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Job overview
We are excited to announce an opportunity for an experienced and innovative Paediatric Nurse to lead the Palliative and End of Life (EoL) Diana Nursing Pathway within the Newham Children’s Community Nursing Service. This role places you at the center of compassionate, community-based care, providing support to children with life-limiting conditions and their families during the most critical moments of their journey.
As the Palliative and EoL Pathway Lead, you will collaborate closely with the Core Nursing Pathway Lead and the Complex Care Pathway Lead, and work as part of a broader multi-disciplinary team that includes Nursing (Specialist School Nursing, Asthma, Epilepsy, Continuing Care) and Community Paediatric Dietitians. The Pathway Lead is expected to adopt a multi-disciplinary approach to patient care, integrating psychology and play therapy services.
You will oversee the care of palliative and EoL patients in the community, which may involve managing your own caseload while also supporting and supervising band 6 children's community nurses in delivering palliative nursing care to children and their families.
For more information, please reach out to [email protected].
Main duties of the job
To offer expert nursing guidance and support to children with life-limiting conditions or those needing end-of-life care, as well as their families throughout the borough of Newham.
In the role of nurse lead for the palliative and end-of-life nursing pathway for children, I will serve as a knowledgeable resource for staff across all teams within the Children’s Community Nursing Service (CCNS).
I am committed to overseeing end-of-life care planning and delivering exceptional care for dying children.
Collaborating with the Symptom Control team at Great Ormond Street Hospital (or other relevant organizations), I will provide advice and support to children and young people facing life-limiting or life-threatening illnesses, as well as their parents, carers, and community professionals.
I will also take on the responsibility of line management for junior team members who are delivering nursing care along the palliative and end-of-life pathway.
Additionally, I will partner with the Complex Health Needs Nursing Pathway lead and Core Nursing Pathway lead and Palliative Care Psychology and Play leads within CCNS to ensure well coordinated MDT care and nursing interventions for children and their families.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
There is a full job description and person specification attached to this vacancy. Please refer to this while completing your application form.
Person specification
Other
Essential
- Excellent teaching skills with an ability to adapt these for use with health care support workers, parents, children and young people.
- Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner and to make sound clinical judgements and decisions regarding patient care and to be responsible and accountable for choices made.
- Excellent verbal / written communication and interpersonal skills
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience at Band 6 working with palliative children & young people.
- Significant experience of working with children complex health care needs
- Experience of supporting children and families through the child protection process
- Experience of leading interagency working
- Experience of working in the community setting
Desirable
- Experience of working as a band 7
- Experience of pathway / service leadership
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent knowledge and skills in paediatric nursing, including enteral, respiratory, oncology, invasive and non invasive ventilation, tracheostomy and Central Venous Access Devices (CVADs)
- Knowledge and understanding of the child health needs of a racially and culturally diverse population
- Ability to work flexibly, prioritise and respond to changing demands in workload.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills and ability to facilitate these skills in others
- Ability to support the implementation of successful change management
- Ability to deal with complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible.
- Excellent clinical knowledge of palliative and end of life care for children and young people, including dying at home
Education, Qualification and Training
Essential
- RSCN/ RN Child Branch
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Degree level qualification
Desirable
- Community nursing qualification
- Qualification in palliative and end of life care
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This advert is for Senior Sister - Children’s Palliative and End of Life Care with East London NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Nurse (adult and children) role. The advertised salary is £55,524 - £62,652 per annum Inc HCA. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (FTC/Secondment). The application deadline is 04 Aug 2026.
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