IPU Team Lead; SMH Band 7

An exciting opportunity hasarisen haels Hospice to join our team. We are looking for an experienced senior nurse Registered Nurse to lead our Hospice Inpatient Unit/Ward.

You will have experience of working within a Specialist Palliative Careinpatient or community setting. You will bring demonstrable experience of leading and managing clinical teams, with direct line management responsibilities and strong experience in overseeing the day-to-day operations of a ward.

St. Michaels Hospice is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people. All staff are expected to share this commitment. Successful candidate swill be required to undergo relevant background checks, including a DBS checkand provide satisfactory reference before starting the role.

Closing date - 25 January 2026

In this role, you will be workingclinically with a high level of skill and expertise in Palliative and End of Life Care. You will work closely with the Clinical Leadership Team and be amember of the Clinical Management Team, ensuring safe coordinated care is delivered across the organisation.

You will have excellentleadership and management skills proven in your experience of managing teams.

You will lead and operationally manage the Inpatient team providing consistentmanagement and clear leadership, you will ensure development opportunities are available for your team. You will work with the Quality & Governance Leadand the Clinical Director to ensure a high standard of care is provided to all.

You will work with the Clinical Leadership Team to support service development in line with St. Michaels strategic objectives.

Key aspects of the role includeleading and supporting the clinical team, maintaining a strong clinicalpresence on the ward while role modelling high-quality palliative care. The successful candidate will support and develop the wider team through visibleclinical leadership and close collaboration with the Deputy Ward Leads.

Acareer in hospice care enables you to be part of a multi-professional team and provide holistic care to patients who have life limiting illnesses. It is ouraim to ensure that our patients achieve the best quality of life.

St.Michaels has a newly refurbished 10 bed In-Patient Unit, as well as Hospice atHome, Patient and Family Support services and a Living Well service, specialistclinics with support from our therapy team across all our services. We offerexcellent support and training opportunities as well as the potential todevelop specialist skills, initiating and contributing to evolving clinical services.

Weare dedicated to providing care to people throughout North Hampshire who areaffected by life limiting illness to attain the highest possible quality oflife by providing a choice of specialist care and support.

As acharity, we depend on the kindness and support of our local community to continue offering our services free of charge. This care is made possible bysupporters donating, taking part in fundraising events and activities, playingour lottery, shopping in our retail outlets, leaving gifts in their Wills orgiving freely of their time to volunteer.

Weoffer attractivebenefits, including, free parking, life assurance, 27 days annual leave plusbank holidays, and an extensive health and wellbeing plan and company pension.

Formore information or to arrange an informal visit please contact Karen Drake,Clinical Director haels Hospice, on telephone number

To provide strong leadership and operational management to the Hospice in-patient unit (IPU), working clinicallyto a high level of skill and expertise in Palliative and End of Life Care.

Working closely with the Clinical Leadership Team (CLT); and as a member of andwith the Clinical Management Team (CMT) to ensure safe coordinated care acrossthe organisation. To provide direct line management to a team of deputies and support the management of the IPU and service development in line with SMHstrategic objectives. To ensure specialist clinical nursing care, expertise,knowledge, and skill to ensure optimal care, quality, governance and safety of patients and their families.

Key Responsibilities

Maintain high standards of Professional Practice in line with NMC Code.

To bring specialist nursing practice, knowledge, skills and experience in palliative and end of life care to IPU.

To be responsible for day-to-day clinical leadership and operational management of the ward.

Manage the ward skill mix and establishment on a day-to-day basis,ensuring safe, effective and fair rostering.

Maintain a high profile across the IPU, undertaking clinical shifts aspart of usual role responsibilities.

To maintain own clinical knowledge and skills through clinical decision making and use of clinical judgement in relation to patient safety and clinical governance.

To deliver high quality, safe and effective care to patients &their relatives, ensuring staffing levels and competencies are appropriate andmeet the…