Inpatient Unit Staff Nurse
Job Summary
St Teresa’s Hospice, Darlington is seeking a Staff Nurse to join our Inpatient
Unit team.

St Teresa’s Hospice, Darlington is seeking a Staff Nurse to join our Inpatient Unit team.

If you are passionate about palliative care and want to be part of an effective team that makes a real difference
within the community, then this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

12.5 hours per week; usual working pattern 1 x 12.5hr full day or night shift on a rota basis, 07:30-20:00, and 19:30-
08:00

St Teresa’s Hospice Band 5, £30,310.00 - £36,483.00 per annum pro rata (£10,103.33 - £12,161.00 actual per annum
for 12.5hrs per week), plus enhanced rates for unsociable hours.

Employer: St Teresa’s Hospice (independent registered charity)

Important application info:

Successful applicants are required to provide an enhanced disclosure with a check of the adult barred list. Disclosure
expense will be met by St Teresa’s Hospice. All posts are subject to a six-month probationary period.

The closing date for this job is: Sunday 31 October 2025 or as soon as sufficient applications have been received.
Please apply as soon as possible to be considered for this role.

Please be aware that we do not have a sponsor license, and are therefore only able to appoint candidates who are
eligible to work in the UK.

Main duties of the job:
We are a forward thinking, inclusive registered Charity with Inpatient, Outpatient and Community services, providing
care and support to palliative patients and their families in their own homes and at St Teresa’s Hospice.

In this post, you will provide high quality holistic nursing care to palliative patients within the Inpatient Unit and
create appropriate plans of care to enable and recognize individual wishes and preferences. You will develop and
demonstrate a sound knowledge of palliative care and contribute to the future development of this nurse-led unit
through further expansion of specialist knowledge and skills as required.

  Essential qualifications and skills include:
  First level Registered Nurse (General/Adult Nursing) with current NMC registration
  Understanding of the Hospice setting and ethos
  Professional experience in the field of palliative care would be an advantage

For further details, please see the job description and person specification which is available from our website at
https://darlingtonhospice.org.uk/work-with-us/

An induction and ongoing training will be provided.

About Us:
Join an organisation where we all work together for a shared charitable goal, based in beautiful grounds, with a
community feel and an inclusive culture.

Benefits of working for St T's include:

  Training and development opportunities
  Flexible working schemes
  Generous company annual leave, sick pay, and maternity/paternity/adoption pay entitlements
  Continuation of existing NHS pension scheme at Band 5+, and other pension schemes available
  Opportunities to attend and participate in fun and exciting fundraising and awareness events
  Workforce events, including long service awards
  Employee Assistance Programme including free counselling/CBT
  Discounted complementary therapies including acupuncture & massage
  Onsite Bistro
  Free eye tests for computer users
  Hospice-based staff are eligible for free annual flu jabs
  Free will-writing service via Octopus Legacy
  Discounted local leisure centre membership and eligibility for Blue Light discount card

Please contact HR for further details.

St Teresa’s Hospice complies with GDPR during the recruitment and selection process. For information on how we
process your data, please see the NHS Jobs Privacy Notice and St Teresa’s Hospice Recruitment Privacy Notice.

St Teresa’s Hospice is a Disability Confident Employer. We are committed to employing and retaining disabled
people, and we encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

To apply:
Go to https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/B0481-25-0011 to view this vacancy on NHS Jobs, or go to
www.jobs.nhs.uk and search for vacancy reference B0481-25-0011.

From the NHS Jobs page for this vacancy, you can download the job description and person specification and
apply online using the Apply for this job button.

For more information about the role, please contact the HR Office on 01325 254321.

Our Values:
Our values are our core beliefs. They explain who we are, what we believe in and what we stand for.