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Senior Hospice Nurse (Sylvan Ward)
St Nicholas Hospice Care is a successful charity serving the local area of West Suffolk and Thetford. Every year we support nearly 2,000 local people, delivering care across multiple settings. Our services are not just for patients, but for their family and friends too, and include everything from specialist medical care to bereavement support and practical help.
Join St Nicholas Hospice Care as a Hospice Senior Nurse
We are seeking an experienced Senior Hospice Nurse to join our team on Sylvan Ward. We understand that Senior Registered Nurses are looking for a work environment where your skills are valued but allows you the time and space to lead the team in provision of compassionate care.
At St Nicholas Hospice Care, we believe in giving our team the time and space to deliver outstanding, person-centred care. Our nurse to patient ratio ensures you can focus on what matters most: supporting patients and families with dignity and compassion.
Why Choose Us?
• Supportive, Multidisciplinary Team: Work alongside experienced nurses, healthcare assistants, specialist doctors, allied health professionals, and dedicated volunteers.
• Calming, Holistic Setting: Our 12-bed Sylvan Ward is set in peaceful gardens, offering a tranquil space for palliative care with activities like afternoon teas, pizza nights, and donkey visits.
• We offer a supportive 12-hour shift pattern (days and nights).
The Hospice
St Nicholas Hospice Care is a successful and much-loved charity serving the local area of West Suffolk and Thetford. Every year we support nearly 2,000 local people, delivering care across multiple settings. Our services are not just for patients, but for their family and friends too, and include everything from specialist medical care to bereavement support and practical help.
Outstanding benefits:
• Free onsite parking – space guaranteed
• 25 days paid annual leave (increasing with service)
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• NHS pension continuation or access to a group pension scheme
• Home-made meals available in our onsite bistro
• Life assurance
• Blue Light Card scheme discounts
• Health Cash Plan & Wellbeing programme (dentistry, optical, emotional wellbeing support)
• Enhanced Occupational Sick Pay
• Social events (such as photography group, quiz nights, picnics and more)
• Supportive line management with regular 1:1s, appraisals, team meetings and away days
• Unsocial hours uplift of up to 60% for some shifts
Your career with us
We value a successful start to your career at St Nic’s, so you will begin with a supportive and thorough four-week induction individualised to your needs.
Our vision is simple but powerful: everyone in our community deserves support, dignity, and choice when facing dying, death, and grief. We live our values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Equity every day.
Hospice Senior Nurse (Ward) Job Description
Closing Date: 23 November 2025
Ready to Find Out More?
We’d love to meet you for a coffee and a chat, or show you around our ward.
Contact our Head of Nursing & Quality, Pippa Wilding, on 01284 766133 or email pippa.wilding@stnh.org.uk to arrange a visit or apply today.