Job Description

Children's Outreach Specialist Nurse

Hours:

Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Location:

Helen & Douglas House, Oxford

Salary:

HDH Band 7 51,370 - 58,628 per annum

Closing date:

1st December 2025 at 12 noon

Interview date:

11th December 2025

Who are we? Helen & Douglas House is a registered children's hospice charity based in Oxford, providing palliative, respite, end-of-life and bereavement care to life-limited children and their families in Oxford and the surrounding counties. We work in partnership with parents and other multi-disciplinary professionals, providing palliative care expertise and developing clinical skills to ensure the individual needs of our patients are met.


The Outreach Nursing Team possesses a wealth of experience in specialist palliative care, supporting children, their families and professionals involved, with advice, symptom control support and management throughout the palliative care pathway in a variety of community settings within the 6 counties of the catchment area. We are looking for a Band 7 Children's Outreach Specialist Nurse.


You will need to be an autonomous practitioner with community experience and have the vision to deliver and support exceptional palliative care within a variety of settings which will make a real difference to children and their families.


You will work as part of a wider team of other nurses, doctors, nursery nurses, Family Support Services and Volunteers within Helen & Douglas House as well as working collaboratively with external multi-disciplinary professionals in the child's own community and help drive our service forward. In return we will provide a nurturing and resourceful work environment, comprehensive training and development opportunities.

Ready to bring your skills to a role that matters?

Applications will be reviewed and invited to interview as received. We reserve the right to close the advert at any time, therefore we encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible.


Please note that everyone working for Helen & Douglas House are required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Helen & Douglas House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer and value the benefits of a diverse workforce. We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community.


Helen & Douglas House is a registered hospice charity based in Oxford, providing palliative, respite, end-of-life and bereavement care to life-limited children and their families.


We foster a climate where team members feel able to openly question, debate and appropriately challenge their own and the practice of others; as such, we welcome new ideas and strive to constantly improve our delivery of care to our patients.

Helen & Douglas House

14A Magdalen Road

Oxford

OX4 1RW



Telephone:

01865 794749

Email:

recruitment@helenanddouglas.org.uk