Nurse Consultant for Specialist Paediatric Palliative Care

HOSPICE UK; Angmering; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Welcome bonus

Flexible working

Annual leave 27 days

Bank holidays included

Job summary

Southern Hospice Group is seeking a Paediatric Nurse Consultant to lead the COAST service across Sussex, delivering expert, 24/7 paediatric palliative care across hospice, home, community, and hospital settings.

You will combine advanced clinical practice with strategic leadership, education, and research to influence care across the wider system and mobilise COAST into a sustainable service aligned with NICE guidance.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in paediatric palliative/end of life care or children with complex care needs
• Senior nursing leadership with ability to shape practice and inspire confidence
• Experience in service development, mobilisation, governance and audit

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced specialist paediatric palliative and end-of-life care across hospice, home, hospital and community settings
• Lead complex symptom management and clinical decision‑making
• Support families through conversations, advance care planning and ReSPECT discussions
• Drive mobilisation of a 24/7 paediatric palliative care service
• Influence regional strategy and shape COAST into a sustainable 24/7 service
• Lead quality improvement, governance, research and education initiatives
• Represent SHG at local, regional and national forums

Skills

Advanced clinical practice

Strategic leadership

Education & training

Research

Service development

Non-medical prescribing

Job description

Talent 4 Good are delighted to be supporting Southern Hospice Group on the appointment of a Paediatric Nurse Consultant

Children’s Outreach and Symptom Team (COAST) Service

Salary: Circa £75,000, (Depending on Experience)

We recognise the specialist skills and experience required for this role. As a result, we are offering a £5,000 welcome bonus for the successful candidate. The terms of the bonus will be discussed at interview.

Role summary

Working with our Lead Consultant this is a rare opportunity to shape and deliver a fully integrated 24/7 paediatric (non-oncology) palliative care service across Sussex, working across home, hospice, community and hospital settings to improve continuity of care, reduce avoidable hospital admissions, and ensure families can access expert support whenever they need it.

As the senior nursing expert for paediatric palliative care within COAST, you will combine advanced clinical practice, strategic leadership, education, research and service development to influence care across the wider system.

You will play a pivotal role in mobilising COAST, following the successful proof-of-concept service that has run for the past two years, into a sustainable, fully operational 24/7 model in line with NICE guidance.

Approximately 60% of your role will remain clinically focused, delivering expert care for children and young people with highly complex needs, including symptom management and end-of-life care. The remaining 40% will focus on organisational leadership, workforce development, governance, partnership working and innovation.

You will also directly lead and support the newly established multidisciplinary COAST team, including Clinical Nurse Specialists, pharmacy and administrative colleagues.

Key responsibilities

• Providing advanced specialist paediatric palliative and end-of-life care across hospice, home, hospital and community settings
• Leading complex symptom management, clinical decision-making and non-medical prescribing
• Supporting children and families through sensitive conversations, advance care planning and ReSPECT discussions
• Driving the phased mobilisation of a 24/7 specialist paediatric palliative care service
• Influencing regional strategy, working with our system partners, helping to shape COAST into a 24/7 sustainable, specialist service. Building and strengthening wider care pathways across Sussex
• Developing advanced nursing practice and contributing to workforce development, education and capability building
• Leading quality improvement, audit, governance and research initiatives
• Representing SHG at local, regional and national forums

About you, we are looking for

• Passionate advocate for babies, children and young people
• Child and family centred
• Values led - demonstrating kindness, respect, integrity and collaboration
• Significant experience in children's palliative/end of life care or children with complex care needs
• Compassionate but accountable leader
• Able to shape practice and inspire confidence
• Experienced in service development, strong in mobilisation, innovation, governance and audit

The role Paediatric Nurse Consultant reports to: Director of Nursing and Care

The contract is: Permanent

Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, some evening or weekend work will be necessary, for example meetings or events. We are willing to consider part time working/flexible working arrangements.

Salary: Circa £75,000, (DOE) We recognise the specialist skills and experience required for this role. As a result, we are offering a £5,000 welcome bonus for the successful candidate. The terms of the bonus will be discussed at interview.

Annual Leave: 27 days plus 8 bank holidays rising to 30 days after 3 years’ service

Location and flexible working: Our Head Office is at St Barnabas House. Your base location will be Chestnut Tree House with travel required between sites as necessary. We operate flexible working and how, when and where you work will be agreed with your line manager, balancing the needs of Southern Hospice Group, the team and you.