Job description

Job responsibilities

Location: Sydenham

Department: In-Patient Unit (IPU)

Hours: 30 hours per week

Salary: £55,524 - £62,652 per annum (pro-rata) HCA inclusive

Your new role

We have an exciting opportunity within our Inpatient Unit for an experienced, motivated and emotionally intelligent registered nurse with excellent clinical, leadership and practice development skills. This is a key role within the hospice, where you will lead and facilitate nursing development, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based palliative and end of life care for patients and their families.

The successful candidate will be working closely with the multidisciplinary team, you will promote excellence in patient care through education, workforce development, quality improvement initiatives and clinical leadership. You will play a vital role in supporting staff development, fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement, and ensuring nursing practice reflects current evidence, national standards and best practice.

To succeed in this role

You will be a resilient and compassionate practitioner with a passion for improving patient outcomes and developing others. You will have substantial post-registration experience and a strong background in palliative care, end of life care, oncology or a related specialty, alongside experience of leading practice development, education or quality improvement initiatives.

Additionally, it is just as important to us that you are able to demonstrate good computer skills, be an excellent communicator (both verbally and in writing), and have a passion for positively promoting Equality and Diversity.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Katie Grace, Clinical Team Lead on [email protected]

To apply for this position, please submit your expression of interest by clicking ‘Apply’ below.

Closing Date: Tuesday 6th October 2026

Interview Date: TBC

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• ESSENTIAL: Registered Adult Nurse and Degree in Nursing or related subject

Desirable

• DESIRABLE: Willing to undertake further qualifications

Experience

Essential

• ESSENTIAL: Demonstrable experience in palliative care or oncology experience

Desirable

• DESIRABLE: NHS 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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

St Christopher’s Hospice

Address

St Christopher's - Sydenham

51-59 Lawrie Park Road

Sydenham

London

SE26 6DZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.stchristophers.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)