Southern Area Hospice

Southern Area Hospice Services 

Southern Area Hospice Services is a charity providing specialist palliative care and support for people living within the Southern Health Board Area, who are suffering from Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neurone Disease and AIDS.    

What it is like to work at Southern Area Hospice Services. 

By joining our team, you are making a real difference – directly or indirectly - to the lives of local people affected by serious, long-term conditions, their family, carers and entire community.  We know our team are our most valuable asset. Our flexible workforce is made up of full-time and part-time employees who are supported by a large number of volunteers. 

We have a wide range of opportunities across our departments:  

Clinical: doctors, nurses, nursing auxiliaries and allied health professionals working in our Inpatient Unit, Outpatient Services and within the community 

Income generation: working in our shops, managing events, or fundraising 

Support Services: working in our support services like Human Resources, Finance, Facilities, Reception 

Employee’s health and well-being are so important to us and we do as much as we can to help employees maintain and improve health at work and support them where possible to achieve their optimum work life balance. 

Southern Area Hospice Services has a number of policies and benefits in place to assist employees in maintaining and improving their work life balance and general wellbeing: 

• Maternity/Paternity/Adoption/Shared Parental Leave 
• Emergency Leave 
• Parental Leave  
• Occupational Sick Pay  
• Flexible Working Policy  
• HealthShield Healthcare Scheme 
• Yearly Health Checks – for relevant staff 
• Hepatitis B Vaccinations – for relevant staff 
• Confidential Counselling Service 
• Life Insurance  
• Pension Scheme 
• Subsidised Meals 
• Paid Tea Breaks 
• Employee Discount Schemes