Hospice at Home Lead

Beaumond House Hospice Care delivers personalised, high-quality end of life care across hospice, home, and community settings. Patients and families remain at the centre of everything we do. All staff are expected to uphold dignity, safety, confidentiality, and the highest standards of physical, psychological, and spiritual care.

This role sits within the End-of-Life Care Together Alliance and operates across organisational boundaries to deliver safe, coordinated, and person-centred care for people in North Nottinghamshire.

Job title: Hospice at Home Lead

Reports to:
Service Lead for the Integrated Hub and Hospice at Home

Hours:30 hours

Work Pattern: Across 4 days, worked flexibly Monday - Friday

Location:Mansfield (1 post), Ashfield (1 post) and Bassetlaw (1 post) with travel across North Nottinghamshire to meet organisational needs

We'll be reviewing applications as they come in, so don't delay applying! Although the closing date is 28 February 2026, we may close the vacancy early if we find the right candidates. Well be in touch with shortlisted applicants.

The Hospice at Home Lead provides senior clinical and operational leadership within the Hospice at Home team.

You will uphold and promote the philosophy, values and standards of Beaumond House Hospice Care.

The Hospice at Home Service delivers flexible, holistic support for patients in their own homes. This includes personal care, emotional and spiritual support, needs assessment, advanced care planning, end-of-life care, and ongoing support for carers and loved ones.

You will lead day to day coordination of the service and team and ensure safe, effective and compassionate care so patients receive support to die at home where this is their preferred place of care.

Beaumond House Hospice supports patients and their loved ones to live as fully as possible across North Nottinghamshire. Ensuring our communities receive the care and comfort they need, free of charge, when every moment matters. Our Care is provided in people's homes across our communities and at the Hospice in Newark.

We treat every person with respect. We deliver compassionate, professional care that supports physical, psychological, and spiritual needs. We look for staff and volunteers who protect dignity, safety, and confidentiality.

Beaumond House Hospice Care is a registered charity. We provide four In-patient beds, Day Therapy, and Hospice at Home Care. Hospice at Home supports people with palliative and end of life care needs, often in the last weeks and months of life. Our nurses and health care assistants provide assessment, personal care, emotional support, advice, and advance care planning in the persons preferred place of care.

We are contactable 24 hours a day, 7 days per week, to provide a friendly ear, general information or to signpost patients, relatives and carers to appropriate resources and services.

Outstanding Hospice Care, enabling our local communities to live well and die well

Main Duties

Clinical and Service Leadership

Provide visible clinical leadership for the Hospice at Home team.

Lead and coordinate daily delivery of the Hospice at Home Service in your area.

Undertake comprehensive nursing assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care in patients homes.

Lead on symptom management decisions within scope of practice, seeking senior advice for complex or high-risk situations.

Support safe and timely discharge from hospital and prevent avoidable admissions where possible.

Escalate risk, safeguarding concerns and complex clinical issues promptly.

Team Management

Provide line management for Hospice at Home Registered Nurses and HCAs.

Hold responsibility for supervision, appraisal and day to day performance management.

Support induction, mentoring and ongoing development for staff and students.

Contribute to workforce planning and skill mix discussions with the Service Lead.

Manage staff rotas to ensure safe staffing and effective use of resources.

Oversee sickness absence reporting, return to work meetings and support staff wellbeing in line with policy.

Service Coordination and Partnership Working

Act as main point of contact for Hospice at Home in your area for internal colleagues and external partners.

Work closely with the Integrated Hub, hospice In-patient services, GPs, community nursing, secondary care and End of Life Care Together Alliance partners.

Participate in multidisciplinary discussions to plan and coordinate care for patients and families.

Promote effective communication with patients, carers and professionals to support shared decision making and advance care planning.

Quality, Safety and Governance

Promote a culture of high standards, safety and continuous improvement.

Contribute to clinical governance activities including audits, quality improvement projects and service reviews.

Ensure accurate, timely and complete documentation in electronic clinical records.

Report and help investigate incidents, accidents, near misses…