SERVICE LEAD – BAND 8
Specialist Palliative Urgent Response (SPUR)
(25% clinical and 75% operational management and leadership position)
Closing Date: Monday 30 June 2025
Interview Date: Friday 18 July 2025
Location: Multi-site working between Selly Park and Erdington
Hours: 37.5 hours per week or part time with on-call working
Salary: £52,226 – £58,783 (pro rata for part time) with on-call allowance
DBS Requirement: Enhanced check with Adult Barring List
Are you a Band 8 Registered Level 1 Adult Nurse looking for a new challenge?
At Birmingham Hospice our patients are at the heart of everything we do, from caring for those in our Inpatient Units, to providing vital day services in our Living Well Centres, and supporting families with personalised bereavement counselling, we take care of our community when they need us most.
Our new Specialist Palliative Urgent Response (SPUR) service will be delivered on a 24-hour basis. During these hours the team will respond to urgent palliative response calls from patients, their families and loved ones, and professionals within the Birmingham and Solihull area.
Reporting to the Head of Community Care Services, you will be responsible for managing and leading a team of Band 6 and 7 nurses, healthcare assistants and community team administrators ensuring that professional standards of practice and behaviours are always upheld whilst also acting as a role model. You will be responsible for facilitating the management and support of palliative care patients to ensure the pathway is seamless and high quality; identifying, acting on any risks and ensuring we meet the standards required by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and Care Quality Commission (CQC).
You will be someone who can demonstrate advanced knowledge as an expert in palliative care and practice in holistic assessment and development and have a high level of empathetic and interpersonal skills. You will analyse complex situations and develop action plans to improve the quality of patient care and liaise with GP and District Nursing Teams to advise and deliver appropriate treatment regimes.
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In return we offer the opportunity to be part of an amazing charity, generous benefits including if you join from the NHS or another hospice, we will honour your continuous previous service in respect of pension provision and annual leave.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Rachel Harrison at rachel.harrison@birminghamhospice.org.uk or Kerry Millard at kerry.millard@birminghamhospice.org.uk
To view the candidate pack for this role, please click here.
Join us and together we can make every moment matter.
Barbara Bennett, a Healthcare Assistant at Birmingham Hospice’s Erdington site, was inspired to join the hospice after seeing the expert palliative care her dad, Frederick, received there.
Having worked in healthcare for 30 years, Barbara decided it was time she went into palliative and end of life care after helping to care for her father when he was diagnosed with heart failure, kidney failure and dementia.
The hospice is committed to developing a dynamic and diverse team, representative of the communities it serves. We ask you, therefore, to complete the Equal Opportunities monitoring form to help us in this aim.
We value each person as an individual – whether they are colleagues, patients, family members, carers or supporters, every person matters. We embrace diversity of culture, background and environment knowing it enriches our workplace and our relationships with our local communities. We are committed to building a culture of inclusion and belonging. We would love to hear from you, about what makes you uniquely you and how this opportunity will support you to succeed.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do as we continue in our mission to enable more people from all communities to access the care of their choice at the end of life.
