This leadership post sits within the Hospice Specialist Community Nursing Service at Royal Trinity Hospice, a palliative and end-of-life care provider. The holder directs the specialist nursing workforce, drives service development, and keeps clinical quality and governance on track across the community. The role works alongside the Specialist Community Nursing Team Leader and feeds into organisational strategy and wider system change with health and social care partners. Applicants need current NMC registration and a post-registration palliative, cancer or related qualification.
What the job involves
- Provide strategic, professional and clinical leadership for the Hospice Specialist Community Nursing Service
- Ensure delivery of high-quality, safe, effective and responsive specialist palliative and end-of-life care across the community
- Lead the development of community nursing services
- Promote clinical excellence
- Assure quality and governance
- Work with local health and social care partners to deliver integrated palliative and end-of-life care
- Provide professional leadership to the specialist nursing workforce
- Work with the Specialist Community Nursing Team Leader to ensure effective operational delivery of services
- Contribute to organisational strategy
- Contribute to service transformation and system-wide developments in palliative and end-of-life care
What’s required
Qualifications
- Degree in nursing or a relevant healthcare subject
- Post-registration qualification in palliative care, cancer care or a related speciality
- Leadership and management training
- CPD evidence
Registration & licences
- Current NMC registration as a first-level registered nurse (adult)
Experience
- Strategic leadership
- Leading through others
- Change management
- Influencing and negotiation
Skills & knowledge
- Data analysis
- Written and verbal communication
- Organisational skills
- Interpersonal skills
Nice to have
- Master's degree or equivalent experience
- Leadership qualification
- Non-medical prescribing qualification
- Teaching or practice assessor qualification
What’s offered
- Pension with employer contributions of up to 7.5% or continuation of an existing NHS pension
- 27 days annual leave rising to 33 after 10 years, plus bank holidays (time given back for bank holidays worked)
- Agenda for Change/NHS terms for maternity, paternity and long-term sickness pay, with length of service recognised from other CQC regulated organisations
- Cycle to work scheme and interest-free season ticket loans
- Free eyesight test for DSE users and a contribution towards glasses
- 25% discount in Trinity shops
- Life assurance and access to free counselling courses
- Staff lottery for a biannual Gala dinner, Royal visits, summer garden party, and ballots for donated tickets and prizes
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
