ST CHRISTOPHERS HOSPICE

• Department:
• Care Directorate
• Salary:
• £32,250.6- £36,390.6 (including HCA) per annum for 22.5 hours per week
• Type:
• Fixed Term - Part Time
• Hours:
• 22.5 hours per week
• Location:
• Sydenham
• Closing date:
• 1 January 2026

Clinical Nurse Specialist – Heart Failure & Palliative Care

We are looking for a part time Band 7 (22.5hrs /week) covering Lambeth/Southwark/Lewisham to join our community teams as Heart Failure/ Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialists for a 2 year fixed term contract.

Are you a compassionate, forward-thinking nurse with expertise in heart failure and a passion for delivering excellent palliative care? We are looking for an experienced Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) with both heart failure and palliative care experience to join our dynamic & innovative multidisciplinary team to offer exceptional and integrated care to people living with, and dying from advanced heart failure.

About the Role

As a CNS in Heart Failure & Palliative Care, you will play a pivotal role in working as part of an integrated service to support patients and their families with end stage heart failure. You will work autonomously and collaboratively across hospice and community settings, ensuring timely assessment, personalised care planning, and symptom management that prioritises quality of life.

In 2017 Bromley CCG & St Christopher’s Community Palliative Care Team (Bromley) piloted a very successful and innovative integrated community palliative care / heart failure service crossing boundaries, & working collaboratively in the community and with the local hospital Heart Failure Team (PRUH). This work has continued with the appointment of a substantive Heart Failure/Palliative Care CNS in our Bromley Community Team, & we have now acquired funding for a full-time post in our Croydon community team & a part time post to support our Lambeth/Southwark & Lewisham Community Teams. The focus of the service is to provide seamless, joined up care to support heart failure patients (thought to be in the palliative phase of their life) in the community to reduce their symptom burden and consequently improve their quality of life by reducing the need for hospital admission.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide specialist, evidence-based assessment and management for patients with advanced heart failure.
• Deliver high-quality palliative and supportive care, including symptom control, advance care planning, and complex communication.
• Lead on holistic reviews, optimise therapies, and ensure safe transitions across care pathways.
• Work closely with cardiology, palliative medicine, primary care, advanced practitioners, and the wider multidisciplinary teams.
• Offer education, support, and clinical expertise to patients, families, and healthcare professionals.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement, and innovation in heart failure and palliative care services.

About You

We are looking for a nurse who is:

• NMC registered with significant post-registration experience in cardiology, heart failure, palliative care, or long-term condition management.
• Skilled in holistic assessment, symptom management, and complex decision-making.
• Confident working autonomously and able to prioritise a diverse caseload.
• An excellent communicator, able to provide compassionate support during challenging discussions.
• Passionate about improving services and delivering outstanding patient-centred care.

What We Offer

• A supportive, forward-thinking team committed to development and innovation.
• Opportunities for specialist training, leadership development, and continued professional education.
• Flexible working arrangements where possible.
• The chance to truly make a difference to patients with life-limiting cardiac conditions.

How to Apply

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Fiona Hodson Nurse Consultant Heart Failure & Bromley Virtual Ward 07899924016 

Please have a look at our website for further information on all aspects of St Christopher’s at www.stchristophers.org.uk and to apply for this position, please click the ‘Apply Online’ button below.

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

• Department:
• Retail
• Salary:
• £26,446 per annum plus additional payment of £1,500 per annum
• Type:
• Permanent - Full Time
• Hours:
• 36 hours per week based on a 7 day rota
• Location:
• Orpington
• Closing date:
• 31 December 2025

Do you have a passion for quality retailing, being part of your local community, and want to be a part of the sustainable fashion movement?

If this sounds like you, come and join the trading team at St Christopher’s where you will be working in one of our 20+ high street stores across South East London.

• Job Title:Store Manager
• Salary:£26,446 per + £1500 additional payment per annum
• Employment Terms:Permanent, 36 hours per week, Monday – Sunday based on a 7-day rota.
• Location:St Paul's Cray

You’ll be responsible for running one of our successful and fast-paced high street stores, overseeing all areas including stock, staff, and compliance. You’ll take accountability for the success of the store and will report into an Area Manager. You’ll be responsible for opening and closing, as well as all compliance matters including health and safety and cash handling.

You’ll be managing all areas of our stock journey, from sorting, pricing, and displaying donations to making a sale. Expect a varied role where no two days are the same and you see items you’ve never seen before every day. You’ll be making sure all these steps are undertaken in the most effective possible way to meet the demands of the store.

This is a management position and includes supervising Assistant Management and a team of extraordinary volunteers. They are all critical to success and it’ll be your job to create a welcoming environment for everyone while still getting the job done.

Who are we Looking For?

• You’ll have excellent experience in a busy, hands-on environment where you are used to getting things done at pace
• You’ll have demonstrable experience in a supervisory or management position overseeing a team of people, including training and managing performance
• You’ll have experience in a customer facing environment where you’ve delivered great customer service throughout your working day
• You’ll have experience working to targets and KPI’s, making commercial decisions to meet them
• Retail experience is desirable but not essential
• You’ll have great people skills and the ability to lead and supervise paid and voluntary staff
• You should have the ability to problem solve and work under pressure while being self-motivated and driven

Who are we?

We are proud to offer world class palliative and end of life care to everyone who needs it, whenever or wherever that may be. We are also here for the people closest to you, as we often say, we’re more than just a hospice. We are proud of our community programmes that offer practical, emotional and spiritual support to over 7,500 people in the local area, most of whom we will help to continue living at home.

Being part of the retail and trading arm of the Hospice means raising vital funds to support this mission.

Please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button below in order to register and apply for this vacancy.

Closing Date: 31st December 2025

In the event we receive a high amount of applications, we reserve the right to close the job earlier than the initial closing date.

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

• Department:
• HR/People Directorate
• Salary:
• £19,972 for 22.5 hours per week (£31,956 (FTE))
• Type:
• Permanent - Part Time
• Hours:
• 22.5 hours per week
• Location:
• Sydenham
• Closing date:
• 18 January 2026

Volunteer Development Coordinator

Salary: £19,972 for 22.5 hours per week £31,956 (FTE)

Contract/Hours: Permanent, part time 3 days per week (flexibility on days)

Location: Flexible – Office base at Sydenham, South London (with 1 day working from home)

Closing Date: Sunday 18th January 2026

Interview Date: Wednesday 28th January 2026

About the role

We’re looking for a passionate and proactive Volunteer Development Officer to help grow and strengthen our volunteer community. You’ll play a key role in attracting people from a wider range of ethnic backgrounds, reducing barriers to participation, and ensuring volunteers feel valued, supported and heard, while championing equity, diversity and inclusion.

You’ll work closely with volunteers and colleagues across the organisation to deliver positive volunteer experiences and help shape our Volunteering Team Plan. You’ll inspire involvement, build strong stakeholder relationships, and communicate effectively with diverse audiences, creating engaging communications that showcase St Christopher’s as a great place to volunteer.

What you’ll be doing:

• Acting as a key point of contact for volunteers, responding to enquiries in a friendly, professional and timely way.
• Supporting volunteers with queries or concerns, using agreed processes and escalating when appropriate.
• Helping to grow and diversify our volunteer base by supporting inclusive recruitment and flexible and micro-volunteering opportunities.
• Coordinating volunteer communications, including newsletters, website and intranet content, ensuring information is clear, accurate and accessible.
• Leading on volunteer engagement, reward and recognition activities, including events, awards and Volunteers’ Week.
• Coordinating the Volunteer Voices group and volunteer feedback activity, using insight to improve the volunteer experience.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation to promote volunteering and develop new opportunities.

Why join us? 

The Volunteering Team supports all areas of volunteering, including recruitment, onboarding, problem solving, and volunteer reward and recognition. You’ll play a key role in shaping and delivering our Volunteering Team Plan to provide an outstanding volunteer experience.

This varied and rewarding role offers an excellent opportunity to develop a broad range of skills and in-depth knowledge in volunteer development and management. If you are an enthusiastic team player with a passion for promoting diversity, equality and inclusion in volunteering, this is your chance to make a real difference.

Please contact Clare Hodder on c.hodder@stchristophers.org.uk or 0208 768 4737 if you wish to discuss the role informally, before applying.

Some of our benefits: 

• You will gain a stimulating and rewarding career with an opportunity to influence and make a real difference within the organisation and our local community
• Access to excellent training and development opportunities
• Season ticket loans/cycle to work scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement (25 days increasing to 27 days per annum after 12 months qualifying period)
• A number of health and wellbeing initiatives
• A competitive contributory pension scheme with life assurance scheme with generous beneficiary plan
• An onsite staff canteen
• Access to plenty of free local street parking

To find out more about St Christopher’s and this role, please go to our website www.stchristophers.org.uk.  To apply for the role please follow the link and complete the application form. 

For any other queries, please contact our recruitment line on 0208 768 4680 or email the team at Recruitment@stchristophers.org.uk

Previous applicants need not apply

As a Disability Confident Employer, we have committed to:

• Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• Communicate and promote vacancies
• Offer an interview to disabled people
• Anticipate and provide reasonable adjustments as required
• Support any existing employee who acquires a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work
• At least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

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