The Role of Deputy Head of Clinical Services
Hospice at Home’s core service is its skilled team of Registered Nurses and Healthcare Assistants who provide exceptional care and support in people’s last year of life and end of life, also providing additional services such as Lymphoedema, Bereavement and Family Support, Befriending, Occupational Therapy and Complementary Therapy.
We provide individualised care and support to improve quality of life and our end of life care helps facilitate a peaceful and dignified death in the home and support to those who are bereaved.
Although we receive some funding from the NHS, we need to raise over 85% of our running costs in order to ensure that this vital help is available when needed and remains free of charge to patients and their families.
Our clinical service area covers a mixture of urban and rural communities, a region of approximately 1,500 square miles throughout North and East Cumbria.
Location: Valley Court, Dalston Head Office with role covering Carlisle, Eden and North Allerdale
Salary: £41,145
Hours:
22.5 to 30 Hours per week (on discussion)
Closing Date: 8th August 2025
Type: Permanent
About The Role of Deputy Head of Clinical Services
Are you a compassionate and skilled Registered Nurse looking for a meaningful role in palliative care? Do you thrive in supporting teams to deliver exceptional patient-centred care in the comfort of patients’ homes?
We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse to join our dynamic team. This role offers a variety of shift patterns, including days, evenings, nights, weekends, and bank holidays. Flexibility is key, as you’ll be contributing to a service that operates 24/7 to deliver outstanding patient care.
You will be working on a rotational shift basis, supporting colleagues across different time slots to ensure consistent, high-quality care. In return, we offer comprehensive training, a supportive work environment, and opportunities for career growth
As a key people leader within the service, you will support the operational running of our Day and Night Nursing Team, Befriending Service, Complementary Therapy, and Occupational Therapy services, ensuring patients and their families receive the best possible support.
If this sounds good to you and you are enthused about providing excellent quality palliative care and keen to champion our organisational vision to positively inspire a future in which everyone within our community facing life limiting illnesses, regardless of cause, receives the best possible palliative and end of life care and their families and carers receive the support they need, please get in touch.
Essential Criteria:
- Full clean UK driving licence and own transport
- Registered Nurse
- Experience in supervision of staff
- Tenacious and resilient approach to a variable workload
Desirable Criteria:
- Knowledge of the charity sector
- Experience working in palliative care or community healthcare
- Current knowledge & understanding of Health & Safety regulations
- Knowledge of Care Quality Commission requirements.
Our offer to you:
- £41,145 annual full time salary (pro rata)
- Transfer of NHS pension (where applicable) / Contributory pension scheme
- 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (NHS terms and conditions for leave may apply)
- Annual leave purchase scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Learning & Development opportunities
- Volunteer ‘Give a Day’
- Mileage allowance
- Paid Travel time
- Free onsite parking
- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexible Working (we are happy to discuss various types of working arrangements with you)
- Family friendly policies and procedures
- Staff complementary therapy days
- Onsite (head office) employee counselling
- Wellbeing focus including specialist wellbeing room
- REAL job satisfaction – knowing that your work means something and your contributions to continuous improvements matter
How to apply:
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion because we understand the value that diverse thought, background and experience brings to an organisation which helps us to provide outstanding care for all of our patients and their families.
To apply for this role please send a copy of your current CV including a summary statement and / or covering letter outlining your suitability for the role and why you would like to work with us by clicking apply online before 16th July 2025.
All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references, medical and appropriate checks such as Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and Right to Work.
What if I have more questions?
If you have any queries please contact our HR team on 01768 245994
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