative and end-of-life care, as well as planned and emergency short breaks. As a Nurse you will be developed to lead shifts and support the wider team to ensure high standards of care are delivered and develop yourself. We provide complex care support while children and their families benefit from our range of therapies at home or within our wonderful woodland grounds.
In return, we will offer you a supportive environment to develop your knowledge, skills and development, supported by our Practice Nurse Educator.
This role is based at our beautiful woodland hospice in Woodford Green, offering free parking and easy access from the Central line.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all our staff to share this commitment. Employment is subject to receipt of satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check.
For more information about the role please read the person specification.
Benefits
As an employee you will be entitled to the following range of benefits:
- Retention of your NHS pension (if applicable and subject to meeting NHS criteria)
- Agenda for Change long service holiday (if applicable)
- Relocation Allowance (if eligible)
- Pension Scheme (employer matching up to 7%)
- Free on-site parking
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eye Care voucher scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Blue Light Card
- Access to Cavell Nurses Trust
Closing date
Friday 30 January 2026 although Haven House reserves the right to commence the interview process before the closing date.
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Junior Clinical Nurse Specialist (Band 6)
Salary £38,682 - £46,580 plus London Allowance
Full time (37.5 hours) | On-call commitment
Haven House Children’s Hospice is recruiting a Band 6 Junior Clinical Nurse Specialists to join our Integrated Nursing Team at a pivotal time of service development across North East London.
Following the closure of Richard House Children’s Hospice, Haven House is expanding hospice, community and Hospice at Home services to ensure children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions continue to receive safe, responsive and compassionate care.
About the role
As a Band 6 Junior Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will provide specialist clinical care to children and young people with complex needs and their families across hospice, home and community settings.
Working under the supervision of a Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist (Band 7), you will play a key role in:
- end-of-life care and crisis response
- anticipatory care planning
- symptom management
- supporting families to care for their child at home
- preventing avoidable hospital admissions
The role includes participation in the on-call rota and requires confident clinical judgement, strong communication skills and a compassionate, family-centred approach.
Main responsibilities include:
- Delivering high-quality specialist nursing care to children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions
- Undertaking holistic assessments and contributing to advance care planning
- Providing skilled symptom management and end-of-life care
- Coordinating care with acute, community and hospice colleagues
- Supporting safe discharge and step-down from hospital
- Maintaining high standards of documentation, quality and safety
About you
You must be a Registered Nurse with current NMC registration, confident managing complex clinical situations, able to work autonomously with appropriate escalation and be calm, resilient and values led. Experience in palliative or end-of-life care is desirable, but we welcome applicants with transferable experience who are motivated to develop their specialist practice.
Benefits
As an employee you will be entitled to the following range of benefits:
- Retention of your NHS pension (if applicable and subject to meeting NHS criteria)
- Agenda for Change long service holiday (if applicable)
- Pension Scheme (employer matching up to 7% if applicable)
- Free onsite parking
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eye care voucher scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Interest free season ticket loan
- Blue Light Card discount scheme
- Life Cover x2 salary (if applicable)
Haven House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Employment is subject to receipt of satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check.
To apply for the role, please download the application and job description and return to resourcing
Haven House reserves the right to commence the recruitment process before the closing date.
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About us
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Our charity shops
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Donate to Haven House
By donating you are helping us to reach more seriously ill children and their families in your local communities. We need to raise £6 million each year to be able to continue to care for the children and families we support.
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