Band 5 Rotational Nurse

Ready to take your nursing career to the next level in a dynamic role that blends hospice and community care?
Join Rainbows as a Band 5 Rotational Nurse and gain the variety, support, and development you’ve been looking for.

At Rainbows Children’s Hospice, we provide specialist palliative and end-of-life care to over 750 babies, children, and young people with life-limiting conditions, and support around 3,000 family members across the East Midlands. We’re here to brighten short lives and support families wherever they are.

We are recruiting a full-time Band 5 Rotational Nurse to join our Clinical Team, working across both our Hospice at Home and Hospice Care Teams on a permanent 6-month rotation.

For 6 months, you will deliver care in the community, supporting children and young people in their homes, providing short breaks and support to families. For the following 6 months, you will work within the hospice, delivering high-quality, family-led care in a specialist setting. This rotation then repeats.

This is a unique opportunity to build a wide-ranging skill set in children’s palliative care across both home and hospice environments, supported by a knowledgeable and collaborative multidisciplinary team.

Hospice at Home – Location & Hours

Based at the hospice, with travel across the East Midlands (Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire). A full UK driving licence is essential.

37.5 hours per week, rota between Monday–Sunday, 8:00am–6:00pm.

Hospice Care Team – Location & Hours

Rainbows Hospice, Lark Rise, Loughborough, LE11 2HS.

37.5 hours per week, rota including:

• Long days: 7:30am–8:00pm
• Nights: 7:30pm–8:00am
• Short shifts: 7:30am–3:30pm or 1:30pm–9:30pm

Benefits

Alongside Agenda for Change pay, we offer:

• NHS pension transfer option
• Enhanced pay for unsociable hours
• Comprehensive training and development
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Healthcare cashback plan and life assurance
• Blue Light Card and Company Shop access
• Free onsite parking
• Subsidised meals and free refreshments
• Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing support
• Supportive team culture, staff events and away days

About the Role

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting the Band 6 Deputy Lead Nurse in planning and delivering care
• Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care in partnership with children and families
• Providing high-quality short break, palliative and end-of-life care in both hospice and home settings

Essential Requirements

• Post-registration experience as a Band 5 Nurse
• Experience working with children/young people (0–19) with complex needs
• Ability to deliver a high standard of clinical care

Desirable

• Experience in children’s palliative or end-of-life care
• Community or lone working experience
• Mentorship or preceptorship qualification

Please note: preceptorship is not available for this role.

Further Information

Hospice at Home: Tracy Shearer, Lead Nurse – tracy.shearer@rainbows.co.uk
Hospice Care: Zena Barratt, Lead Nurse – zena.barratt@rainbows.co.uk

To apply, click ‘apply now’. For alternative application formats or reasonable adjustments, contact recruitment@rainbows.co.uk.

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check and pre-employment screening.

We may close this advert early if we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage early submission.