• Department:
• Care Directorate
• Salary:
• £44,485 – £52,521 per annum (inclusive of High Cost Allowance)
• Type:
• Permanent - Full Time
• Hours:
• 37.5 hours per week based on a 7-day rota
• Location:
• Sydenham
• Closing date:
• 30 September 2025

Location:                    Sydenham

Department:               In-Patient Unit 

Hours:                        37.5 hours per week 

Salary:                        £44,485 – £52,521 per annum (inclusive of High Cost Allowance)

Your new role:

• We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity on one of our wards for an experienced, motivated and emotionally intelligent registered nurse, who has excellent leadership, managerial and clinical skills.
• This is a key position within the hospice, where you will have the day to day responsibility for leading a team of skilled nurses, caring for patients and their families at the end of life.
• The wards at St Christopher’s offer opportunities for clinical placements for health care staff learning about end of life care. These range from student nurses to doctors and nurses worldwide involved in setting up palliative care services.

To succeed in this role

• You will be an experienced practitioner with a keen interest in making a difference to patient care.
• You will have experience at band 5 in specialist palliative care or oncology and be able to demonstrate strong managerial and clinical leadership skills.
• The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator both verbally and in writing, and possess a professional and approachable demeanour.
• Additionally, it is just as important to us that you are able to demonstrate basic computer skills (e.g. internet, emails, basic word), and prove flexible in approaching work solutions.

Benefits of joining St Christopher’s

• You will gain a stimulating and rewarding career with an opportunity to influence and make a real difference in the community
• Access to excellent training and development opportunities including masters level education and non-medical prescribing
• A number of health and wellbeing schemes
• A competitive contributory pension scheme and life assurance scheme with generous beneficiary plan
• Access to plenty of free local street parking.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact:

Katie Grace IPU Matron, on 020 8768 4533 or K.Grace@stchristophers.org.uk 

To apply for this position, please submit your expression of interest by clicking the ‘Apply Online’ button below.

Within your supporting statement, it is important that you include your qualifications, employment history, and explain how you meet the essential criteria within the person specification.

Closing Date: 30th September 2025

For any queries, please contact our recruitment line on 0208 768 4680