Job summary
An exciting opportunity to help shape the future of specialist palliative care. This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in the development and delivery of an innovative out-of-hospice specialist palliative care service, working collaboratively across Wakefield Hospice and The Prince of Wales Hospice.

Main duties of the job
You'll combine hands-on specialist clinical care with leadership, service development and partnership working helping patients avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and supporting more people to receive compassionate care in the place they choose. As the SPCC, you will provide expert clinical leadership while helping to design and embed a new model of care that delivers timely, coordinated and person-centred support for patients and families across the Wakefield district. You will work closely with colleagues, community partners and the wider multidisciplinary team to improve access to specialist palliative care, reduce avoidable hospital admissions where appropriate, and enable more people to receive care in the place they choose.

About us
Wakefield Hospice, is committed to providing the highest level of symptom management and care for people who have advanced active, progressive and life threatening illness. Wakefield Hospice is a purpose-built specialist palliative care unit that opened in April 1990. Currently undergoing refurbishment to provide 16 single ensuite bedrooms, as part of the Fit for the Future project. The hospice also has a dementia care service, bereavement support and education services. Over the years the unit developed initially into a day therapy unit and ultimately into a drop-In centre providing therapies, information and care for patients, carers and bereaved families.

Date posted: 14 July 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: £47,215 to £56,024 a year
Contract: Secondment
Duration: 6 months
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: B0314-26-0005
Job locations: Wakefield Hospice, Aberford Road, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 4TS

Job responsibilities
This secondment offers an excellent opportunity to:

• Contribute to the design and implementation of an innovative community service.
• Develop leadership, service improvement and partnership working experience.
• Influence how specialist palliative care is delivered across organisational boundaries.
• Work alongside experienced colleagues from two hospices with a shared commitment to excellence.
• Make a lasting difference to patients, families and the future of hospice care.

We are looking for an experienced clinician with a passion for person-centred care, excellent communication and leadership skills, and the ability to work collaboratively across teams and organisations. If you are motivated by service development, innovation and improving patient outcomes, we would welcome your application.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Experienced clinician with a passion for person-centred care
• Excellent communication and clinical leadership skills
• Able to work collaboratively across teams and organisations

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).