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At Acorns Children’s Hospice, we provide specialist palliative care for babies, children, and young people with life-limiting and life‑threatening conditions and we support their families through every step of their journey, and through transition.
Our work is defined by compassion, expertise, and an unwavering belief that every child deserves comfort, dignity, and the chance to experience joy.

We are now seeking an exceptional Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our dedicated paediatric palliative care team and help us continue delivering the outstanding care our communities rely on.

Why Join Acorns?

As one of the UK’s leading children’s hospices, Acorns offers a uniquely warm, supportive, and hopeful environment. Here, your advanced clinical skills will have a profound and immediate impact, supporting children with complex needs, guiding families through challenging decisions, and shaping the future of specialist paediatric palliative care.

What You’ll Do

As an ACP at Acorns, you will:

Provide expert autonomous clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for children with highly complex, life‑limiting conditions
Lead on advanced care planning, symptom management, and urgent clinical decision‑making
Build strong, trusting relationships with families, supporting them with sensitivity, honesty, and compassion
Act as a senior clinical leader, promoting safe, evidence‑based, child‑centred care
Collaborate with hospitals, community teams, and specialist services to ensure seamless, personalised support
Engage in research, audit, and quality improvement to enhance care pathways
Offer education, coaching, and clinical leadership to colleagues across the service

What We’re Looking For

We’d love to hear from you if you are:

A qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner (or nearing completion of ACP training)
Experienced in paediatrics, palliative care, critical care, community care, or a related specialty
Confident in managing complexity, with strong clinical reasoning and autonomy
An exceptional communicator who can offer families reassurance, clarity, and emotional support
Committed to delivering holistic, child‑centred care aligned with Acorns’ values
Passionate about continuous learning, service development, and collaborative working

What Acorns Offers

The chance to make a profound difference to children and families every day
A compassionate, supportive, and expert multidisciplinary team
Protected time for CPD and strong clinical governance
Opportunities to innovate, lead, and shape the future of paediatric palliative care
Career development through our Acorns Academy offering leadership, coaching, fundraising, clinical training and more.
A working culture rooted in kindness, growth, and wellbeing
Employee discounts from leading retailers – including the Blue Light Card
Generous contribution to group personal pension plan (7.5%) or continuation of current NHS pension scheme
NHS pension scheme life assurance or Acorns group life assurance scheme
Health cash plan
Gym membership and equipment discount scheme
Bike2Work scheme - save up to 42% on bikes and equipment
Wellbeing, legal and financial support
Annual leave entitlement increases with length of service

If you’re motivated by care that truly transforms lives, we would love you to join our Acorns family. Apply today and help us deliver extraordinary care to extraordinary children.

Interviews are scheduled to be held on 24 March

You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check for children and will be asked to provide two satisfactory references. In addition, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of immunisation against specific diseases or confirm their willingness to receive the necessary vaccinations.

As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Children’s Rights and suppo...

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