Locality Team Leader Specialist Nurse

Princess Alice Hospice; Esher; On-site; GBP 57,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Princess Alice Hospice is seeking an experienced Nurse Specialist to lead a locality team, blending clinical and leadership roles within palliative care. This position involves managing a team while ensuring high-quality care for patients, alongside opportunities for professional development and a supportive working environment.

Benefits

27 days annual leave, increasing with service

Educational and professional development opportunities

Clinical supervisions

Subsidised meals at on-site restaurant

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to Group Pension Scheme

Wellbeing care programme

Qualifications

• Experience in palliative care or oncology and community care is essential.
• Strong leadership capabilities required.
• Excellent communication skills necessary.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-professional locality team.
• Provide direct clinical care for 60% of the time.
• Foster a person-centered and coaching approach.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Palliative Care Experience

Oncology Experience

Education

Relevant Degree or Diploma

Job description

Salary £57K per annum full time, depending on experience (equivalent to AfC Band 8a) + on call rota payment Work Pattern Full Time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday + weekend on call rota – 30 hours per week considered Location Esher, Surrey Application Deadline Monday, June 9, 2025 Interview Date 2025-Jun-16 00:00 Job Profile Job Profile document

Job Summary

About us:
Princess Alice Hospice is one of the top ten adult hospices in the UK, providing specialist palliative care and support to a community of more than a million people living in Surrey, south west London and Middlesex.

About the Hospice at Home team:
Our Hospice at Home service brings the skills and expertise of our highly trained and dedicated specialist team directly into our patient’s homes. This allows patients, their families, and carers access to the vital support they need at home, when time matters most.

About the role:

We are looking for an experienced Nurse Specialist to take on the important role of team leader in one of our localities. This will involve both clinical and leadership skills.

Our team includes 2 additional locality leads who work closely across the whole service. You will line manage our multi professional locality team, deputising for your colleagues when needed. You will adopt a person-centered, coaching approach, fostering self-coaching, team working, self-awareness, personal growth and professional competence and development.

This is an exciting role for someone wo wants to blend their clinical care, skills and knowledge with clinical and professional leadership. A minimum of 60% of time will be spent in direct clinical care.

There is potential for a development role for an experienced Specialist Nurse wishing to move into leadership.

About you:

You will be motivated, have excellent communication skills and strong leadership capabilities.

You will have a relevant degree or diploma and it’s essential that you have Palliative care or oncology and community experience.

You will ensure clinical practice is reflective of current developments in Specialist Palliative Care and End of Life Care. You will also promote a learning and continuous improvement environment and participate in the development and delivery of educational programs, research and audit.

As well as joining a caring organisation where you will be able to make a difference for our patients and their families, some of our employee benefits include:

• 27 days’ annual leave plus recognised public holidays - rising to 29 days after 5 years’ service and 33 days after 10 years’ service (pro rata for part time)

• educational and professional development opportunities (we have an on-site Education Team)
• monthly group reflections via Schwartz Rounds sessions
• free on-site parking
• tranquil Hospice grounds
• clinical supervision (regular and we ensure its protected time)
• an annual development day - protected time for you and your learning
• subsidised meals at our on-site restaurant
• Employee Assistance Programme
• access to the Blue Light Card discount scheme
• access to our Group Pension Scheme
• Excellent changing facilities (with showers, fresh towels, and hairdryers)
• wellbeing care - we provide a programme of activities, opportunities, and guidance to inspire and support our employees to live a healthy life, at home and at work.

If you are enthusiastic, passionate. personable and share our values and care about making a difference in the last years of someone’s life, we would love to hear from you!

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Tracy Davies, Locality Team Leader on 01483 468811.

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For further information please contact the People Services Team by e-mail at [e-mail]

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