Registered General Nurse - Focus on Living Centre - Part-Time 18 hours per week

Organisation: St Oswald's Hospice

Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne

Salary: £35,420 - £38,085 per annum full time which is £17,001 - £18,280 pro rata for 18 hours per week

Job Type: Part-Time 18 hours per week. To be worked over Tuesday-Thursday

Closing Date: 2026-09-21 23:59:59

Reference: Registered General Nurse - Focus on Living Centre - Part-Time 18 hours per week

This is a fixed term contract for 2 years

St Oswald’s Hospice is a renowned hospice dedicated to providing compassionate end-of-life care to individuals and their families. Our mission is to provide specialist palliative and end of life care to adults, children and young people in the north east of England.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic Registered General Nurse to work alongside and support the Sister of the Focus on Living Nursing Team in delivering high-quality care to people living with progressive, life-limiting illnesses.

The Focus on Living Centre is an evolving and innovative service providing holistic palliative care through a combination of a Virtual/Day Ward and therapeutic wellbeing programmes.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the service supports people with complex palliative and supportive care needs through clinical assessment, symptom management, care coordination, rehabilitation, and wellbeing interventions delivered both face-to-face and virtually.

Our services include the assessment, management and coordination of the Virtual/Day Ward, therapeutic and wellbeing activities, virtual groups, telephone support, and face-to-face consultations.

The successful candidate will play a key role in the delivery and ongoing development of the Virtual/Day Ward, supporting patients to remain safely at home while receiving high-quality specialist palliative care. The role includes monitoring patient needs, developing care plans, coordinating with community and acute services, and contributing to multidisciplinary decision-making.

The successful candidate will:

• Have a minimum of 2 years post registration experience 1 year within a palliative care background or comparable setting
• Experience in assessment and management of patients with complex long-term or life-limiting conditions.
• Ability to work autonomously whilst contributing effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience of care coordination, case management or discharge planning would be desirable.
• Confidence in using digital technology to support virtual care delivery.
• A commitment to person-centred, rehabilitative and wellbeing-focused approaches to palliative care.
• Display competence in a wide range of clinical skills including intravenous infusions/transfusions
• Must be a car driver with a valid driving licence with access to a car with appropriate business insurance in order to travel to meet the needs of the service.

We can offer you:

• An opportunity to contribute to the development of an innovative Virtual/Day Ward model within specialist palliative care.
• The chance to work across both clinical and therapeutic services, supporting patients to live well with their condition.
• Access to quality improvement and service development opportunities.

If you would like to download a detailed job description and person specification, please click here.

If after reading the job description you require further information please contact Kath Clark, Matron for Day Services 01912850063 ext 2075 , kathclark@stoswaldsuk.org or Jennifer Saunderson, Sister for Focus on Living 01912850063 ext 2115,

jensaunderson@stoswaldsuk.org

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Due to the nature of this role in a hospice setting, we need to carry out an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS) if you are appointed.

We do not offer sponsorships, you must have existing right to work in the UK for this role.

This role involves direct contact with vulnerable adults, children, or other at-risk individuals. You will be expected to safeguard and promote the welfare of each child, young person and young adult, maintain an awareness of safeguarding issues and an understanding of standard reporting procedures.

During your recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and can be at your best. Please contact humanresources@stoswaldsuk.org if you need any support with your application or there are any adjustments you might need.

Watch ‘Our Story’  here to find out more.

Want to find out more about why working in a Hospice could be the best job you’ve ever had?

Hospice UK have put together  this short video which highlights many benefits of working in a Hospice by sharing the views of hospice professionals and what working in a hospice means to them. This video has been filmed with clinical care team members but we think it gives you a great idea what it’s like to work in a hospice in a non-clinical role too!

Closing date: Monday 21st September 2026

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time if we receive a high volume of applications or if a suitable candidate is found

Interview date: Tuesday 29th September 2026

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Disability Confident Leader

St Oswald’s Hospice is committed to equity and diversity and is an inclusive employer. We welcome applications from people of all ages, disability/non-disability, ethnicities, genders, religions, sexualities, transgender status, and cultural backgrounds.

We are a Disability Confident Leader and will offer interviews to candidates who request to be considered under the disability confident scheme and meet the minimum requirements of the person specification.

Please note in situations where we experience high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, we will endeavour to meet this commitment but may have to limit the overall number of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to the Disability Confident website.