About Shooting Star Children’s Hospices
Shooting Star Children’s Hospices supports babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions, and their families, across Surrey and London. We provide a range of specialist care services, both at our hospices and in the community, tailored to each family’s needs.
About the Role
We are seeking a dynamic and compassionate leader to join our care leadership team as Head of In-House Care. Reporting to the Deputy Director of Care, you will be responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of our in-house care services across both hospice sites.
This is a key role in ensuring the delivery of safe, responsive, and high-quality care to children and young people with complex health needs. You will lead a multidisciplinary team, champion clinical excellence, and foster a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.
Key Responsibilities
1. Lead and manage the in-house care teams, including nurses, healthcare assistants, and allied health professionals.
2. Ensure care delivery meets regulatory standards and reflects best practice in paediatric palliative care.
3. Work closely with the Deputy Director of Care and other Heads of Service to align care pathways and strategic priorities.
4. Oversee staffing, budgets, and resource allocation to ensure efficient and effective service delivery.
5. Promote a positive working environment that supports staff wellbeing, development, and retention.
6. Act as a safeguarding lead within the in-house care setting.
7. Represent Shooting Star Children’s Hospices in external forums and partnerships.
About You
8. Registered Children’s Nurse.
9. Significant leadership experience in a clinical setting, ideally within paediatrics, palliative care, or complex needs.
10. Strong understanding of clinical governance, safeguarding, and regulatory compliance.
11. Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and organisational skills.
12. Passionate about delivering family-centred care and supporting children with life-limiting conditions.
Why Join Us?
13. Be part of a highly respected award-winning charity making a profound difference to families.
14. Work in a supportive, values-driven environment.
15. Opportunities for professional development and leadership growth.
16. Access to wellbeing support and generous employee benefits.
What we offer
In return you will receive a competitive salary along with a range of benefits, which include:
Pension scheme
17. NHS Pension Scheme (for eligible employees) or our stakeholder pension scheme, with up to 7% employer contributions
Annual leave
18. 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising with length of service
19. 2 weeks paid sabbatical leave after 5, 10 and 15 years’ service
Contractual benefits
20. Generous sick pay scheme
21. Enhanced maternity, adoption, and paternity leave pay
22. Flexible working arrangements
23. Death in service benefits
24. Reimbursed professional membership fees
25. Eye care
26. Employee referral scheme
27. Blue Light discount card
Health and wellbeing
28. Employee Assistance Programme
29. Occupational Health
30. Mindfulness sessions
31. Cycle to work scheme
32. Mental Health First Aiders
33. Nutritionally balanced meals at Christopher’s (free for employees) and free fruit at our Hampton site
Safeguarding
An enhanced/standard disclosure will be required for this role. Our recruitment checks, induction and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding the families we support.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Shooting Star Children’s Hospice is committed to inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that getting things right is critical for us to live our organisation’s values: Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Diversity and Excellence.
We are always trying to improve our way of working to be more inclusive and equal. Our vision is for Shooting Star Children’s Hospice to be a place where people of all backgrounds, groups and communities feel welcomed to work and volunteer.
Please contact if you have any questions about this role.