Locality Team Leader - Specialist Nurse

Job summary

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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 patients' 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 locality team leader in one of our localities. This will involve both clinical and leadership skills. There is a potential for this to be a development role for an experienced Specialist Nurse wishing to move into leadership.

Working under the clinical leadership of the Associate Director of Patient Care and Communities, you will adopt a person-centered, coaching approach to the leadership of a locality team, fostering self-coaching, teamwork, self-awareness, personal growth and professional competence and development. The role has responsibilities for line management of the multi-professional locality team and also deputises when needed.

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.

About you: You will be motivated, have excellent communication skills and clear leadership capabilities. You should have a relevant degree or diploma and it is essential that you have Palliative care or oncology and community experience.

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!

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 it's 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.

Date posted: 24 April 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £50,000 to £55,000 a year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: B0024-25-0003-PAH418

Job locations: West End Lane, Esher, Surrey, KT10 8NA

Job responsibilities:

1. Team Leadership
2. Clinical
3. Educational
4. Professional
5. Other responsibilities

Qualifications:

• Current Professional Registration and qualification
• Relevant training appropriate to role
• Palliative Care Qualification
• Leadership training or willingness to undertake
• Willingness to undertake further training as required

Person Specification Personal Qualities Essential:

• Flexible, motivated, self-directed
• Pleasant and calm manner
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work well within a team
• Car driver/full driving licence
• Cover on-call rota including weekends and bank holidays as appropriate
• Awareness of, and commitment to the Mission, Vision and Values of the Hospice

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.

Employer details:

Employer name: Princess Alice Hospice

Address: West End Lane, Esher, Surrey, KT10 8NA

Employer's website: https://www.pah.org.uk/