Nurse, Healthcare Nursing

Senior Nurse – Woodlands Hospice

Band 6
• Fixed‑term 9 months
• Full time – 37.5 h/week (days & nights including weekends)
• Salary £38,682 – £46,580 per annum
• Closing 23 Feb 2026 23:59

We are excited to invite applications for a Senior Nurse with a background in palliative care to join our dedicated and compassionate team at The Woodlands Inpatient Unit. The ideal candidate will bring both enthusiasm and a strong commitment to delivering high‑quality nursing care to patients and their families. In this role you will work as part of a multi‑disciplinary team, ensuring exceptional care and a supportive environment for patients in their final stages of life.

• 1st Level Registered Nurse
• Minimum 2 years experience as a Band 5 or Band 6 registered nurse with palliative experience
• A dedication to ongoing professional development and improving team collaboration

• Provide leadership and support to the nursing team, promoting high standards of patient care.
• Demonstrate a proactive, collaborative, and innovative approach in all aspects of the clinical environment.
• Effectively communicate with patients, families and multidisciplinary teams to ensure excellent care delivery.
• Take responsibility for holding the IMPaCT out‑of‑hours phone during weekdays and weekends, ensuring continuity of care.
• Assist in the development and implementation of best practices and clinical guidelines.

• Registered Nurse, current NMC registration
• Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent
• Post‑registration qualification in speciality
• 1st level degree (desirable)

• Evidence of management experience
• Evidence of change management
• Application of evidence‑based practice
• Evidence of developing high standards of patient care
• Lead role in education of staff and patients

• Application of current nursing issues and healthcare governance

• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work in changing environments
• Basic IT skills, including e‑mail and word processing

• Supportive of colleagues
• High level of personal and professional credibility
• Well motivated

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from under‑represented groups and offer flexible working requests for all suitable roles. We welcome a range of flexible working arrangements from day one of employment.

Please apply online before the closing date. Late applications may be rejected without consideration.