Clinical Team Leader - Band 7

Birmingham Hospice; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits package

NHS pension

Job summary

Birmingham Hospice seeks a Clinical Team Leader (Band 7) to join the Specialist Palliative Urgent Response (SPUR) Service. The role blends leadership (60%) with clinical work (40%), across Birmingham and Solihull, aiming to assess patients within two hours and deliver high-quality palliative care.

DBS enhanced check required. The post is permanent, 37.5 hours, with day and night shifts; salary range £45,732–£52,333 per annum.

Qualifications

• Registered healthcare professional with leadership experience.
• Commitment to palliative and end-of-life care.
• Ability to lead and support clinical teams.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across organisations.
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the SPUR multidisciplinary team.
• Provide leadership and operational support within SPUR.
• Rotate between triage and face-to-face care for urgent referrals.
• Ensure timely, specialist palliative and end-of-life care for patients at both sites.

Skills

Registered healthcare professional

Leadership of clinical teams

Independent working

Commitment to learning

Palliative and end-of-life care

Education

NMC or HCPC registration

Job description

Clinical Team Leader - Band 7

2026-09-26T00:00:00

Location: Birmingham, West Midlands, GB, B1 1

Application Deadline: 2026-12-26T03:01:39.44

Join our Specialist Palliative Urgent Response Team

Clinical Team Lead, Specialist Palliative Urgent Response Service (SPUR)

Closing Date: 5 October 2026

Location: Both Sites

Hours: 37.5 hours, combination of day and night working, 8.00pm - 08:00am and day shifts

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Band 7 £45,732 to £52,333 per annum

DBS Requirement: Enhanced check with Adult Barring List

Role Overview

Are you passionate about delivering exceptional palliative and end of life care while leading and developing others? At Birmingham Hospice, patients and families are at the heart of everything we do. From our Inpatient Units and Living Well Centres to bereavement support services, we provide compassionate care and support when it matters most.

We are excited to offer an opportunity to join our innovative Specialist Palliative Urgent Response (SPUR) Service as a Clinical Lead. This role is ideal for an experienced and compassionate healthcare professional who is passionate about delivering high-quality clinical care while leading and developing a dynamic multidisciplinary team.

As a key member of the SPUR leadership team, you will spend approximately 60% of your time providing leadership and operational support, helping to develop and inspire our Urgent Support Healthcare Assistants, Urgent Response Nurses, and Paramedics. The remaining 40% of your role will be clinical, rotating between triage and face-to-face care, responding to urgent referrals from patients, families, and healthcare professionals across Birmingham and Solihull. Working within a responsive service that aims to assess patients within two hours, you will play a vital role in ensuring patients receive timely, specialist palliative and end of life care, helping them remain in their preferred place of care wherever possible.

What We're Looking For

• Registered healthcare professional (NMC or HCPC registered)
• Passion for palliative and end of life care
• Experience of leading and supporting clinical teams
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across organisations and systems
• Commitment to continuous learning, innovation, and service improvement

Why Join Birmingham Hospice?

• Be part of an innovative service delivering compassionate care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Play a key role in shaping and developing a growing specialist service
• Develop your leadership and specialist palliative care expertise
• Make a meaningful difference to patients and families when they need support most
• Benefit from a generous employee benefits package
• Retain NHS continuous service benefits, including pension and annual leave entitlements

Join us and help deliver outstanding palliative and end of life care across Birmingham and Solihull.

"After I saw the care my dad received at the hospice, I knew I wanted to work there." Barbara Bennett, a Healthcare Assistant at Birmingham Hospice's Erdington site, was inspired to join the hospice after seeing the expert palliative care her dad, Frederick, received there. Having worked in healthcare for 30 years, Barbara decided it was time she went into palliative and end of life care after helping to care for her father when he was diagnosed with heart failure, kidney failure, and dementia.

Our Commitment to Diversity

The hospice is committed to developing a dynamic and diverse team, representative of the communities it serves. We ask you, therefore, to complete the Equal Opportunities monitoring form to help us in this aim.

We value each person as an individual — whether they are colleagues, patients, family members, carers, or supporters, every person matters. We embrace diversity of culture, background, and environment knowing it enriches our workplace and our relationships with our local communities. We are committed to building a culture of inclusion and belonging.

We would love to hear from you, about what makes you uniquely you and how this opportunity will support you to succeed. For those with a disability, including a physical disability, long-term health condition, mental health, or a neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role. Learn more about workplace adjustments and recruitment here.

Our Values

Our values are at the heart of everything we do as we continue in our mission to enable more people from all communities to access the care of their choice at the end of life.