Hospice at Home Lead - Ashfield in Mansfield

Beaumond House Hospice Care delivers personalised, high-quality end of life care across hospice, home, and community settings. Patients and families remain at the centre of everything we do. All staff are expected to uphold dignity, safety, confidentiality, and the highest standards of physical, psychological, and spiritual care.

This role sits within the End-of-Life Care Together Alliance and operates across organisational boundaries to deliver safe, coordinated, and person-centred care for people in North Nottinghamshire.

Job title: Hospice at Home Lead

Reports to: Service Lead for the Integrated Hub and Hospice at Home

Hours:30 hours

Work Pattern: Across 4 days, worked flexibly Monday – Friday

Location:This role will be based in Ashfield with travel across North Nottinghamshire to meet organisational needs. The specific base locations within this area have yet to be confirmed.

We\’ll be reviewing applications as they come in, so don\’t delay applying! Although the closing date is 28 February 2026, we may close the vacancy early if we find the right candidates. Well be in touch with shortlisted applicants.

Main duties of the job

The Hospice at Home Lead provides senior clinical and operational leadership within the Hospice at Home team.

You will uphold and promote the philosophy, values and standards of Beaumond House Hospice Care.

The Hospice at Home Service delivers flexible, holistic support for patients in their own homes. This includes personal care, emotional and spiritual support, needs assessment, advanced care planning, end-of-life care, and ongoing support for carers and loved ones.

You will lead day to day coordination of the service and team and ensure safe, effective and compassionate care so patients receive support to die at home where this is their preferred place of care.

About us

Beaumond House Hospice supports patients and their loved ones to live as fully as possible across North Nottinghamshire. Ensuring our communities receive the care and comfort they need, free of charge, when every moment matters. Our Care is provided in people\’s homes across our communities and at the Hospice in Newark.

We treat every person with respect. We deliver compassionate, professional care that supports physical, psychological, and spiritual needs. We look for staff and volunteers who protect dignity, safety, and confidentiality.

Beaumond House Hospice Care is a registered charity. We provide four In-patient beds, Day Therapy, and Hospice at Home Care. Hospice at Home supports people with palliative and end of life care needs, often in the last weeks and months of life. Our nurses and health care assistants provide assessment, personal care, emotional support, advice, and advance care planning in the persons preferred place of care.

We also offer 30 days holiday pro rata, (increasing with service up to 32 days) plusBank Holidays\’ as part of our benefits.

We are contactable 24 hours a day, 7 days per week, to provide a friendly ear, general information or to signpost patients, relatives and carers to appropriate resources and services.

Outstanding Hospice Care, enabling our local communities to live well and die well

Job responsibilities

Main Duties

Clinical and Service Leadership

Provide visible clinical leadership for the Hospice at Home team.

Lead and coordinate daily delivery of the Hospice at Home Service in your area.

Undertake comprehensive nursing assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care in patients homes.

Lead on symptom management decisions within scope of practice, seeking senior advice for complex or high-risk situations.

Support safe and timely discharge from hospital and prevent avoidable admissions where possible.

Escalate risk, safeguarding concerns and complex clinical issues promptly.

Team Management

Provide line management for Hospice at Home Registered Nurses and HCAs.

Hold responsibility for supervision, appraisal and day to day performance management.

Support induction, mentoring and ongoing development for staff and students.

Contribute to workforce planning and skill mix discussions with the Service Lead.

Manage staff rotas to ensure safe staffing and effective use of resources.

Oversee sickness absence reporting, return to work meetings and support staff wellbeing in line with policy.

Service Coordination and Partnership Working

Act as main point of contact for Hospice at Home in your area for internal colleagues and external partners.

Work closely with the Integrated Hub, hospice In-patient services, GPs, community nursing, secondary care and End of Life Care Together Alliance partners.

Participate in multidisciplinary discussions to plan and coordinate care for patients and families.

Promote effective communication with patients, carers and professionals to support shared decision making and advance care planning.

Quality, Safety and Governance

Promote a culture of high standards, safety and continuous improvement.

Contribute to clinical governance activities including audits, quality improvement projects and service reviews.

Ensure accurate, timely and complete documentation in electronic clinical records.

Report and help investigate incidents, accidents, near misses and complaints.

Support learning from incidents and feedback and share learning within the team.

Ensure practice follows current guidelines, policies, legislation, CQC standards and NMC Code.

Education and Development

Work collaboratively with the Clinical Educator and Quality Lead to plan, deliver, and evaluate education activities to improve service standards and patient outcomes.

Act as a clinical role model for Hospice at Home staff.

Provide teaching, coaching and supervision on palliative and end of life care.

Support staff to develop competence in symptom management, communication and holistic assessment.

Actively take part in your own supervision, appraisal and professional development.

Service Development

Identify areas for improvement in the Hospice at Home Service and share proposals with the Service Lead.

Contribute to implementation of new pathways, tools or standards.

Participate in evaluation of service changes and impact on patient and carer outcomes.

Act as an ambassador for Beaumond House Hospice Care and the Hospice at Home Service within the local community and across partners.

General Duties

Work collaboratively and cooperatively with all Beaumond House colleagues.

Respect confidentiality in all areas of Beaumond House.

Abide by the Health and Safety at Work Act.

Work within Beaumond House policies and procedures.

Participate in and at times lead team meetings.

Always behave in a professional manner, reflecting and maintaining Beaumond House values.

Person SpecificationExperience

• Significant post registration experience, including work at a senior level.
• Experience in palliative and end of life care, or strong commitment to this field.
• Proven ability to lead and coordinate a clinical team.
• Experience of supervising and supporting staff.
• Experience of implementing changes in clinical practice based on evidence, audit or inspection findings.

Skills and Attributes

• Strong assessment and clinical decision-making skills, including in complex situations.
• Ability to work across organisational boundaries with health, social care and voluntary sector partners.
• Good understanding of clinical governance, risk management and safeguarding.
• Confident use of electronic clinical records and IT systems.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and respond to changing service needs.
• Flexible, reflective and able to build sensitive, empathetic rapport with others.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Postgraduate qualification in palliative care, community nursing or a related field.
• Leadership or management qualification or training.
• Teaching or assessing qualification, or evidence of teaching experience.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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