About the Role

Are you a passionate and experienced nurse with specialist knowledge in children and young people’s respiratory care and long-term ventilation (LTV)? Do you want to make a real difference in the lives of families facing life-limiting conditions?

East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) is seeking a clinical nurse specialist (CYP Long Term Ventilation & Respiratory Care) to lead and deliver expert, evidence-based care for babies, children, and young people (BCYP) with complex respiratory and LTV needs. This is a unique opportunity to work across three of our hospices and within a home setting, supporting families and developing the skills of our care teams.

This role is offered on a full-time basis but can consider part-time applications for over 30 hours per week. Please note that shifts include weekend working and possibly some nights with flexibility to meet the service needs required.

Duties will include;

Deliver highly specialised, family-centred nursing care for BCYP with respiratory and LTV needs.
Act as an expert resource and advocate for families, supporting safe care planning and hospital discharge.
Lead and support clinical teaching, competency development, and service improvement initiatives.
Collaborate with regional respiratory teams and contribute to seamless transition planning to adult services.
Be a visible clinical leader, providing mentorship and situational learning across EACH locations.

Please see attached the job description. Interviews will be held on 14/11/25.

About the Candidate

All applicants should have the following qualifications, registrations, skills and experience:

Essential:

Professional qualification in nursing with valid NMC
Highly developed professional knowledge acquired at degree level or above (or evidence of working towards)
Evidence of highly developed specialist children’s LTV and respiratory care, knowledge underpinned by theory and experience
High level of paediatric palliative care knowledge and experience
Communicating complex, sensitive information with children, families, and carers in an empathetic and inclusive manner
A passion to provide high quality evidence based care

About Us

East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) ensures the best possible quality of life and makes every moment count for children and families across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk. Our family-centred approach includes specialist nursing care, symptom management nursing, short breaks, wellbeing activities, therapies, care at end of life, bereavement support, counselling and volunteer services in the family home; all meeting the individual needs of the child, young person and whole family.

In 2020, all three of our hospices; The Nook (Norfolk), The Treehouse (Ipswich) and Milton (Cambridge) were rated OUTSTANDING by the Care Quality Commission.

Our people are central to our success. We have a talented workforce of staff and volunteers in care, fundraising, retail, facilities, IT, finance, marketing and communications and human resources.

We employ around 400 employees and have more than 1,800 volunteers across the organisation, including 51 shops and a retail distribution centre.

We offer a comprehensive range of benefits:

Free onsite parking and subsidised meals at our hospices
Employee health cash plan & wellbeing support schemes
NHS pension - continuation if already contributing
Enhanced Annual leave Entitlement - 27 days + 8 UK Bank Holidays
Additional holiday purchase scheme
AVIVA pension package – up to 7% Employer Contribution including Life Assurance
Free eye tests & cycle to work scheme

EACH has a legal responsibility to ensure that its employees have the legal right to live and work in the UK. Therefore, if you are made an offer of employment, this will be subject to verification that you are eligible to work in the UK before you start work.

Please visit our website www.each.org.uk for more information.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact our HR department at [email protected] who will put you in contact with the Hospice team.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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