Company Name
East Anglia's Children's Hospices | EACH
All Locations
Ipswich
Advertising Salary
£47,810 - £54,710 per annum DOE
Function
Management
Careers Site Advertising End Date
15 Aug 2025
Vacancy ID
28816

About the Role

Are you a compassionate and experienced nurse ready to lead and coordinate high-quality palliative care services for children and young people? Join our dedicated team at East Anglia Children's Hospice (EACH) as a Care Manager at our Treehouse hospice.
As a Care Manager, you will play a pivotal role in the day-to-day coordination and delivery of outstanding palliative care services. Working alongside another Care Manager and reporting to the Service Manager, you will lead a team of team leaders and care professionals to ensure the highest standards of care and support for children, young people, and their families.
 
Main responsibilities will include;
 
  • Oversee the delivery of care services and manage daily operations.
  • Lead and support team leaders and care coordination teams.
  • Ensure compliance with CQC standards and contribute to service development.
  • Manage rotas, on-call arrangements, and resource allocation.
  • Support recruitment, induction, and staff development.
  • Collaborate with external partners and represent EACH at key meetings.
  • Participate in quality assurance, audits, and safeguarding processes.
For further information, please see job description attached. 

About the Candidate

To be considered for this position,  you will need to have the following;
 
  • A registered nurse (child) or equivalent with experience in children’s palliative care.
  • An excellent communicator and problem-solver.
  • Organised with strong time management skills.
  • Proven leadership experience managing multi-disciplinary teams.
  • The ability to work independently and collaboratively in a multidisciplinary setting.
  • Strong understanding of clinical governance and safeguarding.
  • A current full, valid driving license and access to transport.
 


About Us

East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) ensures the best possible quality of life and makes every moment count for children and families across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk.  Our family-centred approach includes specialist nursing care, symptom management nursing, short breaks, wellbeing activities, therapies, care at end of life, bereavement support, counselling and volunteer services in the family home; all meeting the individual needs of the child, young person and whole family.

In 2020, all three of our hospices; The Nook (Norfolk), The Treehouse (Ipswich) and Milton (Cambridge) were rated OUTSTANDING by the Care Quality Commission.

Our people are central to our success. We have a talented workforce of staff and volunteers in care, fundraising, retail, facilities, IT, finance, marketing and communications and human resources.

We employ around 400 employees and have more than 1,800 volunteers across the organisation, including 51 shops and a retail distribution centre.

We offer a comprehensive range of benefits:
 
  • Free onsite parking 
  • Employee health cash plan and wellbeing support schemes
  • NHS pension - continuation if already contributing
  • Flexible/hybrid working
  • Enhanced holiday plus holiday purchase scheme
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
  • Role specific training and development opportunities
  • Employer pension scheme 

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact our HR department at [email protected] who will put you in contact with the Hospice team.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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