About this role
Job summary Are you a highly motivated, dynamic Nurse who is passionate about delivering the highest quality of care?
Would you like to be part of a committed and supportive multi-disciplinary team that delivers empowering and compassionate care?
Would you like the opportunity to develop your clinical knowledge and skills within palliative care?
If so a Registered Nurse role at St Peters Hospice could be for you.
We are expanding and looking for Band 5 RNs to join our team within the Inpatient Unit. It is desirable, but not essential for you to have any previous palliative care experience, as you will receive a full induction and ongoing support and development from the IPU Sisters, Practice Education team and our in-house Education Team.
As part of a supportive and committed team, you will be involved in the planning and provision of specialist palliative care for our patients and in supporting their families. You will also work closely with the wider multi-disciplinary team to ensure a holistic approach to care.
This is an opportunity to join a well-respected hospice care provider with a reputation for excellence. In return we can offer you:
Band 5 equivalent salary from £32,073 to £39,043 per year (FTE) Seeking working hours of 37.5 hours per week, or 30 hours per week for the right candidate.
Main duties of the job Join St Peters Hospice, a well-respected hospice care provider with a reputation for excellence.
We are looking for a compassionate registered professional to join our Inpatient Unit. We offer NHS-equivalent terms and conditions, a Band 5 salary of £32,073 to £39,043 per annum (FTE), ongoing professional development, in-house education support, free parking, an onsite caf and a paid DBS check.
Posts are available for 37.5 hours per week, or 30 hours per week for the right candidate. The role includes a flexible rotating shift pattern covering days, nights and weekends.
Applicants should have at least one years recent clinical experience in a trust or community setting. We also welcome applications from paramedics, mental health nurses and experienced nursing associates. Newly qualified practitioners are encouraged to contact the team for an informal discussion before applying.
For an informal conversation or to arrange a visit, please contact Zara Norris, Inpatient Unit Manager, at [email protected].
Shortlisting: 24 September 2026 Interviews: 6, 8 and 9 October 2026
Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK and provide evidence of this, along with vaccination history or immunity status where required. This post is subject to a DBS check and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.
Please note: Applications from third-year students and agencies cannot be accepted.
About us Weve spent over 40 years helping people die in peace, and with dignity. Combining compassion with clinical expertise, we provide patients with the best possible care at the end of their lives.
Were here for the people around our patients too those closest to them. Before, during and after a bereavement, we provide support thats remembered forever.
We think its that unforgettable support that inspires people to give back to St Peters. To fundraise for us. Donate. Volunteer. Were not exaggerating when we say that we couldnt do what we do without our wonderful supporters. We really cant thank them enough.
We want to help many more people to die well. And were doing this by teaching others. As a centre of educational excellence, we share our skills with other health professionals, helping the NHS and care homes to provide better end-of-life care.
Were here for all, for free, forever.
Job description Job responsibilities Care and Quality
To assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised patient care in collaboration with the patient and their carers and the multi-disciplinary team. Ensure that patient privacy and dignity is maintained at all times, ensuring confidentiality and robust General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) practice at all times. To deliver all care in a caring and compassionate manner, treating patients and colleagues with dignity and respect. Carry our duties and responsibilities with regard to the Hospice Equality, Diversity and Respect Policy Recognise the importance of peoples rights and act in accordance with legislation, policies and procedures Act in ways that acknowledge, respect and recognise peoples expressed beliefs, preferences and choices: respecting diversity and valuing people as individuals. To administer medications as prescribed and monitor and report on their effect. To respond to all admissions effectively and within agreed standards. To prioritise own workload and managers own time to ensure priories are met in a timely fashion and quality is not compromised. Support all patients and their families, respecting their beliefs and personal circumstances. Understand and engage fully in the clinical governance practices and procedures at St Peters Hospice. To contribute to practice improvement and clinical audit, implementing any recommended changes. In so ensuring evidence based quality palliative care is being delivered to patients, carers and their families. Ensuring that you work in a way that complies with legislation and trust policies and procedures on health and safety and risk management. Be able to challenge others in practice if health and safety or other policies/procedure breeches occur or at risk of doing so. Contribute to maintain Health and Safety standards and Risk Assessment within the IPU. Work within SPH Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Policy to ensure you safeguard the interests of all patients. Support bereaved families after the patients death, informing them of the after death processes that need to occur. Work within own scope of practice, taking professional accountability for clinical competence. Use resources economically and efficiently. To report accidents, incidents and complaints as per policy, participating in investigations as required. Able to deal with emergencies and challenging situations by own actions, knows escalation procedures and familiar with information resource.
Communication To communicate with patients and families in a sensitive, supportive and caring manner, taking account of individual personal beliefs, culture and understanding. Identify barriers to communication, contextual factors that might affect communication and other cultural or personal preferences when communication and take these in to account. Maintain integrity when communication with others. Be a representative of the St Peters Hospice at all times. To communicate professionally and in a timely way with all internal and external allied health care professionals to ensure the patient and family receive coordinated care of a high quality. To ensure all documentation is completed accurately, legibly and in a timely manner in accordance with hospice policy, NMC standards and in line with Information Governance requirements To help patients/ relatives overcome barriers to understanding when English is not their first language or they have other language/communication barriers. Deliver shift handovers in a concise and efficient manner.
Teamwork To work as an open and honest member of the multidisciplinary team to ensure a co-ordinated and defined management plan/plan of care for each patient. To develop effective and supportive working relationships with other members of the Hospice multi- disciplinary team. Contribute to the morale of the team, acknowledging it can be a highly emotive work environment and to ensure your own resilience and those of others. Motivate and encourage others and feel confident to raise concerns of both yourself and others. To supervise Health Care Assistants and Volunteer staff working in the IPU, and allocate appropriate patients under their supervised care. To work with and support the IPU management team, including shift leadership as required. To attend and contribute to debriefing sessions, reflective case reviews and contribute to the ongoing development of the service as required To actively contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings and team meetings Make constructive suggestions to improving services in a professional manner, working with the senior management team to express theses and look at them in context. Provide both positive and negative feedback to colleagues and contribute positively to the culture of the IPU
Personal and professional development of self and others To actively participate in, and contribute to the individual performance review and development process. Ensuring that you have undergone an annual individual performance review. To keep up to date with all mandatory and statutory training, and apply learning to practice. Ensuring that you are compliant with the expectations and raising any issues with your line manager should there be a legitimate reason for non-compliance. To take responsibility for own individual professional development by keeping up to date with current advances in nursing practice and research, particularly in the field of palliative care. Take account of own behaviour and its effects on others. Assist in the orientation, and mentorship of new staff and student nurses. Be an excellent role model and representative of St Peters Hospice. Work towards NMC revalidation and support that of colleagues. Demonstrate a commitment to developing research/audit skills and contribute to the research/audit plans of others. Be flexible and adaptable to clinical and operational changes. Actively work on your own reliance in relation to working within palliative care and the positive and challenges that may bring to you as an individual.
Additional Responsibilities (for Personal Development Planning when fully competent in core role) To be willing to be trained and supported to carry out the Individual Performance Review of Health Care Assistants. To develop leadership skills to take shift responsibility for the IPU. Develop and lead an area of special interest and share expertise and practice development with MDT colleagues as a link role. Demonstrate competency in a broad range of clinical competencies as outlines in your job description and/or part of your Individual Performance review. To regularly take charge of a shift - dealing with staff allocation and task delegation and ensuring standards are met through effective use and co-ordination of resources.. To participate in the training and mentoring, of student nurses and external placements To monitor practice and competence for Bank RNs and Health Care Assistants by regularly working with them as part of a shift.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
NMC RGN Registration Evidence of further study and continuous professional development Willingness to further develop palliative care knowledge
Desirable
Module in palliative care Advanced communication skills training Mentoring or teaching qualification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name St Peter’s Hospice
Address St Peter’s Hospice, Charlton Road
Brentry
Bristol
BS10 6NL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.stpetershospice.org.uk (Opens in a new tab)