Job title          Senior Staff Nurse – Integrated Community Services

Hours             37.5 hours per week full time, working on a rota basis, (7 day service, including weekends and bank holidays, rota based)  

Salary             £36,059 – £39,059 per annum

(Salary only for Development roles £32,689 – £34,063)

Contract        Permanent

Location         Worcestershire

The role

As we continue to evolve our services to meet the needs of our community, we are looking for three Senior Staff Nurses to join our Integrated Community Service.

The post holders will be responsive, flexible and able to provide high-quality person-centred specialist palliative care to patients and those important to them in the community, within the Hospice at Home team or the Advice and Guidance team.

If you do not have the essential experience as outlined in the role person specification but have a passion for providing specialist palliative care, then we will consider supporting a development role (please see alternate pay band above). Please continue with an application as we would love to hear from you.

You will:

• Provide specialist complex palliative nursing care in the last months, weeks and day of life to patients in the community.

• Complete the patient triage process either face to face or on the telephone
• Be flexible in your approach to assessing patients, completing this either in the hospice or in the patient’s home
• Complete assessments of patients referred to Integrated Community Service at any stage in their palliative diagnosis.
• Transfer patients care to other hospice services as appropriate when nursing interventions are no longer required, or additional MDT input is required to support the patient.
• Work independently during weekends and as part of a 7-day rota, including bank holidays.
• Lead and coordinate care planning, ensuring safe, effective, and personalised care.
• Delegate appropriately and support the work of Senior Healthcare Assistants (SHCAs)that work within the Hospice at Home team.
• Collaborate closely with the wider multi-disciplinary teams (MDT)that form the Integrated Community Services.

About you

We are seeking three skilled and experienced nurses who are:

• Ideally experienced in community nursing and/or palliative care.
• Resilient and confident to work independently and autonomously, including lone working at weekends.
• Committed to developing professionallywithin a supportive and values-led environment.
• Skilled at delegating tasksand coordinating care across a team.
• A strong communicator with the ability to work collaboratively with an MDT.
• Driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential for work purposes.

What we offer

We offer a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits including;

• Fantastic team where everyone is welcomed and empowered to give their best
• Supportive leadership – keen to develop you
• Generous annual leave (seven weeks including bank holidays)
• Benenden Healthcare offering diagnosis, treatment, 24/7 GP and mental health advice lines, discounts etc. or Cash plan giving cash back for day to day healthcare such as optical or dental costs
• Opportunities for flexible working
• Family friendly policies
• Fabulous subsidised on-site café
• Company enhanced sick pay (increased entitlement with length of service)
• Pension scheme and opportunity to continue NHS pension for clinical staff
• Free Will writing service

Find out more

If you would like to find out more information, please contact:

Matt Tudor, Recruitment Co-ordinator on 01905 763963 or email recruitment@strichards.org.uk

Closing date               5th January 2026  

Interview date           Week commencing 12th January 2026

Job Reference            4053