Senior Sister/ Charge Nurse

Are you an experienced and dynamic leader looking for a new challenge, in a supportive environment, where patients and their loved ones are at the centre of what we do?

St Leonard’s Hospice is looking for a new Senior Sister/ Charge Nurse to join the Inpatient Unit to support the clinical team to deliver excellent care to our patients, placing them at the heart of what we do.

As Senior Sister/ Charge Nurse, your duties will include:

• Demonstrating leadership through clinical expertise, delivering high standards of person-centred care as and when needed
• Working within the multidisciplinary team to develop a culture of reflective practice
• Managing risk and balancing demands that come up in the service
• Being responsible for driving ongoing service development to ensure we continue to meet the needs of our diverse local population

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Experience of working clinically including excellent nursing skills, record keeping and medicines management
• Experience as a senior nurse on a busy unit/ ward, being responsible for leading and managing a team
• A good knowledge of palliative and end of life care
• High levels of motivation, be dynamic and passionate about hospice care

What we can offer you:

• Competitive salaries and pending pay award
• Golden Hello of £1,000 (after tax) as a special thank you and welcome to our team
• reimbursement of NMC fees
• up to 41 days Annual Leave
• continuation of NHS pension and annual leave entitlement (T&Cs apply)
• attractive pension scheme for non-NHS staff
• Extensive employee discounts on shops, holidays and lifestyle choices and Blue Light Card discounts
• work at a Hospice that has research and campaigning at the forefront of its mission
• free car parking
• great CPD opportunities
• a supportive and friendly working environment

This is a full-time position working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday and be a part of the clinical on-call rota.

If you wish to discuss this role further, please contact Nicola Fenton, Deputy Director of Clinical Services by email at nicola.fenton@stleonardshospice.org.uk or phone on 01904 708553.

No agencies, please.

To apply for this role, please complete our online application form. The closing date for this role is 31 May 2026, however we reserve the right to extend or close this post earlier. 

We do not have sponsorship status and therefore all our offers are made conditional upon our candidates submitting evidence of their right to work in the UK in conjunction with our other pre-employment checks.