About the Role

Are you an experienced nurse focused on delivering exceptional care to children, young people and families? Join EACH’s specialist Symptom Management Service and make a meaningful difference every day.

Your impact

You’ll provide advanced, holistic palliative and symptom management care to babies, children and young people with complex, life limiting conditions across Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and parts of Essex. Working both independently and as part of a multi-professional team, you’ll offer expert clinical assessment, guidance and support in a range of settings, including home, hospital, hospice and virtual consultations.

You will be:

Delivering advanced symptom management and specialist nursing care
Acting as a key contact for families and professionals
Undertaking complex clinical assessments and offering expert advice
Supporting end of life planning and coordinated care
Providing education and mentorship to colleagues and external partners
Participating in the 24/7 on call rota to ensure timely support

This EACH Care Band 7 opportunity is a full time or part time role (minimum 30 hours per week). Monday – Friday with on-call duties that may be require weekends and nights. Mandatory Friday working. Our service is provided in a 24/7, 365 day environment; on call may include weekend & Bank Holidays.

Enhanced Rates - Weekends, Evenings & Bank Holidays:

+30% Saturdays & Evenings
+60% Sundays & Bank Holidays
Competitive on-call rates

About the Candidate

Do you have:

Experience of working with babies, children and young people with palliative care needs?
Evidence of being an autonomous worker?
Evidence of significant post-registration experience in paediatric services, working at Band 6 or above?
Experience of managing staff and resources on a day to day basis, including clinical supervision, mentoring and appraisal?
Experience working in the community?

Are you:

A Registered Nurse (Child, Adult or Learning Disability with clinical experience) with 3+ years’ experience?
Skilled in caring for babies, children and young people with complex or palliative needs?
Skilled in strong assessment, clinical decision making and communication?
Confident working autonomously and collaboratively?
Able to travel across the region and support out of hours care?

*A Full UK Driving License and access to own vehicle is essential for this role*

About Us

The Benefits

Free onsite parking
NHS pension - continuation if already contributing
Enhanced holiday plus holiday purchase scheme
Flexible / hybrid working
Role specific training and development opportunities
Employer pension scheme (up to 7% employer contribution) inc. life assurance cover
Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
Employee health cash plan & wellbeing support schemes

The Organisation

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 & Communications and Human Resources. We’re over 440 employees strong, with a team of more than 2,000 volunteers across the organisation including over 50 shops and a Retail Distribution Centre.

Interview date: 16 April 2026

Interview location: The Nook, Pigot Lane, Framingham Earl, Norfolk, NR14 7PX     

Interested in Learning More Before You Apply?

At EACH, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone and actively encourage applicants to ask questions, request reasonable adjustments or have an informal discussion before submitting an application.

If you’d like to find out more or make a request, please contact the Recruitment Team by email [email protected] or phone 07442 465971.

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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