Deputy Head of Nursing

Pilgrims Hospices in East Kent are looking for an exceptional person with comprehensive senior nursing expertise to join our Nursing Leadership team. You will be responsible for the delivery of our community nursing services and will actively contribute to high level decision making and development of our clinical workforce.

Supported by a team of healthcare professionals, the post holder will:

• Work with the Head of Nursing and Director of Nursing and Care to develop and deliver our clinical strategic plan, promote clinical governance and quality and engage with external community nursing ad care partners;
• Lead and manage our community nursing teams to deliver exceptional services across East Kent, including our Hospice at Home staff, Palliative Specialist Nurses and our new Clinical Nurse Specialists;
• Delivery management and governance tasks across our community nursing teams including development of policy and practices, project management, external engagement and budget management;
• Deliver clinical services as required within own scope of practice.

To be successful in this role your will need:

• Previous experience of managing and leading people as a senior post holder;
• A masters degree or equivalent experience, supported by a qualification in end of life / palliative care;
• Advanced symptom management skills
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.

Duration: This role is offered on a permanent basis, based at one of our three Hospice sites with frequent travel across East Kent.

Salary: £57,000 gross per annum

About us

As an award-winning employer, Pilgrims provides end of life care services to patients and their families across east Kent.

Our commitment is to provide open, compassionate care and expertise for patients and their families – both in the community and in-patient units.

Our Vision

“Of a community where people with a terminal illness and their family and friends are supported and empowered to live well in mind and body until the very last moment of their life”.

We recognise that our workforce is integral to the delivery of our Vision and our charitable aims. Pilgrims Hospices continues to create a highly skilled, motivated, engaged and healthy workforce by providing an environment where staff and volunteers feel highly motivated to perform their roles to a consistently high standard, and actively role model our charitable behaviours and values.

To achieve our Vision, we have a shared set of values and behaviours that enable us to be the people and the charity that patients and their loved ones need us to be. They form our CODE, which guides us in our daily working and decision making:

Compassionate We treat everyone with compassion and care

Open We communicate openly, honestly and effectively

Dynamic We are dynamic, improving and developing our service

Empowered We empower people to achieve their outcomes

Our benefits

As an Employer of Choice we are committed supporting our employees and volunteers through both a holistic benefits package, but also through wellbeing and work/life balance.

Our workplaces offer:

• Friendly and highly professional working environments alongside people passionate about what we do
• Opportunities for professional development through a range of extensive learning
• A workplace pension scheme. Those joining us from the NHS may retain eligibility to membership of the NHS pension scheme
• A good work-life balance and realistic working hours
• Financial discounts, provided through the Blue Light Card scheme
• A sense of achievement in supporting a worthwhile cause
• A sense of wellbeing

We invest in our employees, which is one of the key things that makes us an award-winning employer of choice!

How to apply

To learn more about this role, please download the full job description document as attached.

If you are interested in applying for the role and wish to join our passionate team, please complete the application form via NHS Jobs.