Job Description

Clinical Lead

Band 8A 55,60 - 32,682 dependant on experience

Full time 37.5 per week (30 hours per week will be considered for the right candidate)

Rowans Hospice is a charity that provides free care and support to adults and their families living in the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire region who have a life-limiting illness. Established in 1994, our income is generated by ongoing support of the local community, donations, legacies, fundraising and through our retail shops.

Many people think that hospices are all about dying, but through our many different services, we support people to live as well as they can with their illness. From the moment of diagnosis through to bereavement support. Our Living Well Services put an emphasis on living with a life-limiting illness and patients and carers can drop in and gain advice and support to maintain individuals' resilience.

The Hospice is also supported by an assembly of volunteers, from various backgrounds and ages who are crucial in supporting the teams to ensure people live well to the end of their life and attain a good death within a caring and compassionate environment.

The Clinical Lead will provide senior clinical leadership across Rowans' services, including the In-Patient Unit, Hospice at Home, Living Well Services, Discharge Team, and our Palliative Care Support Hub. The post holder will provide continuity of leadership, decision making, direction setting, and appropriate challenge to the clinical directorate. The role includes both leadership and some direct clinical practice, with in-reach to the Emergency Department alongside our Emergency End of Life Response Service and providing telephone support via the Palliative Care Support Hub to professionals and the public.

The post holder will be responsible for the line management and professional development of Senior Clinical managers; there is a requirement for the post holder to be an experienced and credible clinician with relevant and up to date knowledge of palliative and end of life care issues.

Reporting to the Clinical Director, you will play a key role in delivering Rowans' Clinical Strategy and supporting our Strategic Plan alongside our clinical priorities, ensuring we continue to provide the highest standards of holistic, person-centred palliative care.

We are proud of our CQC Outstanding status, reflecting our compassionate, innovative, and high-quality approach to care.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Registered Nurse with extensive expertise in palliative care to lead, influence, and develop services at Rowans Hospice.

You will:

Provide strategic and operational leadership to clinical teams. Hold direct line-management responsibilities. Drive service development and quality improvement in line with national frameworks. Champion person-centred care and support staff wellbeing, resilience, and professional growth. Act as a clinical resource and role model, working in partnership with patients, families, NHS colleagues, and community partners. Act as an ambassador for the Hospice, ensuring the voice of patients and carers is heard and informs service development. Collaborate with NHS, statutory, and voluntary partners to ensure a joined-up approach to meeting the palliative needs of the local community. Be the point of escalation for clinical matters, providing advice and support to clinical staff and deputising for the Clinical Director as required.
For further information or to apply please visit our website: https://www.rowanshospice.co.uk/job/clinical-lead-2/

The Rowans Hospice Charity offers a competitive salary, and in addition to an enjoyable working environment, with a Charity that makes such a difference to so many people, we offer:

NHS pension will be retained if transferring from the NHS Regular in-house education clinics Free hot drinks Free Parking at the Hospice (subject to availability) Employee Assistance Programme available Continuous service recognised if transferring from NHS

Closing Date: 24 October 2025

Interview Date: 06 November 2025

Rowans Hospice is committed to ensuring the safety and welfare of all children and vulnerable adults needing our care and support. Subsequently, our recruitment process is thorough, ensuring a consistent and detailed approach to gather information from and about candidates so that all persons appointed are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From 55,590.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Cycle to work scheme Free parking Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking
Ability to commute/relocate:

Waterlooville PO7 5RU: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):

Do you a minimum of 5 years experience of palliative/specialist care?
Experience:

Management: 2 years (required) Nursing: 2 years (required)
Licence/Certification:

NMC (required)
Work Location: In person