Hospice Recruitment

Hospices provide specialist palliative and end-of-life care to more than 300,000 people and their families across the UK each year. Care increasingly extends beyond inpatient settings into homes and communities, bringing together clinical expertise, practical and emotional support, family services and bereavement care around each person's needs.

Growing demand sits alongside continued pressure on funding, workforce and services. Charitable income remains fundamental to the hospice model, so fundraising and community relationships are central to the organisation’s ability to provide care. Leaders and boards must decide where services are delivered, how resources are used and how voluntary income, statutory funding and partnerships can sustain care for the future.

People are central to that work. Clinical and care professionals work alongside fundraisers, volunteers, operational teams and other specialists, often supported by large volunteer communities with deep connections to their local hospice. Leadership needs to bring those groups together while maintaining quality of care, developing income and staying closely connected to the people and communities it serves.

Our experience recruiting across the hospice movement gives us insight into the leadership, governance and specialist expertise these organisations need. Briefing conversations explore your model of care, income, workforce, governance and future plans, informing the brief and where direct hospice or palliative care experience matters.

Our relationships across the sector, alongside targeted search, help us reach experienced hospice leaders and people with relevant expertise from related settings. Candidates receive the context they need to understand the responsibilities of the appointment and the organisation they may join, with clear communication and thoughtful feedback throughout the process.