Roaming Staff Nurse / Paramedic

Roaming Staff Nurse / Paramedic (Band 5) - Working in the Hospice and within patients' homes within the community.

Hours: 30 hours per week

We are recruiting a Band 5 Registered Nurse / Paramedic to join our new roaming role across both our Inpatient Unit and Community End of Life Urgent Care Service. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your skills across two specialist areas while delivering high quality, compassionate palliative and end of life care.

Main duties of the job

About the role

• Provide holistic, evidence based nursing care for patients with complex palliative and end of life needs in both hospice and community settings.
• Support clinical decision making, symptom management and rapid response to deteriorating patients to help maintain preferred place of care.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team, ensuring seamless, person centred care for patients and families in a blended role across the two settings.

What were looking for

What were looking for

• Registered Nurse (Level 1) with NMC registration or Paramedic.
• Strong communication skills and a compassionate, person centred approach.
• Ability to work flexibly across inpatient and community environments.
• Willingness to develop specialist palliative care skills; experience desirable but not essential.
• Full UK driving licence for community visits.

We would encourage informal discussions regarding this post with Clinical Lead, Tracey Thomas or Deputy Clinical Lead, Jo Davis on .

Closing Date: 23:59 Monday 6 April 2026

1st Interview Date: Monday 13 April 2026

2nd Interview Date: To Be Arranged

About us

What we offer

• A supportive, specialist palliative care environment.
• Excellent training, mentoring and CPD opportunities.
• Opportunities to develop advanced assessment, communication and symptommanagement skills across two services.

Were an equal opportunities employer

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We assess candidates based on skills, experience, and qualifications not background or personal circumstances. As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we guarantee an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. Having a criminal record wont necessarily bar you from employment; decisions are made based on role requirements and individual circumstances.

Unfortunately St Luke's Hospice Plymouth aren't able to sponsor individuals to work in the United Kingdom.

Qualifications

• Please see the job description and person specification attached.

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.