Hospice Nurse (Ward)

Are you a Registered Nurse seeking a truly rewarding role where your skills and compassion make a real difference?

At St Nicholas Hospice Care, you'll have the opportunity to provide the kind of care that brought you into nursing. Our nurse-to-patient ratio allows you the time to build meaningful relationships, deliver high-quality care, and support patients and families with dignity, compassion, and respect.

The role is based on a 24-hour internal rotation, working 12-hour shifts covering both days and nights.

Main duties of the job

The provision of specialist palliative and end of life nursing care, primarily on Sylvan Ward

The delivery of a holistic model of care, which supports the psychological, emotional, social and spiritual needs of the patient

Participation in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of person centred nursing care for patients

Awareness of the importance of supporting family members through periods of death, dying and bereavement

Working effectively with MDT colleagues, delegating duties according to the skills and knowledge of junior team members

St Nicholas Hospice Care is a local charity providing help, advice and support to people in West Suffolk and Thetford who are living with long-term and life-threatening illnesses. Our services are not just for patients, but for their family and friends too. They include everything from specialist medical care to bereavement support and practical help. St Nicholas Hospice is dedicated to its vision that everyone in our communities has support, dignity and choice when facing dying, death and grief.

25 days paid annual leave (increasing with service)

Excellent training and development opportunities

NHS pension continuation or access to a group pension scheme

Home-made meals in our onsite bistro

Life assurance

Blue Light Card scheme discounts

Health Cash Plan & Wellbeing programme (dentistry, optical, emotional wellbeing support)

Enhanced Occupational Sick Pay

Social events (photography group, quiz nights, picnics, and more)

Supportive management with regular 1:1s, appraisals, team meetings, and away days

Unsocial hours uplift of up to 60% for some shifts

Your Career with Us

Were committed to your success from day one, with a thorough four-week induction tailored to your needs. Our vision is simple but powerful: everyone in our community deserves support, dignity, and choice when facing dying, death, and grief. We live our values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Equity every day.