Job Description
Ty Hafan is a beautiful childrens hospice located on the picturesque Vale of Glamorgan coastline. Covering the South, East, and West of Wales Ty Hafan offers a beautiful, newly refurbished working environment set in idyllic grounds a short distance from the metropolitan area of Cardiff.
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Bank as Registered Nurses to support our highly experienced care team. We are looking for dedicated nurses with a passion for providing holistic family centred care to a caseload of very special and inspiring children, young people, and their families. As a Ty Hafan Bank Registered Nurse you will deliver safe, clinical nursing care to children during stays at the hospice, support the participation of the child and family in all aspects of their care delivery giving you plenty of opportunity to develop your career in nursing. In addition, you will work closely with a wider team of professionals to provide truly intuitive and creative care that goes beyond just clinical tasks. At Ty Hafan, our colleagues pride themselves on being able to make a difference by getting to know the families in our care and supporting what is important to them.
About Ty Hafan
Ty Hafan is one of the UKs leading paediatric palliative care charities and offers care, respite and dedicated support to children and young people with life-shortening conditions across Wales. Support is provided to children and their families at our hospice in Sully, in community settings, and in the family home. As a charity we greatly value the input, contribution and commitment of our many volunteers and supporters, without whose support we would not be able to provide the services that we do. Our families describe us as a lifeline as we enable them to create precious memories with their children during their short lives, as well as end of life and beyond.
At Ty Hafan our care team is dedicated to upholding our vision, mission, and values, all of which are at the core of all that we do.
Our Visionis a Wales where every child with a life-shortening condition lives a fulfilling life, supported with the compassion and specialist care they and their family need.
Our Missionis to offer a high standard of free care to children in Wales who may die in childhood in order to enrich their quality of life, and support their families during life, at end of life and through bereavement.
Our Valuesare caring, collaborative and professional.
At Ty Hafan our team is very supportive and inclusive, we value individual differences, and understand experience can come from many avenues, therefore it is not essential to have previous experience working in a palliative care environment. Palliative care is defined as the total care of individuals from diagnosis of a life-shortening condition, beyond transition into adult services, or in providing extensive bereavement support. It is important to remember that paediatric palliative care is so much more than just end of life care, Ty Hafan holds enhancing quality of life at its very core.
About the role
As a Bank Registered Nurse your responsibility will be to deliver safe, clinical nursing care to children resident in the hospice, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure continuity of care. We are looking for Registered Nurses with the skills to assess, plan and deliver individualised nursing care, providing evidence-based clinical intervention in line with current guidelines, regulations and policies. Our skilled team provide specialist care for children and young people with a wide range of complex conditions therefore, at Ty Hafan your work will be extremely varied, and deeply fulfilling.
If you are interested in an exciting new career challenge and share our aim of providing specialist and compassionate palliative care to children, then Ty Hafan could be the place for you. We would love to hear from you.