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Jobs in palliative care

If you’re looking for a career in children’s palliative care, we regularly post a range of jobs, including roles in children’s nursing and volunteering opportunities across the children’s palliative care sector in charities, hospitals, hospice and community services. Together for Short Lives members can add jobs through the members’ area of our site.

Registered Paediatric Nurse

Closing date
17 May 2026
Location
Sully
Salary
Probation £31,789- £38,697, Post Probation - £33,091-£40,281 (depending on experience)
Organisation
Ty Hafan
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Head of Children’s Services

Closing date
18 May 2026
Location
Stoke on Trent, ST4 8FN
Salary
£48,000 - £52,000
Organisation
Dougie Mac (Douglas Macmillan Hospice)
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Hospice Ward Manager

Closing date
18 May 2026
Location
Wirral
Salary
£47,900 - £54,800
Organisation
Claire House Children's Hospice
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Regional Partnerships Fundraiser (Corporate)

Closing date
21 May 2026
Location
Hybrid – home based, mobile across the region and/or from any of our three hospice bases
Salary
£34,133 - £40,075 per annum
Organisation
Children's Hospice South West
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Family Support Worker – Southampton

Closing date
22 May 2026
Location
Dorset, Hampshire and parts of Wiltshire and Isle of Wight
Salary
£24,000 pa + Company Car and Benefits (including 25 days annual leave and pension)
Organisation
www.rainbowtrust.org.uk
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Family Support Worker – South West Care Team (Bristol and surrounding areas)

Closing date
23 May 2026
Location
Bristol and surrounding areas
Salary
£24,000 pa + Company Car and benefits (including 25 days annual leave, reward scheme and pension)
Organisation
www.rainbowtrust.org.uk
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Family Support Worker – South West Care Team (Gloucestershire and Swindon)

Closing date
23 May 2026
Location
the South West of England, with this position focusing on Gloucestershire and Swindon area.
Salary
£24,000 pa + Company Car and benefits (including 25 days annual leave, reward scheme and pension)
Organisation
www.rainbowtrust.org.uk
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Complementary Therapist

Closing date
25 May 2026
Location
Loughborough
Salary
£10,992
Organisation
Rainbows Hospice
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