Location: Arundel. Vacancy Type: Full Time/Permanent. Pay Range: Grade 7 - £48,751 - £54,661 (DOE). Pro rata for part-time roles. Contracted Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Application Deadline: Thursday, July 30, 2026.
About the role
At Southern Hospice Group and Chestnut Tree House (CTH), we believe every baby, child or young person with a life‑limiting condition deserves outstanding, compassionate care, wherever they are.
Following on from a successful proof‑of‑concept, Southern Hospice Group (SHG) has been awarded the contract to establish a 24/7 consultant‑led children’s palliative and end‑of‑life care service for Sussex.
We are now recruiting to grow our team of clinical nurse specialists (CNS) in Children’s Palliative Care to support the mobilisation and delivery of the COAST (Children’s Outreach & Symptom Team) Service.
The neonatal CNS is a vital member of our CNS Team, ensuring that babies with life‑limiting or life‑threatening conditions receive compassionate, specialist, family‑centred care from the earliest stages of life. This role is essential in delivering equitable, high‑quality palliative care from diagnosis onwards, ensuring that every baby and family has access to expert support wherever care is delivered.
Working with our Nurse Consultant and Lead Consultant, this is a fantastic opportunity to be part of the clinical team that shapes and delivers a fully integrated 24/7 paediatric palliative care service across Sussex, working across home, hospice, community and hospital settings to improve continuity of care, reduce avoidable hospital admissions, and ensure families can access expert support whenever they need it.
You will use your specialist clinical skills, experience, knowledge and expertise to provide excellent care to babies, children and young people and their families/carers across Sussex. You will provide high quality symptom and palliative care, working closely with Chestnut Tree House (Children’s Hospice) and community teams to provide a seamless comprehensive service.
You’ll be
- Helping families to navigate complex decisions and co‑coordinate care across hospital and community settings to access timely palliative care that focuses on quality of life, symptom management and family well‑being.
- Working collaboratively with neonatal intensive care units, maternity services, paediatric teams, hospices and primary care.
- Supporting advanced care planning, facilitating smooth transfers between services and supporting the delivery of compassionate care and support wherever it is needed.
- Acting as a specialist neonatal nursing resource for symptom and palliative care, monitoring and evaluating the effects of prescribed treatments.
About us
Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK. We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children and their families across Sussex. Bringing our teams and resources together as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce.
Chestnut Tree House is the children’s hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life‑limiting conditions.
St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in‑patient care and community living well services.
Martlets provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.
Benefits
- Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme for eligible employees
- Up to 35 days’ annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
- On‑site education support and study leave opportunities
- Option to access Bupa and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less
- Free parking, subsidised meals and various social activities
- Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Death in Service
We warmly welcome applications from all sections of our community. We also invite applications from suitably experienced people for all industry sectors who can demonstrate the skills, ability and enthusiasm to work with a people‑centric organisation like ours.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for an Enhanced submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Clinical Nurse Specialist – Perinatal Palliative Care, Children’s Outreach and Symptom Control [...] in Arundel employer: British Antarctic Surve
Southern Hospice Group is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and compassionate work environment in Peacehaven. With a strong commitment to employee growth, generous benefits including up to 35 days of annual leave, and opportunities for professional development, we ensure our team members feel valued and empowered. Join us in making a meaningful impact in the community while enjoying a range of perks such as free parking, subsidised meals, and a corporate gym membership.
