Description
St Joseph's Hospice, a leading East London hospice providing compassionate care and support to people with life-limiting illness, their families and carers, is seeking a Head of Supportive Care to lead and transform a diverse portfolio of services.
The successful candidate will provide strategic, operational and professional leadership across a broad range of services, reporting to the Director of Care. They will lead the development and delivery of the supportive care strategy in line with the Hospice Strategy 2026-2031, driving service transformation, developing innovative models of care, strengthening community partnerships, expanding volunteer-led services, reducing health inequalities and improving outcomes for patients, families and carers.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing organisational leadership and assurance on safeguarding practice and governance as the Designated Safeguarding Lead for Adults and Children
- Leading engagement with diverse communities, increasing awareness of hospice services, developing strategic partnerships and supporting the ambitions of compassionate communities across East London
- Working collaboratively across the Hospice, the North East London Integrated Care System, voluntary sector partners and local communities to ensure services remain accessible, responsive and sustainable
The ideal candidate will have:
- Professional registration within a health or social care profession
- Significant senior leadership experience within palliative care, community health, supportive care or social care services
- Experience of leading large multidisciplinary teams and complex services
- Strong strategic planning, operational management and service transformation skills
- Experience of partnership working across health, social care, community and voluntary sector organisations
- A strong understanding of safeguarding legislation, governance, quality improvement and regulatory requirements
- Experience of budget management, workforce planning and service development
- Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder engagement skills
- A commitment to inclusion, reducing health inequalities and improving access to care for underserved communities
Benefits of working with St Joseph's Hospice include:
- 27 days holiday plus public holidays, increasing up to 33 days with service
- Subsidised café and early access to retail sale events
- Season ticket loan
- Continuation of NHS Pension Scheme or an excellent salary-exchange pension scheme
- Santander cycles discount and cycle to work scheme
- Health Cash Plan and access to the EAP services