Community Clinical Nurse
The Young Adult Team at Claire House children and young adult hospice are delighted to offer this unique opportunity for a Band 5 nurse to join the team on a 10 month fixed term contract.
We are looking for a proactive and dynamic individual, capable of working across various teams and services within the organisation and across statutory services. The individual needs to be an excellent communicator, who can prioritise, manage their own caseload and work autonomously.
Key skills required include:
- Awareness and understanding of young adult palliative care
- Ability to engage and interact with our teenagers and young adults at our group sessions
- Supporting young adults and their families with transition support
- Working across adult palliative care services and settings as part of our palliative transition work within adult hospices across the region
- Awareness and understanding of adult safeguarding, consent and capacity
- Ability to work as part of a small close-knit team
- Appropriate clinical skills to support the teams service offer
- Additional clinical support and oversight for wider community team.
- Most importantly, a sense of humour, quick thinking, creative thinking and never taking yourself too seriously
Within the small young adult team, we cover transition support, palliative transition and we have our own caseload of teenagers and young adults who get their own bespoke offer tailored to their needs focusing on the benefits of social interaction.
This role is full-time (37.5hrs) and can be worked flexibly across 4 days, with an expectation to work flexibility over a 7-day period if needed, with an option to work at home 1 day a week; dependent on need.
The main responsibilities would centre around working across social group sessions, day to day key work for the case load, support with palliative transition, attending joint clinic appointments at adult hospices, general networking and collaborative working with various teams across the NHS. There will also be some collaborative working with the wider team of care coordination and planned community care to provide clinical support and caseload work including care planning.
Claire House is the place where you can make a real difference for children and families from across Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales as well as a great place to develop your career.
We recognise that working in a Children’s hospice is very different to that of other organisations and sometimes applicants are not sure which role best suits their experience. We hold Claire House values central to our recruitment process. Therefore, we welcome applicants to spend time at Claire House ahead of the interview. This consists of; having a tour of the hospice, spending time with a mix of hospice staff to find out more about the role, and having time to ask questions in a more relaxed environment.
All Claire House employees receive a rewards and recognition package which includes generous annual leave, life cover, free access to an Employee Assistance Program and counselling service, free parking, access to training and courses and in-house clinical supervision. We offer additional payments for working unsocial hours and night shifts. You can also continue with your NHS pension scheme if you are already a member or join the Claire House pension scheme.
Should you require any further information or want to discuss this opportunity please speak to Andy Curtis, Young Adult Coordinator on andrew.curtis@clairehouse.org.uk
Please read the job description here and apply using the application form here.
Completed applications should be emailed to jobs@clairehouse.org.uk
Closing date for applications: Monday 5th December 2026
Interviews will take place w/c 19th January 2026
Claire House wants to meet the aims and commitments set out in its equality policy and will appreciate your help and co-operation in completing the Equality and Diversity form here.
Completed applications should be emailed to jobs@clairehouse.org.uk.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
This organisations recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment.
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