In house Lead Nurse
| Posting date: | 10 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £49,743.48 to £54,133.46 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £49743.48 - £54133.46 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 February 2026 |
| Location: | Guildford, GU3 1LP |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0299-26-0002 |
Summary
Are you a motivated registered nurse with excellent leadership skills and experience of caring for life-limited children and their families? Are you passionate, and do you want to influence and develop your team to ensure the safe, effective and efficient delivery of excellent nursing care to babies, children and young people? If so, we can support you to be the nurse leader youve always wanted to be. An exciting opportunity has arisen within our in-house Lead Nurse team as we support the planned departure of a colleague. The role is based within our Guildford Hospice, supporting an established in-house care team. Shooting Star Childrens Hospices is a leading childrens hospice charity caring for babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions, and their families across London and Surrey. As well as providing leadership and hands on clinical care, at Shooting Star Childrens Hospices, we also take time for making memories supporting children in our hydrotherapy pool, facilitating arts, crafts and music sessions, going on outings and helping children to relax in our multi-sensory room. The post holder will play an active role in the education and development of staff and be involved in clinical audit, innovation, Clinical Governance and risk groups. You will be expected to participate in the on-call rota to support the hospice 24/7 as required and availability to support a reasonable share of weekends and public holidays.