Deputy Inpatient Unit Manager

Job Introduction

Our 12 bedded Inpatient Unit is looking for a deputy manager to assist in leading our professional and committed team who deliver effective palliative care. This role will require you to manage a group of staff and demonstrate leadership skills to support the effective management of the Inpatient Unit.  

Make your work count! Could you be our next Deputy Inpatient Unit Manager?

If you want to feel personal fulfilment from a career with real meaning, consider Rowcroft Hospice. We offer purposeful work in a uniquely progressive environment.  

What you’ll bring 

To be successful in this role you will need to be passionate about palliative care, a skilled and credible Registered Nurse who can assist in managing the IPU as part of the leadership team.

You will be driven by our cause and will enjoy working in a fast-paced environment as part of a close team – to deliver on our strategy takes real teamwork, energy and passion, no two days are ever the same! 

What’s in it for you? 

You will be supported and encouraged to innovate and to try new things. Our scope of work and our confident organisational vision creates opportunities for progress and development. And we work together with passion and pride in an environment where people are caring, considerate, inclusive and welcoming.  It can be tough. We don’t shy away from that. But you’ll see clearly see the importance and impact of your work and feel recognised and part of something remarkable. 

For more information

Please see below to download the Job Description and Person Specification for this role.

For more information or an informal discussion about the role please contact Michelle Ayling, Inpatient Unit Manager on 01803 210828 or michelle.ayling@rowcrofthospice.org.uk

Rowcroft Hospice is an independent charity that provides comfort, support and specialist care to nearly 2,500 patients and their loved ones across South Devon each year.  Our Vision is to make every day the best day possible for patients, and those closest to them, living with life-limiting illnesses in South Devon.

Take a look here to find out what our team says about working at Rowcroft and the employee benefits on offer.

We reserve the right to close vacancies once we receive a high volume of applications. Please apply promptly.

Applications will be shortlisted as and when received and interviews arranged on application, so don't hesitate and apply today!